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Capt. John Givens, of Middle River
Facts and Events
John Givens was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia
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Land
Acquisition of Land from Chalkley's:
- 3 Aug 1743, John Givens was granted a patent of "311 acres on South side of Middle River", as proven in the Augusta Deed Book 28, pg. 478. Feb. 16, 1796, listed below in "records".
- Page 234.--19th March, 1771. John King and Mary ( ) to John Givens, Ł265, 278 acres on Middle River of Shanadore. Hugh Thompson's corner. Delivered: John Givens, November 1775
Disposition of Land from Chalkley's:
- Page 511.-[abt. 1787] -260 [acres] conveyed to said John and George Givens by their father, John Givens.
- Page 514.--97 acres patented to John Givens, 1st September, 1780.
Will
- Page 220 - - 14th January, 1790. John Givens' will (Sr.) - - To wife, Margaret; to son, Thomas, 150 acres, part of home plantation; to son, James; to daughter, Mary; to daughter, Sarah Lofftis; daughter, Ann Henderson; son, John; son, George; son, Samuel; son, William; daughter, Elizabeth Lamme; daughter, Margaret Agnew. Executors, wife Margaret, son, James. Teste: D. Stephenson, George and James Crawford. Proved, April 20, 1790, by D. Stephenson and Geo. Crawford. James qualifies. Margaret Givens refuses to execute and nominates son James as sole executor.
Records in Augusta County, VA
From Chalkley's:
- Page 286. 1761. Samuel Givens and Martha to Samuel Bell, £90, 159 acres, part of 311 acres patented to said Givens, on southeast side Middle River of Shanando betwixt lands of John and James Givens; cor. said James Givens. Teste: William Lamb, Wm. Walters. Delivered: Samuel Bell, 10th August, 1786.
- Page 290.—19th April, 1761. Samuel Givens and Martha to Samuel Henderson, £110, 151 acres, part of 311 acres on Middle River Shanando; cor. John Givens; cor. Samuel Bell's part of same tract. Teste: George Crawford, John Ritchey, Samuel Bell.
- Page 1 - Philip Harless, 80 acres, Givens Mill run. Adjacent to John Givens. March 17, 1762. [Abstract of Land Grant Surveys, 1761-1791, Augusta & Rockingham Counties, Virginia, by Peter Cline Kaylor, pg. 1].
- Augusta Co., VA Deed Book 28, pg. 478. Feb. 16, 1796: James Givens of Augusta Co. to Thomas Givens of Augusta Co., 30 acres on South side of Middle River, part of 311 acres, first granted to John Givens by patent Aug. 3, 1743, and by last Will and Testament of John Givens, deceased, was devised to said James Givens, bounded as follows; viz. - Beginning at an ash and an elm by a branch on the Patent Line and comes to his 150 acres tract he now lives on. Signed: James Givens. Delivered to Thomas Givens, July 4, 1796.
References
- ↑ Family Recorded, in Bassett, Minerva Bone, and Patricia Randle Gillespie. Some Webster County, Kentucky families - Baker, Bassett, Givens, Johnson, Payne, Price, Rice and others. (Bethesda, Maryland: M.B. Bassett, c1983 (Baltimore, Maryland : Gateway Press))
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1. John Givens (1719 County Antrim Ire. -19 Nov 179O Augusta Co.,VA) may have m 1st CI739 Margaret Crawford and m 2nd 1745 Mary Margaret Sitlington (1729- 1799), dau of Robert Sitlington and Mary (Polly) Feamster. Polly was the dau of Thomas and Elizabeth Feamster.
John's will was proved April 1790 Augusta Co.,VA, and named his wife, Margaret, and 10 children.
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[cos1776 Note: Likely error. They appear to have been married after her supposed birth. More research needed.]
- National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970.
Name: Captain John Givens
Birth Date: 1719
Birth Place: Ireland
Death Date: 1790
Death Place: Augusta, Virginia
SAR Membership: 55076
Role: Ancestor
Application Date: 27 Dec 1936
Spouse: Mary Margaret Sitlington
Children: Elizabeth Givens
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