Person:Seriah Stratton (1)

Seriah Stratton was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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Early Land Acquisition in Augusta County, VA

Land Grant Surveys in Virginia:

• Page O5 - Seriah Stratton, 160 acres, South Branch of the Potomac. Adjoining Samuel Skidmore. May 25, 1780. [Abstract of Land Grant Surveys, 1761-1791, Augusta & Rockingham Counties, Virginia, by Peter Cline Kaylor, pg. 98]

• Page O23 - Seriah Stratton, 110 acres, Reeds Creek South Branch of the Potomac. March 7, 1782. [Abstract of Land Grant Surveys, 1761-1791, Augusta & Rockingham Counties, Virginia, by Peter Cline Kaylor, pg. 104]

• Page O34 - Seriah Stratton, 82 acres, South Branch of the Potomac. 6 March 1783. [Abstract of Land Grant Surveys, 1761-1791, Augusta & Rockingham Counties, Virginia, by Peter Cline Kaylor, pg. 109]

• Page 57 - Seriah Stratton; 150 acres. Drafts of South Brahch. February 1786. [Abstract of Land Grant Surveys, 1761-1791, Augusta & Rockingham Counties, Virginia, by Peter Cline Kaylor, pg. 117]

• Page O62 - Seriah Stratton, 110 acres, South Branch. Adjoining Joseph Skidmore. June 27, 1786, [Abstract of Land Grant Surveys, 1761-1791, Augusta & Rockingham Counties, Virginia, by Peter Cline Kaylor, pg. 118].

• Page O77 - Seriah Stratton, 50 acres, South Branch. August 18, 1787. [Abstract of Land Grant Surveys, 1761-1791, Augusta & Rockingham Counties, Virginia, by Peter Cline Kaylor, pg. 123].

Notes

John Phares had other legal problems in 1784. His brother-in-law William Gragg (who had married Margaret Phares) brought a suit against him on 22 March 1784. Gragg apparently had enough clout with the Rockingham County Court to see a speedy resolution of the case. On 24 August 1784 the court ordered that Jacob Conrad and James Dyer arbitrate the dispute, but they seemingly either did not agree or failed to function. On 26 October 1784 it was left to arbitration between Benjamin Harrison, Seriah Stratton and Isaac Henkle.47 Nothing more is heard of the matter. [Source: "THE PHARES FAMILY OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA, with a few notes on the allied families of Johnson, Gragg, Reynolds, Hill, Wilmoth, Veneman, and others", by Warren Skidmore]

Lt. Col. Benjamin Wilson married 4 Sep 1770 to Ann Ruddle, daughter of Stephen and Mary Ruddle of Hampshire. She was born 29 Sep 1754 and was age 15 at marriage. Lived on South Branch at present-day Ruddle, Pendleton Co in a house he built on land of Seriah Stratton and nearby is "Wilson Spring" and "Wilson Hole" according to letter of 1931 from president of Pendleton Co Historical Society. Claude Wilson Maxwell wrote that Benjamin Wilson explored Tygart Valley 1770-1771. Lt. Col. Benjamin Wilson Wilson - Some Misc. Notes