Person:Rawleigh Chinn (5)

Research Notes

• 1768: from father's will, receives Negroes Basha, Baba, Dillah, Darcus and Sarah
• 14 Feb 1785: The Leesburg Court House records show that on 14 Feb 1785, it was ordered that Rawleigh Chinn, Sailor, be discharged from the payment of public, county and parish levies for his Negro, Basha, in the future. Leesburg Court House Records.
• 18 Sep 1794: Rawleigh Chinn was appointed guardian (Ref. Leesburg Order Book) of their two daughters, Lucy Tarpley Chinn and Elizabeth Travers Chinn who at their mother's death were to receive slaves named Matt, Abigail and Jacob together with all of their increase, the said slaves having been lent to Frances Tarpley Chinn by her sister Lucy (Tarpley) Jones during Frances's lifetime. Info from Janean Ray, JRay38s@@aol.com, 2003.
• 9 Feb 1797: Rawleigh married second 9 Feb 1797 to his cousin, Elizabeth Shearman. There were no children by this marriage. Info from Janean Ray, JRay38s@@aol.com, 2003.
• 8 Feb 1797: Rawleigh Chinn, widower, and Elizabeth Shearman, spinster. KING GEORGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA - EARLY MARRIAGES
• 8 Feb 1797: Rawleigh Chinn, widower, & Eliz. Shearman, spinster. Marriage Bonds in Lancaster County, William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 12, No. 3, (Jan., 1904), pp. 175-183.
• 13 May 1816: Will dated 14 Oct. 1815, recorded 13 May 1816. In his will of 1815, he left all his property both real and personal to his widow, during her widowhood or natural life, with a few exceptions. He left about 65 acres of land to "my daughter Elizabeth Wilson", and a Negro woman named Judy to " my daughter Lucy Beveridge", during her lifetime after which Judy and her increase was to be sold and the money equally divided between the children of Elizabeth Wilson. At the death of Elizabeth Chinn, "my son, Samuel Chinn all the property and land I have given her during her life". Samuel was to live on and manage the farm for his stepmother and divide the proceeds. Info from Janean Ray, JRay38s@@aol.com, 2003.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Will Abstract of Thomas Chinn, in Lee, Ida J. Abstracts Lancaster County, Virginia, Wills, 1653-1800. (Richmond: Dietz Press, 1959).

   p 50 -
   CHINN, Thomas (of St. Mary's Parish). 8 Dec. 1767. Rec. 21 Jany. 1768.
   Sons: Robert (plantation) ; Rawleigh ; Thomas (land in Loudon Co.). Daughters : Easter and Susannah Chinn ; Ann Elder, dau. of Sarah Elder ; Three youngest children, Rawleigh, Easther and Susannah Chinn. Dominick Newgent. Extr. son Robert. Wits. Newgent, Ellen x Carpenter, Rawleigh Chinn. W.B. 18, p. 98.
   Division above estate. 21 Jany. 1768. Rec. 18 Feby. 1768. to Rawleigh, Easther, Susanna and Robert Chinn. W.B. 18, p. 103.
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   [Identifies him as son of Thomas Chinn and one of the three youngest, yet may have also been one of the witnesses (I'm not sure).]

2.   Family Recorded, in William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine. (Omohundro Institute)
   1:294, 1921.
3. ↑ Will of Rawleigh Chinn.

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4.   Family Recorded, in Headley, Robert K. Married Well and Often: Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia 1649-1800 : marriages and marriage references for the counties of Lancaster, Northumberland, Old Rappahannock, Richmond, and Westmoreland. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 2003)
   75.

   CHINN, Rawleigh & TARPLEY, Fanny; b. 30 Jan 1775; Chas. MCCARTY (sec.); groom was a son of Thos. & Sarah (MITCHELL) CHINN of LC; bride was a dau. of Maj. Travers TARPLEY (d. RC 1768); Rawleigh CHINN mar. (2) Eliz. SHEARMAN; (RC WB 7:11; MLB RC; MRC:36)
   
   [where RC WB = Richmond County Will Book.]
   [where MLB RC = Marriage License Bonds, Richmond County in MRC.]
   [where MRC = King, George H.S. 1964 Marriages of Richmond County Virginia 1668-1853, Fredericksburg, Virginia (King provided several pages of corrections to this in 1969; a copy is in the James Lewis col., NCHS.]
   [where NCHS = Northumberland County Historical Society, Heathsville.]
   
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   CHINN, Rawleigh (wid.) & SHEARMAN, Elizabeth; 9 Feb 1797; b. 8 Feb 1797; Jos. SHEARMAN (SEC.); mar. by the Rev. Raleigh TAPSCOTT; groom was a son of Thos. & Sarah (MITCHELL) CHINN of LC; bride was a dau. Martin & Ann (CHINN) SHEARMAN of LC; (MLB LC; MLB LC3; RC WB 7:11; MLB RC; MRC:36)
   
   [where MLB LC = Nottingham, Stratton. 1927, 1996. The Marriage License Bonds of Lancaster County, Virginia From 1701 to 1848. Baltimore: Clearfield Co., Inc. [N.B. There are considerable differences between the five transcriptions of Lancaster County marriage bonds, and in many cases one source will include some information from the bond which other sources have omitted.)
   [where MLB LC3 = 1903/4. Marriage Bonds in Lancaster County, WMQ, 1st Ser., 12:96-103, 175-183.]
   [where RC WB = Richmond County Will Book.]
   [where MLB RC = Marriage License Bonds, Richmond County in MRC.]
   [where MRC = King, George H.S. 1964 Marriages of Richmond County Virginia 1668-1853, Fredericksburg, Virginia (King provided several pages of corrections to this in 1969; a copy is in the James Lewis col., NCHS.]
   [where NCHS = Northumberland County Historical Society, Heathsville.]