Person:Jacob Tyree (1)

Land Records

• October 3, 1774. Aaron Higginbotham to Jacob Tyree. Conveys 400 acres of land on both sides joining the North side of Buffalo River and on the North side of the Fluvanna River. Consideration £200, (Ibid [Amherst County], Deed Book D, p. 188)

Notes

Jacob Tyree b. 1719 St. Anne's Parish. He first appears in Court Records of Albemarle County (Albemarle formed from Goochland 1744) Feb. 23, 1759 when he was a witness for Jno. Burns, Jr. His will 10-6-1796 to 9-21-1801 (he d. 9-11-1801 at 82) filed Amherst Co., Bk. 4, p. 22; the 1813 probate of this will shows heirs to be his Wood grandchildren (was the Wood father incapacitated?) and lists his wife as Nancy. Previously his wife had been listed as Mary in a deed of Oct. 1, 1763, Deed Bk. A, p. 144, St. Ann’s Parish, Albemarle Co., when Jacob bought 150A both sides of Nassau Creek from Richard M. Cary for 32 pounds; wits: Wm. Tiller, Charles Teatet, John Crawford. Sept. 20, 1768 Jacob bought 192A in Rich Cove, Albemarle County. Sept. 17, 1769 Jacob and Mary sold above 192A to Web Kidd of Albemarle for 20 pounds. Aug. 3, 1772 Jacob Tyree, ux. Mary, Amherst County Deed Bk. “A”, p. 377, sell 150A both sides Nassau to Enoch Nash; Line of Jno. Harmer. Oct. 3, 1774 Jacob Tyree bought 400A on both sides of Buffalo River at Fluvanna River (later called James River) for 200 pounds from Aaron and Clara Higginbotham, Amherst Parish. Order Book Amherst Co. July 11, 1781, Jacob Tyree presented claim for pmt. of 492 pounds of beef (#477) supplied to Rev. forces.

The Census of 1783 shows his "9 whts., 8 blks."; in 1787 he owned 11 slaves, 5 horses, 13 cattle (unlike the John, William and Jesse Tyree families; this means future inheritance and wills to be filed which will help place relationships).

In 1786 Jacob sold 120A on the Buffalo. Oct. 6, 1796 Jacob Tyree, Sr. took 10A for 20 pounds on S. side of Buffalo River; among witnesses: Jacob Tyree, Jr. and James Tyree, Sr. Wife Mary (d. 10-10-1796 at 66), when he wrote his will 10-6-1796 in Lexington Parish, Amherst Co.; was the Nancy mentioned in the will his daughter Nancy Tyree Wood with whom he then went to live and whose children became old Jacob’s heirs. His will left black slaves to each of his heirs; 175A of land “whereon I live” to his son William (on Buffalo River); and balance of land “whereon I live” to son Jacob, Jr.