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James Nowlin, of Goochland Co., VA
Facts and Events
Conflict
Some researchers have claimed that James Nowlin's wife was Catherine Ward, daughter of Bryant Ward, but others including Find-A-Grave have referred to this as "family legend" and not based on any factual basis. Needs additional research.
Will Abstract
- 1749 - Last Will of JAMES NOWLING of Goochland County, written 5 October 1749
- Wife SARAH NOWLIN, son DAVID NOWLIN, daughter MARY NOWLIN, son JOHN NOWLIN, daughter MARTHA HENSON, son JAMES NOWLIN, daughter JUDITH FALLWELL, son DANIEL NOWLIN...
- Executors, wife SARAH and sons STEPHEN NOWLIN & JNO. NOWLIN.
- Wit: Thomas Murrell & Philemon Perkins.
- Recorded: 20 March 1749/50, GCDB 6 (1748-1755): 34-35.
- Rootsweb
Records in Virginia
- 1728 - Goochland County was formed from Henrico. JAMES NOWLIN was appointed surveyor of the road from the river road up the Back road to the Bridge over Beaver Dam Creek below Major Boiling's Mill. Nathaniel Mason Pawlett, Historic Roads of Virginia: Goochland County Road Orders 1728-1744 (Charlottesville: Virginia Highway & Transportation Research Council, 1975): 5 [Note: It is significant that at no time does THOMAS NOLUN appear in the road orders. This would relate to his escheated land]. Rootsweb
- 1728 - JAMES NOWLIN vs. Nowel Burton. Dec. Ct., 1728. GCOB 1:63. Rootsweb
- 1734 - JAMES NOWLIN, action of debt. Thomas Murell, Defendant, dismist. October Court, 1734. GCOB 3 (1731-1735): 303. GOOCHLAND COUNTY ORDER BOOK III. Rootsweb
- 1739 - JAMES NOWLAND patented 300 acres in Goochland County on branches of Beaver Dam Creek north side James River. VLO Patents 19: 602. Rootsweb
- 1740 - JAMES NOWLIN, Sr., of St. James Parish, Goochland Co., to John Hinson of same, for �40,366 acres on branches of Byrd Creek, bounded by Ebenezer Adams. Wit: Henry (0) Lanceford, STEPHEN NOWLIN, Thos. Murrell. Signed: JAMES NOWLIN. Recorded 20 May 1740. Rootsweb
- 1742 - Last mention of JAMES NOWLING in the Goochland County Road Orders. Pawlett, Op. Cit., p. 45. Rootsweb
- 1744 - JAMES NOWLAND of Goochland County sold William Ray 150 acres for the sum of �27 10 shillings. The land was located on the north side of James River; Bnd by Maj. John Bolling, John Burk, Jos. Woodson, Ebenezer Adams dec'd. The tract was part of 300 acres granted JAMES NOWLAND by Patent 12 March 1739. STEPHEN [S] NOWLING, DAVID NOWLIN and Edward McBride. Signed JAMES NOWLIN and SARAH [mark] NOWLIN. Deed written and recorded: 21 Aug. 1744. GCDB 4: 401. Rootsweb
- Aug 1746 JAMES NOWLING to Thomas Cobbs. Rootsweb
- 1746 - JAMES NOWLIN, Wm. Fallwell - 4 tithes on Tithe List of Goochland County taken 10 June 1746 by John Payne. A. Jean Lurvey, trans. Goochland Co. Virginia Tithe Lists 1735-47 & 1748-1749 (Springfield Mo., Pub. by author, 1979): 8 & 10. Rootsweb
- 1746 - JAMES NOWLING of Goochland County, Parish of St. James, Northam, for �50 sold to Thomas Cobbs of Albemarle County, 250 acres on Byrd Creek, part of a larger tract containing 1000 acres granted Ebenezer Adams, dec'd, in which said 1000 acres JAMES NOWLING was partner with said Ebenezer Adams "in the taking of it up" - the whole granted unto Ebenezer Adams by patent and in his last will and Testament did bequeath said 250 acres to be laid off on the Creek (with 150 acres more to be laid off at the other end of said tract) unto said JAMES NOWLING. Wit; R. Walton, David Skelton and Charles Rind. Signed: JAMES NOWLIN. Sarah, wife, relinquished Right of Dower. Deed written and recorded: 19 August 1746. GCDB 5: 154. Rootsweb
- 1748 - JAMES NOWLIN and STEPHEN NOWLIN with 4 tithes in Goochland County. A. Jean Lurvey, trans. Goochland Co. Virginia Tithe Lists, 1735-47 & 1748-1749 (Springfield Mo., Pub. by author, 1979): 8 & 10. Rootsweb
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (1). (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived;)
Source Citation: Source number: 10171.001; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 8.
birth date: 1685
birth place: North Ulster, Carlow, Ireland
marriage date: 1710
marriage place: Goochland, Goochland, Virginia, United States
Name: James Edmund Nowlin _LINK: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=worldmarr_ga&h=899457&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.Original data - Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2010.Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenge;)
Source Citation: Place: Virginia; Year: 1695; Page Number: 3.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Find A Grave.
James Nowlin
BIRTH 1670
DEATH 1750 (aged 79–80)
Goochland County, Virginia, USA
BURIAL
Dover Episcopal Church Cemetery
Manakin, Goochland County, Virginia, USA
James Nowlin was brought to Tidewater Virginia before 25 October 1695 under the headright system by Ralph Wormeley, Esquire, Secretary of State for Virginia.
A farmer, he patented 282 acres of land along Beaverdam Creek on the north side of the James River in Henrico County (present-day Goochland County) on 17 August 1720 upon payment of 30 shillings.
James Nowlin was appointed surveyor of the river road and the bridge over Beaverdam Creek from 18 June 1728 through 18 July 1739.
He patented 366 acres in the fork of the branches of Byrd Creek in Goochland County on 5 June 1736.
He patented another 300 acres of land on Beaverdam Creek in Goochland County on 12 March 1739.
He died between 5 October 1749 (the date his will was written) and 20 March 1749[/50] (the date that the "last Will & Testament of James Nowling deceased" was proved in court).
At the time of his death, he had a "manor plantation" and 580 acres of land in Goochland County.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135367746/james-nowlin
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