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Facts and Events
Records in Augusta County, VA
From Chalkley’s Augusta County Records:
- Vol. 2 - Allen vs. Hylton--O. S. 244; N. S. 86--Bill, 1814. Complainants are, viz: George, Jesse, Samuel H., John Allen, Martha, wife of Jacob Tyree; Bethinia, wife of Leroy Camden; Lewis Tindall, administrator of Lucy Tindall; George, William, Nancy, Susan, Martha Tindall, Hannah, wife of James Edmonds, children of Lucy Tindall, formerly Lucy Allen. Bethinia Allen, widow of John Allen and daughter of James Nevil of Albemarle, owned property in own right from her father. She lived and co-habited with George Hylton without being married. She died 4th August, 1803. Hylton died July, 1812, testate. Complainants, George, Jesse, &c., are Bethinia Allen's grandchildren. Charles Clay, Clerk, deposes in Bedford County, 11th November, 1815, he was inducted into Parish of St. Anne's in Albemarle in 1769. He found no register of marriages prior to Revolution. Elizabeth Burgess deposes, 22d July, 1815, at tavern of John Burgess, she has lived near Fork Church in Fluvanna about 46 years; has known Susanna Parry more than 40 years, during which she has resided where she does now. Elizabeth always believed and heard that Mrs. Allen had married Hylton. She has known George Hylton since she was a girl. She heard they were married by Parson Ramsey, who was her parson at the time. He was a minister of High Church of England. She is 62 years old. Daniel Burgess deposes same time and place. John Hunt deposes, same time and place, has known Susanna Parry 45-50 years. He had lived near Fork Church 45-50 years; frequently heard Parson Ramsey preach. Deponent is 63 years. Mathew Seay deposes, 20th July, 1815, at own house in Fluvanna, has known Susanna Parry all his life. Has known Sherwood Bugg, formerly of Fluvanna, now of New Glasgow. Rebecca Seay deposes, same time and place, daughter-in-law of Mrs. Ann Seay. Elizabeth Strange deposes, at house of John Wright in Buckingham, her usual place of residence; knew Mrs. Allen during her first married life and until her death. Lysby Turpin deposes, at house of Peachy Franklin in New Glasgow, 13th November, 1815, will be 22 next March; born in Powhatan, lived in Lynchburg since 1809. John Scruggs married sister of principal devisees in Hylton's will. Anne Perrow deposes, in Lovingston, 9th November, 1816, John Allen, one of complainants, was born 1790. Ann Seay deposes, at house of Mathew Seay in Fluvanna, 20th July, 1815, when she was 13 years old she saw Hylton and Mrs. Allen married at Fork Union by Parson Ramsey. Ann was born 1746. Saw Charles Cord there and his daughter Susanna, now Parry. Deponent and Hylton were playmates together. She knew George's brothers, viz: James and John. Nelson Bailey, twenty-nine years old 4th next May, deposes at Peachy Franklin's house, 13th November, 1815, born at Rockfish Gap, now living in Lynchburg. Thos. Wingfield deposes, in Buckingham, 24th June, 1814, George and Bethinia were married 1760 or 1761. Stephen Walls, aged 65, 12th of last January, taken at house of Nathaniel Offett in New Market, Nelson County, 28th July, 1815, knew George and Bethinia first in 1770 or 1771. Bethinia was daughter of Col. James Nevil. Elizabeth H. Scruggs deposes, at Peachy Franklin's, 13th November, 1815, she was Hylton, but married John Scruggs. George Hylton was her uncle. Decree, 1808, in cause of: John Thomas, John Wood and Elizabeth, James Lewis and Lucy, Thomas Moore and Sally, Norborne Thomas, Cornelius Thomas, Henry Hobson, George Hilton and Bethenia, vs. Lewis Nevil, son, heir and devisee of James Nevil, deceased; Nicholas Cabell, executor of James Nevil; Robert Mitchell and Judith, Jacob Michaux, Christopher Haskins and Sally, Amasa Palmer and Judith, Tocharner Woodson. Answer states: About 1760 George Hylton was married to Bethaniah Allen, widow of John Allen and one of daughters of James Nevil, then deceased. James's widow was Lucy, who married Abraham Childers. Mother of complainant was Hannah Allen. Judith Mitchell was sister of Bethaniah. Gideon Via deposes, in Buckingham, 23d June, 1814, he was born 1730. Letter dated Richmond, June 5, 1795, to Dear Sister Hylton, signed Judith Mitchell. They are two only sisters. Addressed, Mrs. Bethenia Hylton, Amherst. Letter from Robert Mitchell to George Hylton, 1804. Robert had a daughter Sarah, is married to Major Joseph Scott's son William, and a son William married to a Major Armstead's daughter. Will of Samuel Allen of Amherst (not proved or recorded). Wife, Hannah; children, George, Jesse, Lucy, Martha. Dated 14th February, 1783. George Hylton's will dated 21st February, 1811. Proved in Nelson, 22d March, 1813, but appeal taken from County Court to Superior Court. Devisee, Mary W. Gilbert; devisee, George Hylton, son of Valentine Hylton and Jane C. Sister, Easter Smith; sister, (?) Kitturah Crage; brother, James Hylton, and his son John; brother, Samuel; brother, Newman; legatee, Ned Hylton; legatee, Hanna Allen; legatee, Jesse Jopling; legatee, George Allen; brother James Hylton's sons, Valentine and Jeremiah and Jesse; brother Ligah Hylton's sons, George, John and Archibald. Legatee, John Scruggs, who married Betsey Hylton. Will of Lucy Childress of Parish and County Amherst. Son, James Thomas; daughter, Bethinia Hylton; daughter, Martha Hopson; daughter, Judith Mitchell; grandson, James Turner; grandson, Jesse Allen; granddaughter, Sylthey Turner; legatee, Elizabeth Damrell; granddaughter, Martha Allen; Bethinia Allen, daughter of Samuel Allen; grandsons, Norbourne and Nevil Thomas; brother, Michael Thomas. Dated 26th January, 1792. Proved in Amherst, September, 1795. Will of Samuel Allen of Amherst. Wife, Hannah; son, George; daughter, Lucy Tindall; son, Jesse; daughter, Martha Allen; daughter, Bethenia Allen; Samuel H. Allen; son, John. Dated 30th January, 1799. Proved in Amherst, 20th January, 1800. Thomas Shores, a Justice of Fluvanna County, deposes, 1815, that he has known Susanna Parry more than 30 years. Washington Ware deposes, same time and place, to same effect. Susanna had a son Charles who was called into service of the State 27th August, last. James Nevill was of Albemarle County (?). George Hylton died 10th January, 1813, not July, 1812. Answer by Archibald and George Hylton in Montgomery County, 1816. Keziah Hamsbury (Hansbrough), aged over 80, deposes, 26th August, 1814, at her own house in Nelson; describes a reception given George and Bethenia when they moved to Fluvanna 50 years ago. Col. Nevil half-brother of Mrs. Hylton. Susannah Parry deposes, at her own house in Fluvanna, 13th August, 1814, she is upwards of 70 years old; her father moved to this country when she was very young and settled near Fork Church. She saw George and Bethiniah married there on a Sunday about 50 years ago by Parson Ramsey. George was a carpenter. Susannah was 15 at time of the marriage. George's father lived near the Church. John Burgess deposes, same time and place, is 68 years old and has lived in the neighborhood nearly 40 years. Rachel Gothard deposes, in Buckingham, 13th September, 1814, she knew Bethenia at time of her marriage. Martha Bridgeman deposes, at Peachy Franklin's, 17th November, 1814. She moved to Amherst from Campbell County. She knew George and wife 30 years. Martha is 39-40 years old. William Horsley deposes, in Nelson, 9th November, 1816, is 45 years old. Has known George and Bethenia since infancy. Col. Jesse Jopling deposes, at Peachy Franklin's, 1816, George said he was married at the Glebe near Ballinger's Creek Church, which was about 15 miles above Fork Church in Fluvanna. Benjamin Pendleton deposes, at Peachy Franklin's, 1816, knew George 40 years. Nicholas Pamplin deposes, at same place and time, knew George and Bethenia near 40 years. Conversation 30 years ago with Mrs. Oglesby, mother of John Wright of Buckingham. Newman Hylton deposes, at his own house in Patrick County, 25th October, 1816. Hannah Allen, at house in Amherst, deposes 14th November, 1815, she married Samuel Allen, son of John and Bethenia, November, 1771. Bethenia died August, 1803 or 4. George and Bethenia lived together from 1758. Hannah was born May, 1754. William Lawson Watts deposes, his wife and Valentine Hylton's wife were sisters.
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