Person:Moses Eager (2)

Moses Eagar was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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Early Land Acquisition in Augusta County, VA

Moses Eagar's land (Beverley Manor SW, 129 acres, acquired on 11th August 1768 from William Tincher, who had acquired this tract in 1764 from Robert Douglas, part of the 202-acre tract patented to Thomas Shields in 1749 (the 129-acre tract appears to be the south-east portion of the original 202-acre tract, orange line shown is approximate) as shown on the map meticulously drawn by J.R. Hildebrand, cartographer. This map is copyrighted©, used by permission of John Hildebrand, son of J.R. Hildebrand, April, 2009.

Acquisition of Land from Chalkley's:

• Page 47.--11th August, 1768. William Tincher and Mary ( ) to Moses Eagar, £60, 129 acres on the Pine Run on south side of Beverley Manor; Charles Campbell's line; James Robinson's line, South River Teste: John Hunter, Thomas Teat.

Records in Botetourt County, VA

Egar, Martha. Will Probate April 1789. Names "my beloved child, Jane Logan." Bequeaths to her "one horse, one calico gown, one still gown, a silk bunnit, a cotton hankerchief, a silk ditto, and all that she was to get of Moses Egers estate."

[Source: Early Marriages, Wills and some Revolutionary War Records, Botetourt County, Virginia, Compiled by Anne Lowry Worrell, pg. 55].

Notes

There is a Moses Eager listed in Virginia Colonial Militia, 1651 - 1776.