Person:John McCreary (24)

Estate Records

MeCreary, John. Deceased April, returned October 1802.

[Source: Early Marriages, Wills and some Revolutionary War Records, Botetourt County, Virginia, Compiled by Anne Lowry Worrell, pg. 60].

Records in Augusta County, VA

From Chalkley's:

• Vol. 2 - McCreery vs. McCreery--O. S. 41; N. S. 14--Bill 23d March, 1804. Joseph Weir deposes in Botetourt at house of James Lockhart, 20th July, 1804, that he was in employ of John McCreery, deceased, in 1796-1797 as store keeper. John and James McCreary were brothers. Copy of deed, 10th January, 1797, John McCreery and Hannah, his wife, to James McCreery, recorded in Botetourt April, 1797.

• Vol. 2 - Peck and wife vs. McCreary - O.S. 285; N.S. 100 - Complaintants are, viz.: John H. Peck and Mary and Robert H. Calhoun and Elizabeth. John McCreary of Botetourt died, intestate, leaving widow Hannah (since dead) and children, viz: Oratrixes, John E. McCreary and Nancy McCreary, infants. Suit for partition of lands in Botetourt and town of Fincastle.

Records in Botetourt County, VA

• April 11, 1787. Dennis Callihan granted leave to retail goods as a merchant., Thomas King, same., Mathew Harvey, same., John McCreary, same., Andrew Lewis, same., Christopher Hayes, same. Source: Botetourt County, Virginia Court Minutes, USGenWeb Archives

• April 9, 1788. License granted John McCreary to retail goods. Source: Botetourt County, Virginia Court Minutes, USGenWeb Archives

• April 16, 1789. License granted John McCrery to retail goods. Source: Botetourt County, Virginia Court Minutes, USGenWeb Archives

• May 12,1790. License granted John Haynes to retail goods in this State. License granted Mathew Harvey, Thomas King, John McCrery and Archibald Murry to retail goods in this State. Source: Botetourt County, Virginia Court Minutes, USGenWeb Archives

• July 9, 1793. Leave granted John McCrery to build a grist mill on his own land. Source: Botetourt County, Virginia Court Minutes, USGenWeb Archives

• February 11, 1794. Road established from Col. Hancock's fence to John McCreery's Mill and from thence to the house of James Hulse. Source: Botetourt County, Virginia Court Minutes, USGenWeb Archives

• November 10, 1795. James Matten Early, John Miller, Matthew Harvey, Samuel Kennedy, Thomas King, John McCreery and John Gofford for obstructing passage of the streets. Source: Botetourt County, Virginia Court Minutes, USGenWeb Archives

• October 24, 1796. Allen Guliford——44 acres adjoining lands of John McCreary and others. [Kegley's Virginia Frontier, pg. 471]

• 1797. John F. Straus and John Le Mayeur—2,4:50 acres on John’s Creek, adjoining John McCreary; John F. Straus and John Le Mayeur—— 1,000 acres on Barber’s Creek adjoining large survey for James Breckenridge and Matthew Harvey; Caleb Kirk——136 acres including the Cave Spring on Craig’s Creek; John J. Mound—6,000 acres adjoining Moses Allen, John Crow and others; John McCreary—200 acres on John’s Creek and Barber’s Creek; Thomas Davis and John Dru1nmon—750 acres on Lick Run of Pott’s Creek; Morris Hudson-—1,000 acres on head waters of Stone Run, a branch of Craig’s Creek, adjoining Jeremiah Bell, John Looney and land where he lives. [Kegley's Virginia Frontier, pg. 459]

• September 12, 1797. John McCrery placed under bond for his good behavior, Henry Bowyer and James Breckinridge securities. Source: Botetourt County, Virginia Court Minutes, USGenWeb Archives

• August 14, 1799. John McCury [?], Joseph Polk, Thomas Churchwill, John Newill and Samuel Steel fined for failing to attend as jurymen. Source: Botetourt County, Virginia Court Minutes, USGenWeb Archives

• Marriage Record, Botetourt County, Virginia - Weirs, Joseph and Hannah McCreary, widow of John. March 5, 1806. [Source: Early Marriages, Wills and some Revolutionary War Records, Botetourt County, Virginia, Compiled by Anne Lowry Worrell, pg. 48].