Person:John McAvoy (2)

John McAvoy was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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About John McAvoy

Tradition says that John McAvoy was kidnapped with 14 other youths and put on a ship to America. He was sold to Robert Carlisle as an indentured servant who lived on the Bullpasture River before being sold to a man in eastern Va. & served as a weaver. In 1776 he moved to Bullpasture River before he completed his appreticeship. The man came looking for him and took him back. In about 1776, he married Frances "Fannie" Pritt, likely the daughter of Robert Pritt and sister of Edward Pritt of Bath County, VA. Several records link the McAvoy and Pritt families in the Augusta/Bath County, Virginia area. By 1777, his son Robert had been born & his wife "Fannie" walked many miles to be with John. The little family soon left when Fannie set her foot down. [Ancestry Trees]. That area of Virginia became part of Bath County, Virginia in 1790, and that is where John McAvoy's death occurred based upon court records of his Estate Inventory in 1798/99.

John appears to be a likely sibling to Thomas McAvoy who left records in Augusta County, VA. Some Ancestry Trees claim that the parents of John McAvoy and Thomas McAvoy are John McAvoy and Sarah McMenemy, but the records for this couple in Scotland were in the mid-1800's, making them highly unlikely as John McAvoy's parents. Additional research and sources are needed to prove his parentage.

Deeds in Virginia

• Bath County, VA Deeds: Vol 3 Pg 107 On 7 Oct 1805 Robert McAvoy and Sarah his wife of Bath Co. deeded to Edward Pritt of Bath Co. for £10 a 40ac tract of land on south branch of Wilsons Mill Run called the Little Valley part of the 134ac belonging to John McAvoy deceased devised to son Robert McAvoy. Witnesses included James McAvoy.

Estate Records

pg. 126. Inventory of sale of estate of John McAvoy. February 1799 Court.

Buyers: Francis (Frances) McAvoy, William Pritt, Peter Bevins, John Bevins, Robert McAvoy, Robert McCutcheon, Joseph Carpenter, Robert Givens, Joseph Gregory, Adam Givens, Lanty Grimes, James Carlisle and James Dickson.

[Abstracts of the Wills and Inventories of Bath County, Virginia, 1791-1842, pg. 16]

pg. 128. Inventory - John McAvoy.

Submitted Oct. 9, 1798 by John Berry, Samuel Given and Robert Given.

3 guns, horses 5, cattle 10, sheep 12, hogs 17, household furniture and farm equipment.

[Abstracts of the Wills and Inventories of Bath County, Virginia, 1791-1842, pg. 16]

1.   Geneanet Community Trees Index.

   Name: John McAVOY
   Gender: M (Male)
   Birth Date: 1755
   Birth Place: Ire, Ireland
   Death Date: 1798
   Death Place: Bath, Virginia, USA
   Spouse:
   Frances Pritt
   Child:
   James McAVOY
   Robert McAVOY

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   James McAvoy was the son of John McAvoy and was raised in Bath County, Va. His great grandfather was born in Ireland, who when a school boy was enticed on board a U. S. Vessel and brought to the U. S. Children of the subject of this sketch: Victor Leigh, who died young, Clarence Hall, Blanche Katherina, Stanley Huff, Willard Livingstone.
   
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