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Name John Wiley
Gender Male
Birth? 15 Jul 1739 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

John Wiley, Jr. was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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Early Land Acquisition in Augusta County, VA

Acquisition of Land from Chalkley's:

  • Page 414.--16th August, 1762. William Davies, of Philadelphia, to John Wiley, Jr., £43.15, 280 acres on head of Buffalo Creek of James. Acknowledged. Delivered: Joseph McBride, 1st September, 1769.

Records in Augusta County, VA

From Chalkley's Augusta County Records:

  • Vol. 1 - MAY, 1768 (A). - John Wiley, Jr., to John Campbell, debtor. To 4 dressed buckskins, at 12, £2.10.0. Sworn to 15th March, 1768, before Samuel McDowell.

Records in Botetourt County, VA

  • At a court held for Botetourt County the 9th day of March, 1780. Peter Wiley's & John Wiley's claims are ord. to be certd. who prvd. that they served in Capt. Dickerson's Company of Rangers in the year 1759 as soldiers & that they or either of them (missing letter) ever obtained lands for such services under the King of Great Britain's Proclamation of 1763 (see Apl. Court). USGenWeb Archives