Person:Samuel Butcher (1)

PROBATE-FAMILY: "Abstracts of Wills, Inventories, and AdministrationAccounts of Loudoun Co. VA, 1757-1800", comp. by J. Estelle StewartKing, 1940 (LDS fiche 6046534); pp. 21, 39; Will of Samuel BUTCHER,dated 12 Sep 1769, pr. 9 Mar 1778 (recorded in Loudoun Co. Will Book B, p. 203); Note: Wife Susannah to have plantation, also bond of forty-two pounds,dated 1765, from John Butcher Sr. of Pennsylvania; Note: children: Samuel, John, Hannah PHILLIPS, Elsie PIERCE, JaneButcher, and Elizabeth (only six children named). Note: "I give and order the bond due me from Samuel Butcher Jr., inPennsylvania, of eighty pounds, being dated 1768, to be divided amongmy seven children - Samuel and Jane the youngest." Note: Two acres of land to use of Baptist meeting. Note: Legatee: Thomas LEWELYN. Note: Executors: Jenkins PHILLIPS and Benjamin OVERFELT. Note: Witnesses: James GRADY, David BOULTON, and Peter ROMINE. Note: One of the executors, Benjamin Overfelt, refused to take oath ofAllegiance and Fidelity to the Commonwealth of Virginia, and was notadmitted as executor. Note: Leven POWELL and Stephen ROZELL, security of 2000 pounds. Note: Inventory of Samuel BUTCHER recorded 8 Jan 1781, Inv. Book B, p.359.

March 15, 1758 - Samuel Butcher obtains a license for an ordinary "athis House at the short Hills," and subsequently is identified in deedsas n "Innholder" although he never obtains another license. Book A,p. 75; and LDCODB, Book A, p. 148. This was one of the oldestordinaries in Loudoun.

1.   Licensed Ordinaries, Owners and Locations
   1736-1766, Samuel Butcher, licensed 1758-1759: ShenandoahRoad/Potomac Path at the Gap of the Short Hill. 1757-1766 975.528,P2p V. 1, Salt lake City Family History Library. Inns and taverns flourished along the Carolina Road, but only at themajor crossroads. Francis Awbrey's establishment at the Potomaccrossing, in operation until around 1742, was the first Carolina Roadordinary in Loudoun. To the west of Leesburg the Shenandoah Roadcrossed the Short Hill at a feature known as The Gap (Hillsboro),where the north fork of Kitoctin Creek cuts through the hill. Thefirst tavern at The Gap, which became known as the Hickory ordinary,was probably opened by Samuel Awbrey around 1756.
2.   Loudoun Deed Records
   June 12, 1758 - Samuel Butcher purchased over 1200 acres. LDCODB,A/148.
3. ↑ Samuel Butcher, parents John Butcher and Hannah is also listed asbirth 1731 of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Sealing to parents 22Jun 2001, Jordan River