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Facts and Events
John Gentry, Sr. was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia
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Advisory
- Advisory: some researchers have thought that John Gentry born abt. 1709 in Hanover County, Virginia was the same John Gentry that left a will in Botetourt County, Virginia in 1779, with wife Mary and unspecified children. Based upon recent research of "The Gentry Journal", it appears that there were likely two different John Gentry's, "Sr." and "Jr.", and that John Gentry Sr. was likely the youngest son of Nicholas Gentry I of New Kent and Hanover County, Virginia. Additional research is necessary on this family.
Records of Hanover County, VA
- 1740 Jun 10 p.222 - (Patent Book 18, p.693) - John Cosby [granted] 3000 ac, Hanover Co. on both sides of Tanfat/Tanfatt fork of the Little Riv.; crossing brs. of the South fork of Elk Cr.; adj. ... John Gentry. [Cavaliers and Pioneers, Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants", "Vol IV (1732-1741)", edited. by Denis Hudgins, Virginia Genealogical Society, Richmond, 1994].
Records of Louisa County, VA
- 1743 Apr 11 p.17 [27] - John Gentry apptd Overseer of the Road ... and French Haggard and John Saxon are added to his Company to assist ... in the stead of John Estes and Nicholas Gentry who are discharged from that road.
- 1747 Jun 23 p.100 [232] - Ordered that the Road whereof John Gentry was formerly Surveyor be divided ... [Louisa County, Virginia Orders 1742-1744", edited and compiled by Ruth and Sam Sparacio, The Antietam Press, McLean, VA, 1999]
Records in Amelia County, VA
- 1747 Nov 21 O. S. Page 61 - "Ordered that William Womack be Appointed Surveyor of the Road from Great Saylor into the Road a Little below Crawfords House And that ... John Gentry ... & Charles Spradling ... Work under the Said Surveyor on the Aforesaid Road ---".
- 1751 Aug 22 O. S. Page 351 - "Thomas Haskins is Appointed Surveyor of the Road that leads from Sailors Creek Bridge to the fork of the Road a little above Sandy River Bridge and that ... John Gentry ... John Spradling ... this Gang and William Wawmock's Gang are to meet and repair Sailors Creek Bridge. [Amelia County Road Orders 1735-1753", by Nathaniel Mason Pawlett, Ann Brush Miller and Kenneth Madison Clark , Virginia Transportation Research Council, Charlottesville, Virginia, 2002]
Records in Lunenburg County, VA
- Pg.93 - 1754 June Court: William Craddock Plt vs John Gentry & Charles Spradlin - in Debt. For reasons appearing to the court, this suit is ordered dismissed
Records in Augusta County, VA
From Chalkley’s Augusta County Records:
- Vol. 1 - AUGUST, 1766 (A). Christian vs. King (the Middle River Miller).--Capias dated 28th August, 1765, returned, "He will not be taken." Attachment of his property, dated 24th October, 1765. Account runs through years 1757-8-9, 1760-61-62-63-64. 1757, April 4, four lottery tickets; 1758, May 6, by your sister; May 6, by John Gentry; June 23, by wife; 1759, July 4, by your mother; July 25, by wife; 1761, January 31, bum. and sugar charged Mossey Creek John. Contra: By patroling under Col. Preston, by allowed for going to Sivers's Fort, by making 13 soldiers' shirts, by Hugh Lusk.
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