Person:Jeremiah Darnall (1)

Sheriff Jeremiah Darnall, of Fauquier Co., VA
b.1720 Virginia
  • HSheriff Jeremiah Darnall, of Fauquier Co., VA1720 - Bef 1795
  • WKatherine Holtzclaw1722 - 1810
m. 23 Mar 1740
  1. Joseph Darnell1741 - 1812
  2. Elizabeth "Lydda" Darnell1742 - 1783
  3. Ann Darnall1747 - 1810
  4. Mary Ann Darnell1748 -
  5. Margaret Darnall1748 - 1815
  6. Leannah Darnall1754 - 1810
  7. Catherine "Caty" Darnall1756 - 1808
  8. Rosamond Darnall1758 - 1809
  9. Susannah Darnall1764 - 1827
Facts and Events
Name Sheriff Jeremiah Darnall, of Fauquier Co., VA
Gender Male
Birth? 1720 Virginia
Marriage 23 Mar 1740 Prince William County, Virginia[area became Fauquier Co. in 1759]
to Katherine Holtzclaw
Death? Bef 10 Apr 1795 Germantown, Fauquier County, Virginia

Will Abstract

Pages 368-369: JEREMIAH DARNALL (WILL)
DATE: 10 APRIL 1795
WIFE: Catherine – all my Estate both “rale and personal during her life”
DAU: Elizabeth Sinclor – tract of land whereon she now lives, 130 acres and 49 acres “joining the same whereon my son Joseph Darnall formerly lived” to her and her heirs forever.
DAU: Ann Weaver – L50
Son: Joseph – 300 a. “of my Kentucky land to be laid of in any convenient manner joining any two of the outlines.”
Dau: Mary Russell – 300 acres “of Kentucky land joining the land given to my son Joseph”
Dau: Margaret Sinclar – 300 a. of my Kentucy land joining the land given to Mary Russell
Dau: Susannah Smith – 20 a. “the reason why I give her no more is because she is already provided for.”
Dau: Leannah Ashbey – 215-1/2 a. “being part of the tract I sold to Josiah Fishback.”
Dau: Caty Darnall – “all my land lying on the South west side of licking run it being part of the tract of land whereon I now live” also “the Tavern with five acres of land to be laid of in such manner as to include all the houses and gardin and join Colo’l. Randolph line.”
Dau: Rosamond Darnall – the house wherein I now live and all the land lying on the North East side of licking run except the five acres given to my dau. Caty.
Daus.: Rosamond and Caty – after the decease of my wife that my daus. have full passion of the land devised to them. Als all “Negroes stock of all kinds and household furniture to be equally divided, except one negro Garl named Silvey which I gave to my grand dau. Lucy Luess Ashby.”
Exor.: friend James Wright – to sell “balance of my Kentucky land and 100 acres of land lying in Fauquier County and on the Broad run Mountain.”
[Signed]: Jeremiah Darnall
Wit.: Tilman Weaver; John Martin; Henry Kerns
Proved: 22 June 1795, by oath of Henry Kerns, Tilman Weaver, John Martin. James Wright made oath with Tilman Weaver, John Martin and John Mauzy his securities under bond of $10,000, and granted cert. to obtain probate.
Page 247 – Will Book Two – Abstracts of Fauquier County Wills
References
  1.   Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).