Person:Peter Montague (29)

Estate Records

• Page 89. Peter Mountague. Inventory. Anthorit Mountague, administrator. Total valuation £97, including two Negroes valued at £55. George Smith, Malachi Chiles, Stephen Smith. 24 July 1746. Returned. [Orange County Virginia Will Book #2, Dorman, pg. 16].

• Page 236. Peter Montague. Division of Estate. Made pursuant to order of 22 April 1756. Division to Capt. Reuben Daniel who maried the deced's widow, to John Stevens who entermaried with Sarah one of the deced. daughters, and to Eliza. Mountague the orphan of the deced. 26 Oct. 1756. (signed) Richd. Thomas, John Pendleton, Roger Bell. 28 Oct. 1756. Returned. [Orange County Virginia Will Book #2, Dorman, pg. 50].

• 22 Apr 1756, On the motion of Reubin Daniel and Anthorit his Wife, Executors of Peter Mountague, deceased, and John Stevens who intermarried with Sarah, one of the Decedent.'s [sic] Daughters, it is ordered that Richard Thomas, Elijah Morton, John Pendleton and Roger Bell or any three of them examine state and settle the Account of the administration of the Decedent's Estate and make a report thereof to the next Court. [Orange County, Virginia Order Book 6, p.233]

• Pages 234-35. Bond of Reuben Daniel as guardian of Elizabeth Montague, orphan of Peter Mountague. Unto Thomas Chew, Alexander Waugh, Rowland Thomas and Richard Thomas, justices. For £100 current money. 23 Sept. 1756. Security, Owen Thomas. (signed) Reuben Daniel, Owen Thomas. 23 Sept. 1756. Acknowledged. [Orange County Virginia Will Book 2, 1744-1778, Dorman, pg. 49].

Land Records in Orange County, VA

Acquisition of Land from Orange County, Virginia Records:

• Pg. 171-173. Indenture between Abraham Mayfield of Orange County and Elizabeth, his wife, and Peter Mountague of the county aforesaid of the other part.. for sum of £80.. sells 162 acres of land in the fork of the Pamunky River, it being part of the patent granted to John Cook and sold by the said Cook to the sd Mayfield. (signed) Abraham Mayfield (seal) Eliz. (X) Mayfield (seal). Witnesses: Malachi Chiles, Edward Coyne, Thos. Mayfield. Indenture of Memorandum of Livery & Seizin.. recorded Orange County 25 July 1745. [Orange County Virginia Deed Book 10, pg. 44].

• Pg. 173-175. Indenture 10 June 1745 between Malachi Chiles and Frances, his wife, of Orange County to Peter Montague of same.. for sum of £12.. sells land containing 39 acres in Orange County and on the branches of the Pamunkey.... (signed) Malchi Chiles, Frances (X) Chiles (seal). Witnesses: Abraham Mayfleld Senr., Edward Coyne, Thos. (X) Mayfield. Indenture and Memorandum of Livery & Seizin. Recorded Orange County 25 July 1745. [Orange County Virginia Deed Book 10, pg. 44].

(COMPILER'S NOTE: Peter Mountague, mentioned in the last two entries, moved to Orange County from Spotsylvania County in the summer of 1745 with his wife, Anthorit, and his two daughters, Sarah and Elizabeth. On the 19th of August, 1745, he was poisoned by his servant, Eve, and lingered until he died 27 December 1745. The details of the event as recorded in the "Trial of Eve" appear on pp. 45-47 in PAMUNKEY NEIGHBORS OF ORANGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA, published by the compilers.)

1.   USGenweb Archives.

   ORANGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA - MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS
   
   The following is taken from a book intitled Chancery Suits of Orange County, Virginia 1831-1845, a collection of suits found in loose papers
   
   The following is taken from Pamunkey Neighbors of Orange County Virgnia.
   In the settlement of the Estate of Peter Mountague in 1759, who was murdered in Orange County in l745, there are entries for the years 1757, 1758 & 1759 to the following effect: "To 500 pins." Due to the shortage of coins in the early days of the Colony, pins were often substituted for coins to be sue as small change. The "pins" mentioned in this return probably were Elizabeth Mountague"s "pin money" or allowance for the year.
   
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