Person:James Gamble (11)

James Gamble was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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Early Land Acquisition in Augusta County, VA

Disposition of Land from Chalkley's:

• Page 241.--16th May, 1780. James Gamble and Agness to their son Robert Gamble.

Will of James Gamble

From Chalkley's Augusta County, Virginia Court Records:

• Page 166 - - 14th July, 1776. James Gamble's will - - To wife, Agness, tract vor. Alex Blair; corr. the land that was Alex. Craig, Sr.'s; the spring house that belonged to Alex. Blair, cor. Alex. Craig, Sr.; to son, John, land on both sides Middle River; to daughters, Sarah, Agness, Elizabeth, Esther. Executors, John Poage and beloved brother Thomas Bell and son Robert Gamble. Teste: James Bell, William Frame, William Young. Proved, 15th May, 1781, by the witnesses, and Robert Gamble qualifies.

• Page 183.--27th August, 1781. James Gamble's estate appraised agreeable to the rate of 1774, by William Young, James Trimble, Jno. Gardner.

Records in Augusta County, VA

From Chalkley’s Augusta County Records:

• Alexander Craig received a patent of 335 acres, 10th September, 1755; on a small branch of Middle River of Shanandoe, cor. James Gamble's land.

• Page 498.--18th May, 1762. Alex. Craig and Margrett ( ) to Alex. Craig, his son, £5, 132 acres on a small branch of Middle River of Shanandoe, part of 335 acres patented to Alex., 10th September, 1755; cor. James Gamble's land. Delivered: Alex. Craig, January, 1764.

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