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I. Mary m. Dr. John Minge.
II. Eliza m. John Heron.
III. Margaret m. first, Charles Pickett, second, Colonel Colonel George Mayo Carrington, of Richmond.
IV. Martha m. Burwell Moseley, of Norfolk.
V. Louisa m. Dr. Richard A. Carrington.
VI. Elvira m. David Minge. 8 VII. Richard m. Carter Harrison. VIII. John m.
4. Mary2 (Isaac1) m. Major John Coles, a native of Ire- land. He was an early settler of Richmond, where he was engaged in merchandizing. A small frame building recently demolished. (1871) situated on Twenty-second, between Broad and Marshall streets, was pointed out as having been his residence. Many of the timbers, though more than a century old, were in a perfect state of preservation. Major John Coles was buried beneath the old Church at Richmond, the floors of which being removed in 1857, to replace the joists which were in a decayed condition, a metallic plate, bearing his name, was found. It was, however, so much corroded that it fell to pieces.
John and Mary Coles had issue : Four sons and five daughters, of whom-
I. Walter m. Lightfoot, of Sandy Point. Issue : Mildred m. Judge Paul Carrington, the younger.
II. John settled in Albemarle, m. Rebecca, daughter of Henry Tucker. Issue:
I. Mary m. Carter, of Redlands.
II. Rebecca m. John Singleton, of S. C.
III. m. Hon. Andrew Stevenson.
IV. Elizabeth.
V. Walter.
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VI. Edward. First Governor of Illinois, m. first, Light- foot. Issue : Isaac Coles.
VII. Emily Ann m. Col. John Rutherfoord.
VIII. Tucker.
IX. John.
X. Colonel Isaac m. Catharine Thompson, of New York,
a sister of whom married Elbridge Gerry in 1790.
Colonel Isaac and Catharine (Thompson) Coles had issue :
I. Walter.
II. Thompson.
III. John.
IV. Robert.
V. Jacob.
VI. Catharine m. Baldwin, son of Philip Payne.
VII. Mary m. James M. Whittle.
The late George Winston, of Richmond, is supposed to> have been a descendant of Pleasant Winston, one of the original emigrants-the connecting links cannot, however, bes stated by his family.
His children were :
I. James.
JI. Pleasant, now residing in Missouri. . (He makes claim to a portion of the Chimborazo property of Richmond, which was the site of a Confederate Hospital during the late war.)
III. Virginia J. m. W. F. Butler ; d. Nov. 22d, 1872, in her- 57th year.
The descendants of James Winston1 in Hanover, Caroline, Louisa, and Goochland Counties, have long filled offices of local trust, clerks, sheriffs, &c. W.
Mr. Winston was Lieu- tenant and Adjutant of Lee's Legion of Cavalry during the Revolution.
The names of John and Benjamin Winston are among the
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list of officers pensioned by the State of Virginia for service . during the Revolution:
" Joseph Winston, born in Virginia, 1746 ; d. near Ger- mantown, N. C. 1814. He joined a company of rangers in 1760 ; was twice wounded in an Indian fight on the Green- brier ; was pensioned by the Legislature for his gallantry ; removed to Stokes County, N. C., 1766 ; was its representa- tive 1775-6, and was appointed a Major ; was in several fights victorious, and for his bravery at King's Mountain, where he commanded the right wing, had a sword voted him by the Legislature. Commissioner to Cherokee Indians, with whom a treaty was made in 1777; first Senator from Stokes' County, in 1791 ; and Member of Legislature re- peatedly until 1812 ; M. C. 1793-5 and 1803-7. His son, General Joseph, d. in Platte County, Mo., Mch. 24th, 1810, aged 52. He filled an important position in Stokes County, N. C .; served in the war 1812 ; was for many years in the State Legislature, and was a Major-General of Militia." __ Drake's Dec. Am. Biog.
We take this occasion to express our indebtedness for valu- able information embodied in the preceding note, which was rendered us with a prompt heartiness, by the late Hon. John Anthony Winston, of Mobile, and General Edmund Winston Pettus, of Selma, Ala .; whose action is the more highly ap- preciated, because they were the sole representatives of the Winston Family, from whom we received any manner of as- sistance-the remainder of our many applications having been entirely neglected, or met with unpardonable rudeness.
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NOTE 14. 9.34 The Reverend Wm. Stith was the son of Wil- liam Stith and Mary, the daughter of William Randolph, of Turkey Island.
The issue of William and Mary Stith, was :
I. William. b 1789; m. Judith, daughter of Thomas Ran- dolph, of Tuckahoe ; d. 1755. Issue : Mary, died unmarried. II. John, of Charles City County, Va ..
III Mary m. Commissary William Dawson, of William and Mary College, Va.
Issue :
A son who m. Johnson, of North Carolina, whose son. William Johnson Dawson, was a Member of Congress 1793-5, from N. C .*
" On the death of her husband, Mr. Stith, at the instance of her brother, Sir John Randolph, removed to Williams- burg, and placed her son (William) in the grammar-school attached to the College of William and Mary, where he pur- sued his academic studies, and graduated. His theological studies were completed in England. where he was ordained a Minister of the Episcopal Church. On his return to Virginia, in the year 1731, he was elected Master of the Grammar-school in the College, and Chaplain to the House of Burgesses."i .. On the 16th of July, 1736, he was in- ¡ Bishop Meade's Oid Churches, &c .. Vol. I, p. 138.
stalled as Rector of Henrico Parish. At the Gette House, of which at Varina, he wrote his history of Virginia. In August, 1752, he was elected President of William and Mary College, to which he removed, and over which he presided until his death in 1755. 2 48"
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NOTE 15., Peter Randolph, of Chatsworth, was the second son of the second William Randolph, of Turkey Island. He married Lucy, daughter of Robert Bolling, of Bollingbrook.
* Ms, Mem., Book of John Randolph, of Roanoke.
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He was Clerk of the House of Burgesses, and Attorney- General of Virginia. Later, a Judge of the State Court. His portrait is at " Shirley," on James River.
NOTE 16. , Beverley Randolph, of Turkey Island, was the · first son of Win. Randolph. He married Miss Lightfoot, of Sandy Point, and had ro issue.
NOTE 17. Major John Coles .- Vide Note 13.
NOTE 18. , Richard Randolph, Jr., Member of the House of Burgesses, 1769: son of the first Richard, of Curles, married Ann, daughter of David Meade, of Nansemond County. They had issue :
I. Richard married Maria Beverly, of Blandford.
II. David Meade, b. 1769, d. September 22d, 1830; Col. of cavalry in the Revolution ; m. Mary Randolph, of Tuck- ahoe. Ile was appointed Marshal of Virginia by Washing- ton, which office he held until the Presidency of Mr. Jeffer- son when, being a Federal in politics, he was displaced. The Colonel and his lady were a jovial couple, and dispensed a generous and hearty hospitality. Their residence at Rich- mond was the commodious one now known as Allan's, (the present owner being the widow of the late Jolin Allan, Esq., commonly termed " Jock," the patron of Edgar Allan Poe,) situated at the corner of Fifth and Main streets-the grounds of which extended to Sixth street. A frequent guest, Mr. Edmund W. Rootes, a prominent marchant of that day, of skillful rhyming capacity, of a highly facetious order. dubbed the Randolph mansion Moldavia, thus ingo- niously uniting the christian names of host and hostess .* " A letter from Hickory Cornhill, Esq., to his friends in the Country," humorously and graphically depicting in rhyme, the follies and vices of fashionable society of the beginning of the present century, when card playing, to which both sexes were addicted, was a feature of every social gathering, and the costumes were as ludicrous as they were indecent, is attributed to Mr. Rootes ; claim, however, has also been
* Richmond in By-Gone Days, Second Ed., p. 127.
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laid for it, for both the accomplished William Wirt, and the learned St George Tucker, the elder. We cannot decide the question upon the intrinsic or internal character of the composition, and we are much too youthful to be able to more than transmit further the several traditions.
It was republished in the Southern Literary Messenger, May, 1838. It appears also in Mr. Mordicae's entertaining little book, " Richmond in By-Gone Days," Second Edition. He ascribes the lines to George Tucker.
III. Brett m. Lucy Beverley, of Blandford.
IV. Ryland m. Elizabeth Frayser.
V. Susanna m. Benjamin Harrison, Jr., of Berkeley.
VI. Jane m. Archibald Bolling, of Buckingham Co.
VII. Anne m. Brett Randolph.
VIII. Mary m. Col. Wm. Bolling, of Licking Hole, Member of House of Delegates, of Virginia.
IX. Eliza m. David Meade.
X. Sarah m. William Newburne. 6.82
NOTE 19. ¿ William Randolph, of Wilton, m. Anne, sister of Governor Besj. Harrison, and daughter of Benjamin Harrison, of Berkeley, and Anne, (Carter) his wife. In 174 5-6 he was elected to the House of Burgesses for Gooch- land, vice William Randolph, of Fighting Creek, deceased.
They had issue :
I. William d. young.
II. Peter, Clerk of the House of Burgesses, in 1749. He m. first, Mary, grand-daughter of Governor. Alexander Spotswood ; second, Mary Page, of North River-died with- out issue.
III. Harrison.
IV. Benjamin.
V. Peyton m. Lucy, daughter of Gov. Benj. Harrison. VI. Anne m. Benj. Harrison, of Brandon.
VII. Elizabeth m. Philip Grymes, of Brandon, Rappa- hannock County. No issue.
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VIII. Lucy m. Lewis Burwell, of King's Mill. No issue. has
NOTE 20. Samuel Du Val was a Member of the House of Burgesses in 1773; of the Virginia Convention of 1775, and an officer of the Revolution.
NOTE 21. Rev. Miles Selden was the son of Joseph, first settler of the name in Virginia He was Chaplain of the Virginia Convention of 1775. A son, Miles Selden, Jr., represented the County of Henrico, in the Virginia Assem- bly for several years.
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NOTE 22. x Thomas Adams was one of the Delegates from Virginia to the Convention held in Philadelphia in 1778, and a signer of the articles of Confederation between the States. He was a member of the Virginia Senate of 1786, from Augusta County. He was a brother of Colonel Richard Adams, the elder.
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NOTE 23. Ryland Randolph, son of Richard Randolph, of Curles. He inherited an ample fortune, which, remarks his sarcastic Kinsman, " of Roanoke," " he squandered to the last shilling."
NOTE 24. Turner Southall was a member, successively, of the both branches of the Virginia Assembly for a series of years during the Revolutionary war, and afterwards. He was a zealous patriot and a highly useful citizen, being fre- quently elected to local offices of trust and importance.
NOTE 25. Richard Adams .- This was Col. Richard Adams, the elder, (son of Ebenezer, of York County,) born in 1723; died August 2d, 1800; married April 10th, 1755, Elizabeth Griffin, (sister of Judge Cyrus Griffin, of Virginia, President
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of the old Congress of 1788,) born 1738, died Dec. 23d, 1800. Colonel Adams was a member of the House of Burgesses 1773; of the Convention of 1775, and of the Virginia Assembly frequently afterwards. He was an en- terprising and public spirited citizen, inaugurating many and fostering most of the schemes of local improvement of his day. His means were ample and his landed possessions within the limits, and in the immediate vicinity of Richmond probably more extensive than any other, then resident. His . residence on Richmond or Church Hill is still standing, being the large wooden building at the corner of 22d and Grace streets, so long occupied by the late Loftin N. Ellett, Esq., and now used as a convent by the Roman Catholic Church. When first occupied by Colonel Adams it was within the outer limits of a thick grove of forest trees, a representative of which, a primeval oak, of monarchial dimensions, is still standing a few hundred yards distant, near the corner of 24th and Grace streets. Both the mansion of Col. Adams and the venerable St. John's Church were used as barracks by the British soldiery, under the traitor Arnold, during his occupancy of Richmond in 1781. The efforts of Col. Adams to induce the tide of improvement in the growing little town and embryo city of Richmond in the direction of his landed possessions on Richmond Hill, Were constant and strenuous. A venerable descendant, a grand-daughter-Mrs. Eliza Griffin Carrington, now in her 83d year, relates to me an authentic tradition of her childhood : That quite a warm friendship at one time existed between her ancestor and Thomas Jefferson, who was a frequent guest of Col. Adams. During a visit of the former, not long preceding the Resolu-
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tion of the Assembly of Virginia, to remove the seat of government from Williamsburg to. Richmond, Jefferson, who was cognizant then of the measure, pledged himself to Col. Adams, in case of its success, to secure the location of the public buildings on Richmond Hill. Colonel Adams. in view of the prospective ultimate advantages in the euhance- · ment in value of his surrounding property, promising a dona- tion of the requisite sites, for which were proposed commanding points. The Act for the removal of the seat of government was passed June 4th, 1779,* though the definite location of the building was not indicated until the May term of 1780, when it was directed to be made upon Shockoe Ilill. The following were the directors therein nominated to carry into effect the provisions of the Act, viz .: "His Excellency, Thomas Jefferson, esquire, Archibald Cary, Robert Carter Nicholas, Richard Adams, Edmund Randolph, Turner Southall, Robert Goode. James Buchanan, and Samuel Du Vall "+ Mr. Jefferson incurred the life long enmity of Col. Adams because of the disappointment of the latter. Colonel Adams, at a period little later, erected, in Shockoe Creek Valley, upon the site now occupied by the depot buildings of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, a substantial and spacious market house for the convenience of the residents of Rich- mond Hill. Three sons of Colonel Adams were also promi- neit and useful citizens : Colonel Richard, Jr., (born Nov. 28th, 1760, died January 9th, 1817 ;) Samuel Griffin, (born May 5th, 1776, died July 15th, 1821 ;) (both of whom served in the Virginia Assembly,) and Dr. John, (born July
* Journal Ho. of Delegates, ed. Williamsburg, 1779 ; p. 41.
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14th, 1773, died June 23d, 1825,) who was, for some time, . Mayor of Richmond ; a daughter, Annie, (born Oct. 27th, 1762, died Oct. 27th, 1820,) married Col. Mayo Carrington, of Cumberland County. Colonel Adams and many of his decendants lie buried in the family cemetery, provided by himself, situated at the corner of 23d and Marshall streets. It occupies one-fourth of a square, and is substantially en . closed with a high brick wall. There is within our knowl- edge, only one other private burying-ground for the dead within the city limits, which is that of the Pickett family, immediately adjoining this, the enclosure of which has fallen to decay, and all of its tombstones have been shattered or defaced by the sacriligeous hands of wanton urchins, who, until police surveilliance was instituted, threatened to reduce the hallowed grounds of the time eloquent St. John's, to the same lamentable condition-many of its monuments present- / ing painful evidences of their earnest assiduity in the heart- less work of mutilation and obliteration.
We are not aware that there have been any interments in the Pickett grounds for a number of years past.
Colonel Richard Adams, Jr., inherited the paternal resi- dence ; his brother Samuel erected the large mansion which formerly stood at the corner of 22d and Broad streets, and which was latterly known as Bellevue Hospital. It was de- stroyed by fire some years since. One of the Public School Houses now occupies its site, and Dr. John built and occu" pied that which is now known as the Van Lew residence, situated at the corner of 24th and Grace streets.
The decendants of Col. Richard Adams, the elder, are
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still represented by family names, the most prominent and of the first social position in the State.
NOTE 26. John Ragland was the son of John and Anne (Beaufort) Ragland, who emigrated from Wales to the Colony of Virginia about the year 1723, and settled in Hanover Co. Grants of land to the extent of 16,000 acres are recorded in the Land Registry Office of Virginia, in the name of John Ragland.1
His issue was :
I. John (of the text,) married Ann Dudley, and settled in Goochland County.
II. William2 married and had issue.
III. Samuel- married and settled in Louisa County. Had issue.
IV. James- married Catharine Davis. Had issue.
V. Evan? settled in Antrim Parish, Halifax Co .; married. Hlad issue.
VI. Pettus.2
VII. Martha2 married Thomas Tinsley.
VIII. Francis" married Jeremiah Pate.
Pettus Ragland!' (John1) married Elizabeth Davis, of Han-
over County. Daughter of Jaime Dawn of Wales. Had issue :
I. Jean,3 born April 12th, 1755, married Wm. Chick.
II. John,3 born July 29th, 1756.
III. William,3 born September 17th, 1757.
IV. Sarah,3 born February 5th, 1759, married William Rice.
V. Elizabeth,3 born March 24th, 1760, married B. Wright.
VI Pettus,3 born July 8th, 1761. Moved to Halifax County.
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VII. Samuel,3 born April 12th, 1764. Died young. VIII. Martha,3 born Sept. 17th, 1765.
IX. Evan,3 born Sept. 5th, 1767, married - Yearmans, of Louisa County. Removed to Tennessee.
X. Anne Beaufort," born Oct. 7th, 1768.
XI. Nancy,3 born July 18th, 1770, married Dr. Thomas Starke.
· XII. Catharine,3 born 17.78, married John Bowe. XIII. Fendall,3 born 1780, died 1833, married Sarah, (died 1833) daughter of Edward and Amelia Nelson, who were cousins and decendants in the third generation of Edward, born 1690, (son of James Nelson, of Essex County, England,) who emigrated to Virginia in the year 1718, and married in 1719, Mary, the daughter of Edward and Jane . Garland, of New Kent County, Va.
The issue of Fendall' and Sarah (Nelson) Ragland was eight sons and four daughters-of whom Elizabeth Mildred, ' born Feb. 20th, 1814, Married May 19th, 1836. Robert King, (son of John Philip and Elizabeth [King] Broek, born December 15th, 1801, died May 27th, 1850. The editor, who is of their issue, and who has much material towards a genealogieal account of the Ragland, Davis, Nelson and Garland families, would most thankfully enter into corres- pondence with any representative of either family who may be kindly disposed to further his object. To all such, he most heartily tenders any desired information he may have in possession.
NOTE 27. John Randolph married Francis, daughter of Richard Bland.
Issue :
I. Richard married Judith Randolph.
II. Theodrick Bland died young.
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III. John, (of Roanoke) M. C. and Minister to Russia. IV. Jane Randolph.
NOTE 28. Nathaniel Wilkinson, Member of the House of Delegates of Virginia, 1778-95. A prominent and most useful citizen.
NOTE 29. Thomas Watkins .- The Watkins family of Virginia is supposed to be of Welsh descent. The name of James Watkins appears among the early emigrants of 1608. He may have been the ancester of the family in Virginia. The first of the name of whom anything definite is known, was Thomas Watkins, of Swift Creek, Cumberland County, whose will bears date 1760. He had eight children. His eldest son, Thomas, of Chickahominy, (of the text) is thus spoken of by the late Benjamin Watkins Leigh, his great nephew : " Of Thomas Watkins, of Chickahominy, I have heard very full accounts from my mother, (his father was the Rev. William Leigh, of Chesterfield County,) and from my uncle Thomas, both of whom knew him well. He was a man of the highest respectability, in every point of view, and in particular, a man of indefatigable industry." He reared a large family of children, four sons and seven daughters, from whom have proceeded many descendants of various family names, in Virginia and the Southern States.
'His brother, Benjamin Watkins, married Miss Cary, of Warwick. He was the first clerk of Chesterfield County. which office he held until his death. He was a man of capacity and a sterling patriot. He was a member of the Convention of 1776, and took an active part in the affairs of the Revolution. One of his daughters married the Rev. Wm.
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Leigh, the father of the chaste and elegant orator and able stateman, Benjamin Watkins Leigh, and the pure minded and learned Judge William Leigh, who so long and spotlessly wore the ermine. Another daughter, Francis, married Wm. Finnie, of Amelia County, from whom are descended the . numerous families of Finnie, Royall, Worsham, Sydnor and others, in Virginia and North Carolina.
His son, Thomas Watkins, married Rebecca, the daughter of the Rev. Miles Selden ; and one of their daughters was the first wife of Benjamin Watkins Leigh ; another of Dr. Thomas Barksdale, of Halifax County.
NOTE 30. William Randolph .- This is presumed to be William Randolph, of Bristol, son of Isham, of Durgeness.
NOTE 31. . Boar Swamp Church .- This church, so desig- nated from the swamp near which it was built and which still retains its original name, was situated about twelve miles east of Richmond, upon the continuation of what is known as the Nine Mile Road. We have been informed that the original church was destroyed by fire, and another built upon its site by the Baptist denomination. The following extract deter- mines the latter event :
" About 1773, he-Rev. Elijah Baker-begun to stretch his lines, and to travel more extensively. Coming down into the lower end of Henrico, he, in conjunction with one or two others, planted Boar Swamp Church " *
The church has been frequently repaired, and its appear- ance, doubtless, somewhat altered. It has for a number of years past been known as Antioch Church,
* Semple's Hist, of Va. Baptists, P. 393.
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NOTE 32. Peter Winston .- We are led to conclude this Peter Winston to have been the son of James, one of the three brothers, emigrants to Virginia .- Vide Note 13.
. The issue of Peter Winston was :
I. Isaac2 m. Elizabeth, daughter of Capt. Wm. Burton.
II. William2 m. Martha Mosby, removed to Ky.
III. Peter2 m. Louisa Mosby. ·
IV. John2 m. Susan, daughter of Capt. John Austin, of Hanover County. Of the same family was Moses Austin, the founder of Texas, who was a merchant in Richmond in 1789. He was also engaged in the manufacture of shot, by the old method of towers, for some years. He was the contractor for covering the State Capitol with a leaden roof.
V. Susan3 m. Anderson Grubbs.
Isaac Winston2 (Peter.1)
Issue :
I. Emily3 m. Dr. Reuben Meredith.
II. Elizabeth3 m. Colonel Charles Parke Goodall, member of House Delegates, 1816; son of Major Parke Goodall, House of Delegates, Rev. Officer, Lieutenant of the company of volunteers of 1775, organized and commanded by Patrick Henry. Major Goodall was the proprietor of the Indian Queen Tavern, of Richmond, in " olden time." A son of Charles Parke, Charles Parke, (M. D.,) Member of House Delegates, 1864.
III. Mary3 m. Wm. Wingfield.
IV. Amanda3 m. James Williamson.
V. Thomas3 m. - Johnson. William Winston,2 (Peter1.)
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Issue :
I. A daughter3 m. Dr. Jones. II. m. - Sheppard. Peter Winston,2 (Peter1.)
Issue :
Ann Crawley3 m. John Jones.
John P. Winston,2 (Peter1.)
Issue :
I. Mary Ann3 m. July 31st, 1817, Peter De Moville, of Charles City County ; Member of House of Del. 1816-18. Issue-Felix4 removed to Tennessee.
II. Peter3 m. - Wood.
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Charles II , (A. M.,) Principal Baptist Female Institute, Richmond.
Susan Winston2 (Peter1) m. Anderson Grubbs.
Issue :
Peter Winston Grubbs.
NOTE 33. Mrs. Mary Randolph, the wife of William, the first of the name who settled in Virginia. The date of her death was unknown to that indefatigable genealogist, her brilliant descendant, John Randolph, of Roanoke, and it has been obliterated by the ravages of time from her monu- ment at Turkey Island.
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A .- Bowler Cocke, p. 3, linc S. He, together with his brother, were among the patentees of the rich land of Curle's Neck, on James River, which was granted in one hundred acre lots. He was clerk of Henrico County in 1738.
B .- Four-Mile Creek, p. 5, line 13. So called from its distance from Henrico Town.
C .- James Cocke, p. 16, line 16. Clerk of Henrico County in 1699.
D .- Cornealious's, p. 22, line 38, (Cornelious's Creek.} So called from Cornelius De Hull, who owned land contiguous to it.
E .- Joseph and John Pleasants, p. 26, lines 22-3. These were the sons of John Pleasants, who emigrated to Virginia from England in the year 1665, and settled in Henrico County. The editor has in his possession a genealogical " Tree " of this family, which though unbroken as regards names, and extending almost down to the last generation, is deficient in dates. He has also manuscript material pertaining to the history of the family, who were originally, in point of reli- gious belief, of the Society of Friends. The late Governor James Pleasants, Jr., John Hampden Pleasants, his son, the able journalist, founder and until his death in 1846 editor of the Richmond Whig, and Hugh Rose Pleasants, the brother of the latter, so well known, more recently in connection with
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