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Abner Willis Land
Jacob Willis
From Teressa Hasty, 14 Sept 2009
| Jesse Rogers Deed 1839 Scott County Va.
| | THIS INDENTURE made the 29th day of November Anno Dominie 1839 between John Willis and William Crow intermarried with Sally Willis and Thomas Taylor intermarried with Nancy Willis of the County of Hawkins in the State of Tennessee and Daniel Willis and Golman Davison intermarried with Elizabeth Willis of the one part and jesse Rogers of the County of Scott and State of Virginia of the other part therein right, title, and interest to him the said Jesse Rogers to five sixths part of an undivided or parcel of land containing two hundred acres (more or less) lying and being in the County of Scott and State of Virginia, aforesaid, in the Poor Valley on the waters of North Fork of Holston River and which was granted to Jacob Willis dec'd by the State of Virginia by a Grant bearing date the 16 (sixteenth) day of August one thousand seven hundred and ninety two and bounded as follows To Wit: Beginning at the foot of a Pine Ridge by a Branch at a White Oak and Beech from thence N 69 E 52 poles to a Black Oak and White Oak and Beech at the foot of Clinch Mountain and along the same S 87 E 330 poles to a Black Oak and Two White Oaks thence S 15 W 160 poles to a Black Oak at the foot of a ridge and thence N 69 W 327 poles to the beginning with all and singular appertunances thereunto belonging or in any wixe appertaining to the said Jesse Rogers and his heirs forever to have and to hold to ones own proper use and behoof forever free from the claims or claim or challenge and demand of all and any person or persons whatsoever claiming under us and further the said John Willis, William Crow, Thomas Taylor, Davis Willis , and Goldman Davison Willis, warrant and defend the said tract of land or parcel of land unto the said Jesse Rogers and his forever free from the claim or Claims of any person or persons claiming under us. In Witness whereof the said John Willis , William Crow, Thomas Taylor, David Willis, Goldman Davison doth hereunto set their hands and affix their seals this day and date first above written.
| | Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of:
| | James M. Bellamy (witness) | John Willis (seal)
| | John Rogers (witness) | William Crow Jr. (seal)
| | Bradley X Bellamy (witness) | Daniel Willis (seal)
| | Thomas Taylor (seal)
| | Goldman Davison (seal)
| | Virginia-At a Court of Quarterly sessions held in Scott Co. the 13th day of August 1839.
This Indenture of bargain and saled for land from John Willis and others, Jesse Rogers was granted in Court by the Oaths of James Bellamy, John Rogers and Bradley Bellamy, subscribing witnesses and is ordered to be recorded.
| | Atteste John Martin S.S.C.
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[From the above, Teressa notes] We have Jacob Willis decd, the father of John Willis, Sally Willis Crow, Nancy Willis Taylor, Daniel Willis Elizabeth Willis Davison. Five children giving 5/6th interest to Jesse Rogers with no money mentioned. I'm guessing the other 1/6th is already his through a deceased wife? Rogers probably has children so the 1/6th interest would be passed to the grandchildren. No wife mentioned. Year 1839.
| Map of General location of Jacob Willis' property.
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| | The foregoing property description places Jacob Willis' in Scott County, between Clinch Mountain and Pine Ridge in Poor Valley. Poor Valley runs from Saltville well to the north of this area, south into Tennessee. The modern feature known as "Pine Ridge" is presumably the feature in the property description described as "a Pine Ridge". To place this in context with the family of Abner Willis and Eve Sifers, some of Eve's kin moved southwestward during the early 1800's from Locust Cove NE of Saltville, to Brumley's Gap, a few miles northeast of Jacob Willis' property. Abner and Eve settled just north of Brumley's Gap near modern Nickelsville. One of their sons settled just north of Gate City and Big Moccassin Gap shown on the left of this map. Also shown on this map is the modern community of "Snowflake". Houston's Fort, which figures in the history of the Walker -Kilgore line, lies in this area. This fort was founded by William Houston, a relation of Ann Houston, wife of John Walker III of the Wigton Walker line. Rebecca Kilgore, a descendant of Ann married James Willis, grandson of Abner Willis.)
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Michael Gash
Michael Gash apparently assigned a treasury Warrnat issued 1783 to Abner Willis, who had the property surveyed in 1810.
From Teressa Hasty, 14 Sept 2009. Teressa notes:
I have poured over many records regarding Michael Gash. What I gleaned from those records was that Gash served in Dunmore's War under Captain Lewis. Fought in the Battle at Point Pleasant and possibly was given land for donating supplies during the Revolution. Owned several parcels of land. See below:
From the Campbell Co., VA Deed Book 1, page 214:
Jul 2, 1783 from Isham Talbot Jr. of C, to Thomas Vest of C, for 5 shillings and for a promise made by James Talbot, his father, to John Gibson, about 400 acres in C on both sides of buck branch, a branch of Seneca Cr., and bounded by John Webster Gilbert, Benjamin Butterworth, "and others", being the remainder of 1000 acres conveyed to aforesaid James Talbot from Michael Gash, as by the records of Bedford Co. will more fully appear. Signed - Isham Talbot. Wit. John Talbot, Thomas Talbot, Thomas Eidson. Recorded Dec. 4, 1783.
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