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Facts and Events
James Fitzpatrick was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia
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Early Land Acquisition in Augusta County, VA
Acquisition of Land from Chalkley's:
- Page 536.--18th August, 1762. John Dickinson, gent., to James Fitzpatrick, £30, 195 acres on Cedar Creek of Jackson's River. Delivered: John Fitzpatrick, 29th June, 1792.
- Crockett, Robert—195 acres— Jackson's River mouth of Cedar Creek—Patent, 1760, John Dickenson— sold 1762, to James Fitzpatrick for 30p—sold, 1793, by Fitzpatrick to Paul Harpole for 225p. ["Annals of Bath County, Virginia", page 28]. (Note: duplication of record above).
Records in Augusta County, VA
From Chalkley’s Augusta County Records:
- Page 412.--3d June, 1769. David Graham's estate appraised by John Davis, Archibald Smithers, Wm. Hutcheson. Accounts against, viz., Job Fletcher, Thomas Mann, Robert Vachob, Jas. Fitzpatrick.
Records in Bath County, VA
- Heads of Families in 1782 - List by Captain David Gwin—Jackson's River and Back Creek - Fitzpatrick, James—3h—5c. [Source: "Annals of Bath County, Virginia", pg. 114].
NOTE: Alleghany County, Virginia, was formed from portions of Botetourt, Bath, and Monroe Counties in 1822 so it behooves the researcher to check the newly form counties for Histories and Records
The following is an excerpt from "A Centennial History of Alleghany County, Virginia" by Oren F Morton
- "Of the two surveys by Crockett, one was at the mouth of Cedar Creek, the other above the mouth of Falling Spring Run. The former was acquired by James Fitzpatrick in 1762. The latter passed into the hands of Hamiltons and Kincaids. The Davis land was on the east side of the river at the mouth of Falling Spring Run. It passed to William Mann in 1761, and was sold by him to John Robinson in 1784 for only $200. The Ewing survey was patented by Archibald Armstrong. The Jameson land cornered on Ewing's. It was purchased in 1765 by Archibald Armstrong, Sr., and sold by him in 1767 to Robert Armstrong, Sr. The Montgomery tract was patented in 1750 by Charles Walker. The Wilson land was finally bought in 1791 my Moses Mann, who paid 250 pounds for it. In 1769 Colonel William Preston, a non-resident, took out five patents on Potts Creek, these amounting to 995 acres."
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