Re: Goochland, Prince Edward, Pittsylvania Co Va to NC, Ga
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Re: Goochland, Prince Edward, Pittsylvania Co Va to NC, Ga
Barbara Sams 10/12/06
I will be glad to exchange with you=-but know that there were two Thomas Owenswho claim John the Immigrant---in the same area at the same time..
(The name Brackett comes down in mine too-to further confuse things)
I have more on Drusilla's family- but again, not mine.
My notes onJohn
http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2524690&id=I1559http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2524690&id=I1559 shows died Williamsbutg, Va
JosephHabersham Vol II P 539 Irene Cook Files
Membership Old Burton Church, Williamsurg, Va. 1697
Deeded 240 acres land on Sandy R to Wm. Wooten 17 Oct 1763
1st mention of John Owen court record entered Varina Co Seat of Henrico Co Va 1 Dec 1707 1 Jul 1747 he bought 2 tracts of land on Sandy R in Amelia Co Va by Dec 1749, he bought 2000 acres on Sandy R and 2035 acres on Mountain Cr. His residence was on a hilll w s Sandy R 1 mi e Mt Zion Ch
WD Feb 24 1764
WP 18 Aug 1767
Son Brackett Exed. Admin of est.
Mildred W Steltzner Chesapeake Va. rec from Jack James May 90...died at hs home on Sandy R Pr Ed Co Va summer 1767 age 91 years IGI 7122912-98
Will Bk 1 pp 98-100 Pr Ed Co Va From files of Irene Owen Cook Longview Tx. Sep 23 93-
Will Bk. 1 pg. 98 Prince Edward Co. Va. will of John, wife Phoebe, children, Mary, Lidia, Jemima, Kizian (m a Penick) , Lucy Wooten, John, WIlliam, Thomas, Brackett, Jesse, Agnes Clark and Sally Davidson.
Son Thomas...He lived on Sandy River in Of Marionethshire Wales. Descendants of two Thomas claim him.
Prince Edward Co until Apr 1771 when he sold land there to James Smith
Yarbrough and moved to land he bought in 1770 in Pittsylvania Co. In 1810 his
land in that county was marked Abandoned. A Mrs. Lewis Brockman in her
manuscript at DAR Library said Thomas Owen moved to Shelby Co Ky. This from
Owen Family Newsletter Vol 5 No 2 dated May 1990...Editor C Owen
Johnson..listed children of John Owen and his first wife Sara Brackett. This is their 5th child.
Referances on this person Historical Sketches of NC by John Hill Wheeler PP
40-45
Genealogy of Owen Families of Va from Mildred W Stelzner
The Family of Bartholomew Stovall Vol 1 by Neil D Thompson PP 2=3303744-45
158-195..
Historical Collections of the Joseph Habersham Chapter DAR Vol II by Mrs Wm
Lawson Peel pp 538-541.
Line of D B Dickens 2034 Highway 19 NThomaston, Ga 30286.
Another record shows him born Henrico Co Va.
John is shown by one researcher H T Owen of Richmond Va.. married #2 to
Phoebe Bracket sister of Sarah and widow of Mr. Morton a 1738. Issue was Jesse, Lucy, Kesiah, Jeremiah, Lydia and Mary.He shows Thomas fifth chld of John and Sara b Goochland Va 19 Mar 1730 d 1812 at age 82. m Jane lived Sandy River in Pr Ed Co Va until Apr 1771 moved, Bought Sandy River in Pittsylvania Co Va year before. Dtr m John Nanh of Pr Ed Co.
Jesse is shown by Laverne Markart Prodigy 9-11-97 SBYB36A as married to Ann (Nancy) Crawford a 1760 d Prince Ed bef 1804. Kessiah is shown by her married to Thomas Penick 1769...identified as dtr. of Phoebe.
Shown by #1 are Sally,Agnes, John, William, Thomas, and Brackett.
The other Thomas, shown 5th child of John and Sarah b Goochland Co. Va 19 mar.1730..d 1812 age 82 ..Lived in Sandy River in Prince Ed. Co until Apr. 1771..wife Jane. Sold his land to James Smith Yarbrough,moved to tract he bought the yr. before on Sandy River in Pittsylvania Co. Va. Name appears on land book of Co. until 1810. Land marked abandoned. One of children married Col. John Nancy of PE Co... Wife shown as Mary Jane Hoskins.
I do show 11 children for Wm= and more on some.
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Re: Goochland, Prince Edward, Pittsylvania Co Va to NC, Ga
Barbara Sams 10/13/06