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James Snoddy
b.3 Aug 1742
Facts and Events
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Documentation
Overview
The following is an excerpt from a letter or perhaps reminiscence, by Thomas Bransford, son of Ann Lee Snoddy Bransford. The item is said to be in the possession of Josephine Snoddy, and is given at Kraft, Jesmok, Bransford, Bamford, Kluck Family Tree July 2010
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Of the three brothers remaining in eastern Virginia, my grandfather, James Snoddy, was the oldest. He resided on the place settled by his father in 1758 [2] [Buckingham County, Virginia] nearly 70 acres. About 1780 he went to the Holsten settlement, raised a crop 1781 and was far down on that stream, then frontier, as the mouth of the Watauga. After the maturity of his crop in 1781, he returned to eastern Virginia intending to move his family that fall to Holsten.
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 ---Person:John Snoddy (4)
 ---person:James Snoddy (2)
 ---person:Thomas Snoddy (1)
| | But Providence ordered otherwise. Virginia was at that time invaded by the British under Lord Cornwallis. Patriotism called him in another direction. He joined the army of Virginia and was present as a soldier at the surrender of that distinguished General to the illustrious Washington. When his term of service had expired an uncommonly severe winter had set in. The comtemplated removal to Holsten was abandoned and the remainder of his life - which was extended to a period of about 44 years was spent in the county of Buckingham, Virginia."
|  | Approximate Location of James Snoddy's land in Buckingham/Cumberland County Va, on Willis River, c1780.
| | I have seen him often and conversed with him frequently when I was a little boy. He was rather an uncommon man. He had a good constitution, a retentive memory, and read a great deal. From the earliest recollections of my mother he was a member of the Presbytarian Church. Prayer regularly in his family night and morning. His disposition was naturally kind and amiable, and he was scrupulously conscientious and honest in his dealings with all mankind. He was opposed to litigation or contention and never resorted to law to enforce his rights. After his death his executor found among his papers notes on one of his neighbors for money loaned (silver) before the Seige of York which had never been paid. He was a good man and lived and died universally respected by all who knew him. He is buried on the place which he lived."
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References
- ↑ SNODDY BIBLE [1], in Ardery, Julia Hoge Spencer. Kentucky records: early wills and marriages, copied from court house records by regents, historians and the state historian; old bible records and tombstone inscriptions; records from Barren, Bath, Bourbon, Clark, Daviess, Fayette, Harrison, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison, Mason, Montgomery, Nelson, Nicholas, Ohio, Scott, and Shelby counties. (Lexington, Kentucky: Keystone Printery, Inc., c1932)
1:145.
James, born Aug. 3, 1742.
- ↑ Land records show that he was in what is now Buckingham County by 1745.
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