Person:James Stodgill (1)

Estate Records of James Stodgill (Stodghill)

• Pages 185-86. James Stodghil. Inventory. Total valuation £88.18.10½ including money due from Thos. Morris, George Berrie, John Lankford, Margt. Duglas, Moses Standley, Wm. Standley, Darby Haney, Thos. Burbag, James Berry, Amb. Stodgill, Wm. Hensley, Jas. Stodgill, Thos. Morris, Eliza Bird, John Williams, John Love, Joseph Davis, Mr. Mosias Jones, and John Lester. (signed) Wm. Bell, Samuel Estis, Francis Williams. 27 Sept. 1753. Returned. [Orange County Virginia Will Book 2, 1744-1778, Dorman, pg. 40].

Records of James Stodgill in Orange County, VA

• Porteus vs. Finney - James Porteus complains, April 1735, of Jonathan Fennill, commonly called Jonathan Finney who on 8 March 1734 with force and arms did beat, wound and evil entreat him so that his wife was greatly dispaired. Summons to Abraham Bledsoe and to William Davis, 20 March [1735] to testify for James Porteus. Jury: Jno. Bomer, Francis Browning, Francis Williams, James Stodgill, Wm. Richerson, Geo. Head, Jno. Conner, Benja. Porter, Wm. Bohannon, Wm. Croswait, Isaac Bledsoe. Not guilty, 17 June 1735. [Orange County Virginia Jugdgements, 1735, Dorman, pg. 67].

• Croley vs. Stodgill. James Stodgill is indebted to Jefferey Croley for 260 pounds of tobacco for land bought by Croley in 1731. Petition filed 17 July 1735. Summons to John Garrell in Caroline County to testify, 19 Aug. 1735. Robt. Dudley, Deputy Sheriff of Caroline County, reported the summons came into his hands too late to be executed. Dismissed. [Orange County Virginia Judgments, 1735, Dorman, pg. 67].

Information on James Stoghill (Sturgill)

From Ancestry.com post:

JAMES STODGILL was born about 1695 in Essex Co, Va and died 1753 intestate in St. Thomas Parish, Orange Co, Va, son of John Stodgill and Ann Madison. From the list of goods found in JAMES STODGILL's Estate inventory, we learn he had 6 bulls, 6 cows, 4 calves, 3 horses, plus one old white horse, 10 pigs, 1 shoat (young hog) and 8 bee hives. He had an old still for his liquor, one old set of Bag-pipes, one pair spectacles, a pocket compass, 13 old casks and 6 hogsheads of tobacco and a pair of money scales, plus numerous other items. A quarter pound of brown and white thread was in the house along with 20 course sewing needles. He apparently divided up his estate among his children before his death but no deeds were recorded. JAMES STODGILL married about 1723 in Essex County to ANN Williams BLACKSTONE/Blaxton, born about 1700 in Essex County and died 1763 in St. Thomas Parish, Orange Co. ("Index to Marriages of Old Rappahannock and Essex Counties, Virginia," Essex Book D:266, listed as Ann, granddaughter of R. Armstrong)

Children of JAMES STODGILL and ANN BLACKSTONE:

1) JAMES STODGILL JR, b. ca 1725 in Essex Co, Va; died 1803 in Alleghany Co, NC; m. ANN CALLAWAY in Orange Co, Va.

2) Ambrose Stodgill, b. ca 1730 in Essex Co; d. 1805 in Mercer Co, Ky; m. ca 1753 to Sarah Crostwaite

3) Elizabeth Stodgill, b. ca 1735 in Orange Co; m. ca 1761-3 to John Hash, b. 22 Apr 1724; d. 1784. John married 1/ to Rebecca Anderson.

4) John Stodgill, b. ca 1740 Orange Co; d. ca 1818 in Ky; m. 1/ Mary Coffman; 2/ 1765 to Elizabeth Harvey

5) Mary Stodgill, b. ca 1745 Orange Co; m. William Herring.

6) Joel Stodgill, b. ca 1750 Orange Co; d. 1795 in Elbert Co, Ga; m. ca 1781 in Orange Co to Martha Oliver.

JAMES STODGILL and his wife Anne BLACKSTONE moved from Essex County to Orange County [the area now in Green County] in 1732 after he inherited the land from Ambrose Madison. In the same year, JAMES bought 200 acres of adjoining land from Zachariah Taylor. At the time of his death in 1753, JAMES owned an estate of 1,200 acres in several adjoining tracts on the waters of Swift Run Creek about seven miles west of the present town of Standardsville, Virginia. Anne BLACKSTONE STODGILL, wife of JAMES, died there in 1763 and within a few year of her passing all of the children of JAMES and Anne had migrated elsewhere.

Information on James Stoghill

From Sturgill's in America website:

The will of Robert Armstrong recorded in Essex Co. VA in 1708 left a tract of land to his grandaughters Ann and Hannah jointly. For several years it was thought that their name my have been Armstrong also but no proof of this was found. More research in the records of Essex Co. disclosed the fact that the second wife of Argyle Blackstone was Elizabeth Armstrong, daughter of Robert Armstrong, and that Argyle and Elizabeth had daughters anded Ann and Hannah. No marriage record of Ann was found but there is a record of the marriage of Hannah and John Zachary. The records of Spottsylvania Co. show that in 1723 John & Hannah Zachery and James & Ann Stodgill sold the tract of land given to Ann and Hannah by the will of Robert Armstrong. These records leave no doubt that the wife of James Stodgill of Orange (Greeene) Co. VA was Ann blackstone, daughter of Argyle Backstone and Elizabeth Armstrong. John Zachary and Hannah later settled near James and Ann in present Greene Co. and the early Orange Co records show that htey witnessed deeds and other documents for each other and owned adjoining land.

James Stodgill died intestate in 1753. He had apparently divided up his estate among his children before his death but no deeds were recorded. After the death of their mother Ann in 1763 the children began to dispose of their shares of the land and each of them individually gauranteed their right to sell the land without contest, these deeds were recorded. By 1790 all the descendants of James and Ann had left Orange Co. and migrated elsewhere.

Source: http://www.thomjoy.us/Sturgill_Book/Sturgill_roots.html

From Ancestry.com post:

JAMES STODGILL was born about 1695 in Essex Co, Va and died 1753 intestate in St. Thomas Parish, Orange Co, Va, son of John Stodgill and Ann Madison. From the list of goods found in JAMES STODGILL's Estate inventory, we learn he had 6 bulls, 6 cows, 4 calves, 3 horses, plus one old white horse, 10 pigs, 1 shoat (young hog) and 8 bee hives. He had an old still for his liquor, one old set of Bag-pipes, one pair spectacles, a pocket compass, 13 old casks and 6 hogsheads of tobacco and a pair of money scales, plus numerous other items. A quarter pound of brown and white thread was in the house along with 20 course sewing needles. He apparently divided up his estate among his children before his death but no deeds were recorded. JAMES STODGILL married about 1723 in Essex County to ANN Williams BLACKSTONE/Blaxton, born about 1700 in Essex County and died 1763 in St. Thomas Parish, Orange Co. ("Index to Marriages of Old Rappahannock and Essex Counties, Virginia," Essex Book D:266, listed as Ann, granddaughter of R. Armstrong)

Children of JAMES STODGILL and ANN BLACKSTONE:

1) JAMES STODGILL JR, b. ca 1725 in Essex Co, Va; died 1803 in Alleghany Co, NC; m. ANN CALLAWAY in Orange Co, Va.

2) Ambrose Stodgill, b. ca 1730 in Essex Co; d. 1805 in Mercer Co, Ky; m. ca 1753 to Sarah Crostwaite

3) Elizabeth Stodgill, b. ca 1735 in Orange Co; m. ca 1761-3 to John Hash, b. 22 Apr 1724; d. 1784. John married 1/ to Rebecca Anderson.

4) John Stodgill, b. ca 1740 Orange Co; d. ca 1818 in Ky; m. 1/ Mary Coffman; 2/ 1765 to Elizabeth Harvey

5) Mary Stodgill, b. ca 1745 Orange Co; m. William Herring.

6) Joel Stodgill, b. ca 1750 Orange Co; d. 1795 in Elbert Co, Ga; m. ca 1781 in Orange Co to Martha Oliver.

JAMES STODGILL and his wife Anne BLACKSTONE moved from Essex County to Orange County [the area now in Green County] in 1732 after he inherited the land from Ambrose Madison. In the same year, JAMES bought 200 acres of adjoining land from Zachariah Taylor. At the time of his death in 1753, JAMES owned an estate of 1,200 acres in several adjoining tracts on the waters of Swift Run Creek about seven miles west of the present town of Standardsville, Virginia. Anne BLACKSTONE STODGILL, wife of JAMES, died there in 1763 and within a few year of her passing all of the children of JAMES and Anne had migrated elsewhere.