Person:Stephen Senter (10)

Disambiguation

CAUTION! There is another Stephen Senter (b. abt. 1724, d. aft. 1804) that migrated from Virginia to North Carolina around the same time period (the mid to late 1700's), whose family also migrated to Tennessee. This other Stephen Senter was the father of Henry Senter (b. 1760, d. 1832, Greene County, TN) and William Senter (b. bef. 1761), among others. The other Stephen Senter is often refered to as "Stephen Senter of Dobbs and Cumberland County, North Carolina", and should not be confused with this Stephen Senter, referred to as "Stephen Senter of Bedford, Pittsylvania & Henry Counties, Virginia", to distinguish between the two. Some internet genealogies have accidentally confused or combined the two. There is no apparent relationship between the two Stephen Senters, according to most researchers.

Some researchers claim that this Stephen Senter died 1799 in Grainger County, Tennessee, but sources/records are needed. The last records for Stephen Senter were Land Grant records in 1794-1797 in Patrick County, Virginia, which was formed from part of Henry County, Virginia in 1790/1.

Records in Virginia

• 1767, Bedford County (VA). __Nov 1767 Court: David Walker, Joshua Early, Hugh Challis Gent., Timo. Dalton, Jn Talbot, Isham Dalton, Geo. Bale, Jno. Dalton, Peter Bennett, Wm. Goad, Ab:Goad, Robt. Goad, Jer. Ward, Saml. Boseland, Guy Smith, Jno. Dixon, Jno.Arthur, G. Hackworth & their hands work on the Road whereby Stephen Senter is Living. COB 3, Pt 1: 402. Dalton Newsletter

• 1769, Bedford County (VA). Stephen Senter having enter'd a Caveat against William Pike for one hundred and sixty two Acres on Gills Creek in Bedford, the Plaintif appearing and the Defendant having been summon'd and not appearing, it is ordered that the Plaintif have a Patent for the said Land. [Source: Executive Journals of the Council of Colonial Virginia, Vol. VI (June 20, 1754 - May 3, 1775), Benjamin Hillman, Editor, 1966, pub. by Virginia State Library, 1966, Richmond, VA]

• 1771, Pittsylvania County (VA). __Sep 1771 Court: John Dalton and Patience his wife vs. Stephen Senter and George Key for Trespass, Assault, and Battery. Action: Suit dismissed. COB 1: 346. Dalton Newsletter Dalton Newsletter

• 1772, Pittsylvania County (VA). __Jun 1772 Court: John Dalton Sr vs Stephen Senter, for debt £4.19.6. Action: Judgment for the Plaintiff for the amount and that goods replevied, corn and fodder, be sold and the money from the sale used to pay the Plaintiff. COB 1: 440.

• 2 July 1776, Pittsylvania County (VA). George Jefferson of Lunenburg County to Peter Field Jefferson of Mecklenburg County, land in Pittsylvania on the head of the Camp Branch of Turkey Cock Creek. Witness: Thos. Jefferson, Thos. Black, Stephen Senter, Eusibus Hubard, Joel Atkins. Recorded Sept. 26, 1776. [Source: Pittsylvania County, Virginia Deed Book 4, 1774-1778, p. 244. Abstract printed in “Pittsylvania County, Virginia Deed Book 4 (1774-1778), p. 35, by T. L. C. Genealogy, 1991].

• 1779, Pittsylvania County (VA). Tax list for 1779: William Rice, Benjamin Rice and William & Daniel Rice appear in succession, Spencer Rice, William Rice, Stephen Sinter, tax from Pittsylvania County. Source: Genealogy.com

• 7 August 1780, Pittsylvania County (VA). Viewed three neat stray cattle taken up by Aaron McKinsey. ...as witness our hands this 7thday of August 1780. Thos. Black, Stephen Senter, Joseph King. [Source: The Book of Estrays Pittsylvania County Virginia 1773-1782, p. 79, Lucille C. Payne, 1994]

• 14 October 1782, Bedford County (VA) - Stephen Senter's daughter Mary Key married Henry Key, [his 2nd of 3 wives]. [Note: the Key and Senter families were closely related and their migration from Albemarle to Bedford/Pittsylvania/Patrick/Henry County, Virginia appear to be similar].

• 1783, Henry County (VA) Virginia 1783 Personal Property Tax or 1783 Land Tax List - Senter, Stephen. [1]

• 31 August 1789, Land Grant, Patrick County, VA. No. 801, pg. 603, Stephen Senter, 300 acres, on both sides of Back Creek, adjoining James Charles' land. [Source: History of Patrick and Henry Counties, Virginia, by Virginia G. Pedigo, Lewis Gravely Pedigo, pg. 337].

• 1790, Pittsylvania County (VA). Personal Property List: Tandy Senter with 1 levy and 2 horses, Stephen Senter 3 levies and 2 horses. Citation: Genealogy.com

• May 1791 - Patrick County, VA Personal Property List: Senter, Tandy; Senter, Stephen. [Source: Familysearch.org]

• 30 September 1791, Land Grant, Patrick County, VA, No. 856, pg. 215. Thomas Hill, 86 acres, on both sides of Back Creek, adjoining Senter's land. [Source: History of Patrick and Henry Counties, Virginia, by Virginia G. Pedigo, Lewis Gravely Pedigo, pg. 340].

• 1792: Patrick County, VA Land Owner List: Senter, Stephen, 180 acres. [Source: Familysearch.org]

• 29 June 1793, Land Grant, Patrick County, VA, No. 887, pg. 460. Stephen Senter, 60 acres, on the north side of Paul's Creek of the Ararat. [Source: History of Patrick and Henry Counties, Virginia, by Virginia G. Pedigo, Lewis Gravely Pedigo, pg. 341].

• 1793: Patrick County, VA Land Owner List: Senter, Stephen, 180 acres. [Source: Familysearch.org]

• July 1793: Patrick County, VA Personal Property List: Senter, Stephen. [Source: Familysearch.org]

• 1794, Patrick County, VA: William Hammock and his wife Catherine Clements bought 300 acres on Back Creek from Stephen Senter. Source: Rootsweb.com [Note: Patrick County, VA was formed in 1790/1 from part of Henry County, VA, which was formed in 1776/7 from part of Pittsylvania County, VA].

• 1794: Patrick County, VA Land Owner List: Senter, Stephen, 180 acres, rate of land: 4/8, amount of value: 42, amount of land taxable: 6-3¾. [Source: Familysearch.org]

• 4 April 1794: Patrick County, VA Personal Property List: Senter, Stephen. [Source: Familysearch.org]

• 1795, Patrick County, VA: Uriah McMillan of Amherst, VA bought land from Stephen Senter on Paul's Creek in 1795 in Patrick, VA where John Bransam and Bethany Haines owned land in the same time range. Uriah was possibly related to the McMillans who were allied with the family of Jared Branson in Patrick, VA. Stephen and Tandy Senter were listed in Patrick, VA deed records along with John Bransam and Jared Branson, 1791-1801. Source: Rootsweb.com

• 17 August 1796, Land Grant, Patrick County, VA. No. 102, pg. 543, Stephen Senter, 43 acres, on the west waters of Paul's Creek, adjoining his own land. [Source: History of Patrick and Henry Counties, Virginia, by Virginia G. Pedigo, Lewis Gravely Pedigo, pg. 365].

• 17 August 1797, Patrick County, VA Land Patent, Stephen Senter, 43 acres, on the west waters of Paul's Creek, adjoining his own land. [Commonwealth's grants or patents, Patrick & Chesterfield Counties, Virginia, 1793-1925, 1748-1925, by Nugent, Neil Marion, Familysearch.org] [Note: this is a duplicate of the record above, with a different date, listed with other records in 1797]

1.   Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly
   Vol. 27, Number 3.

   In the 1770's, Stephen Senter was presumably living in northern Pittsylvania County, where he owned land on the south side of the Pigg River and on Frying Pan (also sp. Fryingpan) Creek (Pittsylvania Co., Va. Deed Book, 1, pg. 477). Frying Pan (now called Harpen) Creek empties into the Pigg a little over a mile from its mouth at a circuitous bend of the Staunton River, which separates Bedford and Pittsylvania Counties. Goose Creek, flowing southeat in Bedford County, empties into the Staunton some ten miles beyond the aforementioned bend, but it is not known where along Goose Creek George Key lived. Could this bend in the Staunton have been the "Frying Pan" bend where Tandy Senter Key was born? With a little imagination, the bend could be compared to a frying pan, and then there is the nearby occurrence of the "Frying Pan" name.

2.   RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project.

   The Three Families of George Key of Louisa, Bedford, and Henry Counties,
   Virginia
   Stephen Senter lived in Bedford, Pittsylvania, Henry and Patrick Counties (1770-1795). Tandy and Stephen bought land in the Pauls Creek (br. of Ararat) of Henry and Patrick counties and had deeds recorded on the same day. An earlier John Senter lived in Fredericksville Parish, Albemarle Co., VA... John Senter later moved to Pittsylvania Co., in 1771.
   
   The Senter family was allied with the Key family of Albemarle, VA. This same
   Key family was allied with the Bernard family of Fluvanna, VA. Allen Bernard
   was listed as a friend in the 1810 will of Larkin Branson in Fluvanna, VA.
   Source: The Three Families of George Key of Louisa, Bedford, and Henry
   Counties, Virginia.
   
   This Senter family probably lived in Amelia, VA in the 1740's. A Senter
   owned land next to Bartholomew Stovall in Amelia in 1746. His grand niece, Ruth
   Stovall, married Col. Abraham Penn who was a neighbor of Jared Branson in
   Patrick, VA. A James Senter was listed in Amelia, VA along with Ben. Waller,
   William Waller, Abr. Womack Jr., Mat. Womack, Saml. Bumpass, Thos. Covington, Isaac
   and John Garrott, William Puckett, John Holloway, Mark? Mankin, William
   Crockett, and others on the Insolvents list of 1750. These were apparently people
   who had not paid their taxes. Isom Puckett was a neighbor of Jared Branson in
   Patrick, Va. In 1749 on this list was James Browning, Edward Waller, and
   others. In 1745 Amelia, VA on the tithables list were Henry Childs <Chiles>,
   Elisha Lyon, James Senter, James Alexander, Abraham Yates, Douglas Puckett,
   Peter Cheatham, and others. Peter Cheatham was related to Tabitha Cheatham who
   married Larkin Branson. Peter Blanchett was listed as an insolvent in Amelia
   in 1760. The Blansetts wre connected to Jared Branson in Patrick, VA.
   Stephen Senter took the Oath of Allegiance in Pittsylvania, VA along with several
   other familiar people, including Fortunatus Dodson who was probably a desc. of
   Fortunatus Dodson and Alice Goad.
   
   The Three Families of George Key of Louisa, Bedford, and Henry Counties,
   Virginia
   Stephen Senter lived in Bedford, Pittsylvania, Henry and Patrick Counties
   (1770-1795). Tandy and Stephen bought land in the Pauls Creek (br. of Ararat) of
   Henry and Patrick counties and had deeds recorded on the same day. An
   earlier John Senter lived in Fredericksville Parish, Albemarle Co., VA... John
   Senter later moved to Pittsylvania Co., in 1771.
   
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