Person:Samuel Crockett (10)

Samuel Crockett was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

Contents 1 Early Land Acquisition in Augusta County, VA 2 Will Abstract 3 Records in Augusta County, VA 4 Information on Samuel Crockett		Welcome to Old Augusta Early Settlers Beverley Manor Borden's Grant Register Data Maps Places Library History Index
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Early Land Acquisition in Augusta County, VA

Acquisition of Land from Chalkley's:

• Page 483.--26th May, 1767. William ( ) McCurry, of Roan County, North Carolina, to Samuel Crocket, £130, 248 acres on south branch of Rone Oak. Teste: Walter and Joseph Crocket, Andrew Boyd.

Will Abstract

Crockett, Samuel (of Botetourt Co.). Will Written 13 October 1772, Probated March 3, 1773 in Fincastle Co.*

Names wife Jean; and children: Jean, Susannah, Joseph and Robert.

Wit: John Hamilton, John Evins, Stephen Childers, Baptist Armstrong*

[A Brief of Wills and Marriages of Montgomery and Fincastle Counties, Virginia, 1733-1831 by Anne Lowry Worrell, pg. 47].

[Note: information added from actual will image]

Records in Augusta County, VA

From Chalkley's Augusta County, VA Court Judgements: [unless otherwise listed]

• AUGUST, 1766 (A). - Clendenning vs. Cunningham.--9th July, 1764. This day Samuel Crockett came before me and made oath that he (Samuel) served as Sergeant at Capt. John Dickinson's, on Cow Pasture River, under the command of Capt. Walter Cunningham, and that John Clendennin served as a soldier from the 27th of November, 1763, to the 20th March, 1764, in said Company.

• NOVEMBER, 1766 (A). - This day Samuel Crockett came before me and made oath that he, the said Samuel Crockett, served as Sergeant at Capt. John Dickinson's, on the Cow Pasture River, under the command of Capt. Walter Cunningham, and further declares that John Clendennen served as a soldier from the twenty-seven of November to the 20th of March in the said Company, and the said John Clendennen, being neglected from the former to the latter date of being returned in the pay-roll and was out of his pay. Given under my hand this 9th day of July, 1764. (Signed) John Dickinson.

• 1770, Jan 21 - Samuel Crockett (Augusta) v. Elizabeth Robinson daur. and heir of John Robinson decd. (Botetort). Enter petn. for 150. acres Botetort part of 400 patd. by John Robinson July 26. 1746. on both sides the So. fork of Goose creek now called Roanoke. The pl. has an equitable right, and J. Madison sais he will pay an extra fee if he recovers. No q. rents pd. Octob. 1769. Documents of Thomas Jefferson

Information on Samuel Crockett

From "Kegley's Virginia Frontier: the Beginning of the Southwest", pg. 336:

In May 1767 Samuel Crockett purchased from Wm. McCurry 248 acres on the South Branch of Roanoke, and entered 200 acres joining the land he lived on.

Family Group Record FamilySearch® Ancestral File™ v4.19

Husband's Name Samuel CROCKETT (AFN:N2NW-FT) Born: Mar 1740 Place: , Wythe Co., VA Died: 1772 Place: Reed Creek, Botetourt Co., VA Married: 26 Oct 1763 Place: Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland

Father: Joseph Jr. CROCKETT (AFN:LCQM-MJ) Mother: Jeanne DEVIGNE (AFN:N2NX-1W)

Wife's Name Armstrong Jane STEEN (AFN:Q1VF-Z9) Born: Abt 1742 Place: , , VA Married: 26 Oct 1763 Place: Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland

Father: William ARMSTRONG (AFN:Q1VF-TL) Mother: Susan JOHNSON (AFN:Q1VF-VR)

Children

1. Sex Name M Joseph CROCKETT (AFN:Q1VG-0F) Born: 9 Jan 1767 Place: , Wythe Co., VA Died: 8 Dec 1853 Place: , Wythe Co., VA

2. Sex Name F Jane CROCKETT (AFN:Q1VJ-QH) Born: Abt 1763 Place: <, Wythe Co., VA>

3. Sex Name F Susanna CROCKETT (AFN:Q1VJ-RN) Born: 29 Sep 1764 Place: , Wythe Co., VA Died: 14 Oct 1828 Place: , Wythe Co., VA

4. Sex Name F Jane CROCKETT (AFN:Q1VG-3X) Born: Abt 1760 Place: <, Wythe Co., VA>

5. Sex Name M Joseph CROCKETT (AFN:Q1VJ-PB) Born: Abt 1761 Place: <, Wythe Co., VA>

6. Sex Name F Susanna CROCKETT (AFN:Q1VG-2R) Born: < 1771 Place: <, Wythe Co., VA>

7. Sex Name M Robert CROCKETT (AFN:Q1VG-1L) Born: 1769 Place: , Wythe, Virginia Died: 1 Oct 1835 Place: , Wythe, Virginia

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Maj. Samuel CROCKETT Jean ARMSTRONG b. 2 Mar 1740 d. 1773, Reed Creek, Wythe Co. (then Fincastle Co.) Mi. Revolutionary War b. d. Mi. Spouses: 1, 2

ChildrenRobert CROCKETT Joseph CROCKETT Susanna CROCKETT Jane CROCKETT

1. ↑ Armstrong, Zella. Southern Genealogies number 1, Historical Southern Families 1600's - 1800's. (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1974)
   pg. 205.
2. ↑ IGI Record.