Person:Nicholas Poss (1)

Nicholas Poss (Boss, Pace) was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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About Nicholas Poss

Nicholas Poss (name also spelled "Boss", "Pace" or "Pass" in early records) was born likely abt. 1735, some say in Cornwell, England, but more likely in Germany based upon other records. He acquired land along the North River in [then] Rockingham County, Virginia in 1781 and 1783. His tracts were ajoining other early Virginia settlers Leonard Tutwiler, John Aylor (Oyler) and Hance Cloverfield. The proximity of Nicholas to the Aylor/Oyler/Eller family provides at least circumstantial evidence to support Nicholas as a probable father of Henry and Christopher Boss/Poss, who both married daughters of Anthony Aylor in Rockingham County, Virginia and both families migrating to Georgia; also with a younger Nicholas Poss, who is thought to be a likely brother of Henry and Christopher and son of this Nicholas.

Nicholas Poss appears to have died sometime before August 20, 1788, when is likely the "Nicholas Pace", who was listed as "since dead" in Chalkley's Augusta County, Virginia records. An Ancestry Member Tree claims that Nicholas died in 1785 in Rockingham County, Virginia. The source of Nicholas Poss's wife, according to an Ancestry Member Tree, as Mary Catharina Strauken is unknown and unsourced. Needs additional research.

Early Land Acquisition in Virginia

Land Grant Surveys in Virginia:

• Page 14 - Nicholus Poss, 70 acres, North River. Adjoining Tootwiler, John Oyler. April 4, 1781. [Abstract of Land Grant Surveys, 1761-1791, Augusta & Rockingham Counties, Virginia, by Peter Cline Kaylor, pg. 101].

• Page 40 - Nicholas Boss, 58 acres, North River. Adjoining Hance Cloverfield. November 18, 1783. [Abstract of Land Grant Surveys, 1761-1791, Augusta & Rockingham Counties, Virginia, by Peter Cline Kaylor, pg. 111].

Records in Augusta County, VA

From Chalkley's:

• Page 22 - Land Grant Survey: Leonard Tutwiler, 100 acres, North River. Adjoining Pace. February 16, 1782. [Abstract of Land Grant Surveys, 1761-1791, Augusta & Rockingham Counties, Virginia, by Peter Cline Kaylor, pg. 104].

• Vol. 1 - AUGUST 20, 1788. - (567-569) Nicholas Pace, since dead.

Records in Rockingham County, VA

Heads of Families, Virginia - 1784, Rockingham County, Virginia

List of Capt. Wm. Herring:

Poss, Nicholas - White Souls: 4, Dwellings: 2, Other Buildings: 2

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).

   http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/72837957/person/44264293987
   Note: Ancestry Tree has place of birth in Cornwall, England, but other sources have his place of birth in Germany, which is more likely.