Person:Reuben Rutherford (9)

Watchers
Reuben Rutherford, of Frederick County, VA
  1. John Rutherford1689 - 1789
  2. Thomas Rutherford, of Frederick County, VAAbt 1695 - 1768
  3. Joseph RutherfordAbt 1700 - Bef 1788
  4. Reuben Rutherford, of Frederick County, VAAbt 1705 - 1764
  5. Benjamin Rutherford, of Frederick County, VA1718 - Bef 1805
  6. Mary Rutherford1720 - Bef 1798
  • HReuben Rutherford, of Frederick County, VAAbt 1705 - 1764
  • WAnn Hunt
  1. Mary Rutherford1759 - 1824
Facts and Events
Name Reuben Rutherford, of Frederick County, VA
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1705 Essex County, Virginia
Marriage to Ann Hunt
Death? 1764 Frederick County, Virginia

Early Land Acquisition in Virginia

Acquisition of Land in Virginia:

  • H-197: Ruben Rutherford of Frederick County, 287 acres in said County. Surv. Mr. Guy Broadwater. Adj. Thomas Smith, on Cattail Run, Henry Hunt. 7 Nov. 1752. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 62].
  • H-198: Ruben Rutherford of Frederick County, 444 acres in said County. Surv. Mr. Guy Broadwater. About a mile from Vestals Ford of Shannondoah, adj. Rutherford's land, William Hall, John Sewal, William Teague. 8 Nov. 1752. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 62].

Records in Frederick County, VA

1749 June 6 O. S., FOB 3, p.87 - Edward Musgrove is hereby Appointed Overseer of the Road from David Loyds to the top of the Blue Ridge at Vestals Gap in the Room of Reuben Rutherford & it is Ordered that the Tithables which worked under the said Rutherford work under the said Musgrove & that the said Musgrove cause the said Road to be Kept in good repair According to Law -- [pp.38-39 of the report; pp.49-50 of the document] [Frederick County Order Book 3 (1748-1751)]
H-3: Walter Shirley of Frederick County, 311 acres in said County. Surv. Mr. George Washington. Adj. tract he lines on, Sewell, Ruben Rutherford, Wm. Teague. 20 June 1751. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 52].
1755 April 2, FOB 6, p.207 - Ordered that William Stroop be continued Overseer of the Road from Buckles' marsh to where it intercepts the Road leading to Reubin Rutherford's and it is further Ordered that the Tithables within the following bounds keep the same in Repair according to Law viz up Buckles marsh to the old Wagon Road at Thomas Harts and down the Belhaven Road to Shanando, down Shanando to the mouth, up Potomack to Buckles’ marsh. [p.80 of the report; p.91 of the document] [Frederick County Order Book 6 (1754-1755)]
1755 April 5, FOB 6, p.238 - Ordered that Reuben Rutherford John Vestal & William Crawford being first sworn do lay off a Road from John Hardins to vestals wagon Road and make report to next Court. [p.81 of the report; p.92 of the document] [Frederick County Order Book 6 (1754-1755)]
K-323: Col. John Carlyle of Fairfax County, 1,200 acres in Frederick County. Surv. John Hough. Adj. Carlyles Mill, John Harden, Col. George William Fairfax, Christopher Bealor, John Vance, Ruben Rutherford, Henry Hunt, Flattail Marsh, Cattail Run, William Hall, Humphry Kyes, John Vestal, land Carlyle purchased of Edw'd Musgrove, on Shanondoah. 25 Aug. 1761. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 128].
References
  1.   Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).