Person:David Laird (7)

Capt. David Laird was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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Disambiguation

Not to be confused with David Laird (1720/25-1803) of Washington County, Virginia.

Will Abstract of David Laird

From Chalkley's Augusta County, Virginia Court Records:

• Page 38. - - David Laird's will, dated 5th October, 1799 - - Wife and son Samuel, executors; wife, Ann, daughter, Jean Coughran; son, James, tract located for David by Benj. Logan; son, David, tract assigned to David by Robert Lamme, of Kentucky; son, Samuel.

Records in Augusta County, VA

From Chalkley’s Augusta County Records:

• ORDER BOOK No. XXIV. page 397 - David Laird vs. Hugh Donaghe.--Writ, 22d October, 1788. John Donaghe, James Donaghe and Thomas Davis, living in Green County, North Carolina, 17th March, 1789. David Laird had a man, Jones, in his company who deserted. Daivid Laird had a daughter, Anne. Hugh Donaghe had a son, John.

• Vol. 1 - MAY, 1792 (L to M). - David Laird vs. Hugh Donaghe.--Writ, 22d October, 1788. John Donaghe, James Donaghe and Thomas Davis, living in Green County, North Carolina, 17th March, 1789. David Laird had a man, Jones, in his company who deserted. Daivid Laird had a daughter, Anne. Hugh Donaghe had a son, John.

• CIRCUIT COURT RECORDS, SECTION "I." DISTRICT COURT. Page 15 - David Laird vs. James Donaghe--Trespass. Writ, 28th March, 1795, Copy of grant to Samuel Lockhart, 179 acres on Shenandore, 20th August, 1747. Deed of David Laird and Anna, his wife, to Hugh Donaghe, assignee of Jeremiah Smith, 1787, 315 acres on Shenandore. Recorded in Rockingham, June 24, 1787. John Brown, signature, 19th September, 1768. Question as to bed of North River as a fishery and common ----.

• CIRCUIT COURT RECORDS, SECTION "I." JUDGMENTS. Page 22 - Donaghe vs. Laird--Copy of deed, David Laird and Anne, his wife, of Augusta County, to Hugh Donaghe, assignee of Jeremiah Smith, 1787, recorded in Rockingham, 24th June, 1787. Depositions of Jeremiah Smith and John Donaghe to be taken at the house of David Ruable, in Greene County, North Carolina, 11th November, 1789. Also of James and John Donaghe, and Thomas Davis, on 15th May, 1789, at house of Russell, Greene County, North Carolina. Deposition of Thomas Davis, Samuel Lamb. Donaghe spelled Donaghoe. Commissions to David Russell and Robert Campbeel in Greene County, North Carolina, to take depositions.

• CIRCUIT COURT RECORDS, SECTION "I." JUDGMENTS. 1804/5, Page 86 - John Walker (of Augusta) vs. David Laird's executors (Saml. and Anne Laird)--O. S. 48; N. S. 16. David Laird sold slaves to complainant, but it turned out that David did not have title as they were loaned him by John Burton's will (the son of John Burton) in Henrico. Samuel and Anne are about to leave the commonwealth.

Notes

From Virginia Valley Records by John W. Wayland- Rockingham Supplement-Neighborhood Historical Notes p. 310-311.

The Laird Family

This family came to Augusta County, Virginia, prior to 1754. The Laird name first appears in the Augusta County records of that year. They seemed to be living then in the neighborhood of Mt. Meridian, Virginia.

In 1756, David Laird bought land on Naked Creek in Augusta county. (This was probably another David Laird, since this David Laird was born in 1743, and would not have been old enough to purchase land)

In 1760 James Laird bought 400 acres of land near the base of Laird's Knob, now Rockingham County.

In 1769 David Laird bought land from Edward Beard on North River. He died there in 1802.

He is styled "David Laird, merchant"; and also as a captain in the Augusta militia in the Augusta records. Living on the line between Augusta and Rockingham counties, his interests and business were as much in one county as in the other.

In 1764 he appears as one of the executors of Archibald Houston's estate, and is called "Captain David Laird" in his will.

Lieutenant Laird was wounded in the fight at Point Pleasant in 1774, and he was probably a son of David Laird.

Captain David Laird commanded a company in the 10th Virginia Regiment, Continental Line, during the Revolution, and again it is uncertain whether it is the father or the son.

Captain David Laird married Ann ______, believed to have been the daughter of John Burton, of Henrico County, Virginia, but this is not certain. (Note: most researchers have agreed that David Laird's wife was Ann Scott Lamme)

Captain David Laird died, as stated, in 1802, and his will is recorded at Staunton. He left the following children: David, James, Samuel and Jean.

James Laird married Jean Anderson, daughter of Captain Anderson, of Augusta County, a soldier of the Revolutio.

Jean Laird married Robert Cochran, of Augusta County.

The wives of David and Samuel Laird are unknown to the writer, if they married at all. In 1803, Mrs. Ann Laird and her family removed to Jessamine County, Kentucky, and settled on land acquired by Captain David Laird in his lifetime. Later Robert Cochran and his family also moved to Kentucky and settled in what is now Shelby County in that state. In this line and also in the line of James Laird, his brother, and in the line of Mary Laird, their sister, who married James Craig of Augusta County, Va., Presbyterian ministers and elders have much abounded. James Laird, of Laird's Knob, married Sarah _______, and they had the following children: James, born in 1740, died in 1829; married Sarah King, daughter of John King, of Augusta County, Virginia. In 1806 he removed to Rockbridge County, Virginia, and settled at Loch Laird. From his descend the Lairds of Rockbridge and also the Lairds of Richmond, Virginia. James Laird of Rockbridge, as he is called in his family, was a soldier of the Revolution inthe militia and saw active service in the field, according to the records of Rockbridge county. David Laird, probably the second son of James Laird, Sr. married his cousin, Margaret Craig, daughter of John Craig, of cub Run. They had the following children: Margaret, who married Henry Bushnell; James Laird, who married his cousin, Jean Craig; Mary Laird, who married Alexander Hannah.

James Laird, Jr. had two children only daughters, Sarah, who married Philip Thurmond, and Margaret, who married David B. Irick, of Harrisonburg. The records of Rockingham County show, in 1781, James Laird along with Alexander Herring was a collector of the speciftax in that county, but whether it was James Jr. or James Sr. is uncertain.

1. ↑ Brøderbund Software, Inc. World Family Tree Vol. 6, Ed. 1. (Release date: August 22, 1996)
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   Date of Import: Aug 18, 1998

2. ↑ lairdwft6.FTW.

   Date of Import: Aug 18, 1998

3. ↑ Ebeling, Charlene Reeds - e-mail: TEbel2888@@aol.com.
4. ↑ Chalkley, - Augusta County, Virginia Court Abstracts.
5. ↑ Chalkley, - Augusta County, Virginia Court Abstracts
   page 38, Circuit Court Wills, Will Book No. 1.

   David Laird's will, dated 5th October 1799 -- Wife and son Samuel, executors; wife, Ann; daughter Jean Coughran; son, James, tract located for David by Benj. Logan; son, David, tract assigned to David by Robert Lamme, of Kentucky; son, Samuel.