Person:Robert Snodgrass (2)

Early Land Acquisition in Virginia

Acquisition of Land from Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants:

• N-177: Robert Snodgrass & Joseph Snodgrass of Frederick County, 250 acres on Back Creek in said County. Surv. John Mauzy. Adj. John Miller. 3 Sept. 1766. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 177].

• P-254: Robert Snodgrass of Berkeley County, 290 acres on Back Creek in said County. Surv. Richard Rigg. Adj. Aaron Jenkins, Samuel Harris, John Gwin, John Kennedy, Robert Snodgrass, John Murphy. 3 March 1774. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 224].

• P-289: Robert Snodgrass of Berkeley County assignee of John Miller Jr. devisee of William Miller assignee of Samuel Harris, 300 acres in said County. Surv. John Mauzy. On Elk Hill. 19 Aug. 1774. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 226].

Records in Virginia

• P-255: Andrew Yates of Berkeley County, 243 acres on N. Mt. and Back Creek in said County. Surv. Richard Rigg. Adj. Robert Snodgrass, John Kennedy. 4 Mar. 1774. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 224].

Snodgrass Tavern

Robert Snodgrass is said to have been associated with Snodgrass Tavern (see below) in Hedgesville, Berkeley county, West Virginia. Records indicate that the Rawlings family sold the land to Robert Snodgrass in 1770. ... The tavern lasted until 1847, when James Snodgrass, who refused to sell liquor (causing business to dwindle), began renting out the tavern and eventually sold it.

Hedgesville Historical Marker

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 61500425, in Find A Grave
   includes photo, last accessed Nov 2022.
2.   United States. 1820 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M33).

   Name: Robert Snodgrass
   Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Middletown, Berkeley, Virginia
   Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
   Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 2
   Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1
   Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1 [b. 1775 or before]
   Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1
   Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 2
   Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
   Number of Persons - Engaged in Manufactures: 1
   Free White Persons - Under 16: 5
   Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
   Total Free White Persons: 8
   Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 8

3.   Snodgrass Tavern, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.

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   Snodgrass Tavern is an historic tavern located near Hedgesville in Berkeley County, West Virginia. The structure was built in stages beginning around 1742, and is one of the oldest buildings in West Virginia still standing. It is uncertain when the structure became a tavern; but according to Early Hedgesville Chronicles 1720–1947, by William Moore, an account of Robert Snodgrass's wife, Susannah and their first daughter, baby Elizabeth describes it having been used as a tavern during the Indian wars at the brink of the French and Indian War (early to mid 1750s). Specifically, they hid beneath the floors of the tavern, while the Indians drank and fought above. The tavern lasted until 1847, when the property was sold as a private residence. The structure and surrounding property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
   

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