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A Guide to the Garnett Ryland Essex County Records, 1685-1796 Ryland, Garnett, Essex County Records, 1685-1796 23438

A Guide to the Garnett Ryland Essex County Records, 1685-1796

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the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 23438


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Repository
The Library of Virginia
Accession Number
23438
Title
Garnett Ryland Essex previous hit County  next hit Records, 1685-1796
Physical Description
6 leaves and 40 pages
Collector
Garnett Ryland
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Garnett Ryland Essex previous hit County  next hit Records, 1685-1796. Accession 23438. Personal Papers Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Gift, 22 December 1949, of Garnett Ryland.

Biographical Information

Garnett Ryland was born 17 December 1870 in King and Queen previous hit County  next hit, Virginia, to Dr. Charles Hill Ryland (1836-1914) and Alice Marion Garnett Ryland (1846-1931). Ryland's father, Dr. Ryland, served as treasurer and librarian for Richmond College, and his great-uncle, Dr. Robert Ryland (1805-1899) was the school's first president. Garnett Ryland received his M.A. in chemistry from Richmond College in 1892 and his doctorate from Johns Hopkins. He taught at the University of Maine, at Converse College in South Carolina, and at Georgetown College in Kentucky, before returning to the University of Richmond in 1917, where he taught chemistry until 1945. After his retirement, he served as secretery of the Virginia Baptist Historical Society. Ryland married Lewella Payne (1887-1980) of Scott previous hit County  next hit, Kentucky, 21 December 1909. He died 2 February 1962 in Richmond.

Scope and Content

Essex previous hit County  next hit, Virginia, records, 1685-1796, collected by Garnett Ryland (1870-1962) of King and Queen previous hit County  next hit and Richmond, Virginia, consisting of bonds, 1685-1774, recorded in (Old) Rappahannock and Essex previous hit Counties  next hit, Virginia; wills, 1715-1796, of John Fargeson, James Jameson, Thomas Garnett, Daniel Gaines, John Webb, John Farguson, John Garnett, Joseph Ryland, and Nathaniel Fogg, all of Essex previous hit County  next hit; inventories, orders, accounts of sales, and divisions, 1744-1773, of decedents' estates in Essex previous hit County  next hit; a power of attorney, 16 May 1720, of Margaret Jameson to Samuel Stalard, both of Essex previous hit County  next hit; a deed, 5 March 1772, for her estate rights from Mary Garnett to Reuben Garnett, both of Essex previous hit County  next hit; a deed, 16 November 1778, for 240 acres in Essex previous hit County  next hit from Reuben and Mary Garnett and his wife Mary to Hancock previous hit Lee  next hit; and a marriage agreement, 23 October 1778, between Richard Cheek of King and Queen previous hit County  next hit, Virginia, and Elizabeth Ryland of Essex previous hit County  next hit.

Contents List

Bond, recorded 12 May and 27 May 1685, for William Slaughter as high sheriff of [Old] Rappahannock previous hit County  next hit, Virginia.
Will, dated 10 May 1715 and recorded 19 March 1717, of John Fargeson of Essex previous hit County  next hit.
Bond, recorded 19 March 1717/1718, of Anne Fargeson, John Fargeson, and James Fargeson, all of Essex previous hit County  next hit.
Power of attorney, dated 16 May 1720 and recorded 17 May 1720, of Margaret Jameson to Samuel Stalard, both of Essex previous hit County  next hit.
Will, dated 19 April 1736 and recorded 17 November 1736, of James Jameson of Essex previous hit County  next hit.
Will, dated 9 December 1733 and recorded 20 December 1743, of Thomas Garnett of Essex previous hit County  next hit.
Inventory, recorded 19 June 1744, of the estate of Thomas Garnett by Elizabeth Garnett of Essex previous hit County  next hit.
Order, 15 May 1753, for Robert Brooke, et. al., to appraise the estate of Nathaniel Fogg.
Inventory, recorded 19 June 1753, of the estate of Nathaniel Fogg by Cornelius Sale, Nicholas Faulconer, and John Sale, all of Essex previous hit County  next hit (for Fogg's will, see last item in list).
Will, dated 21 April 1757 and recorded 19 July 1757, of Daniel Gaines of Essex previous hit County  next hit.
Will, dated 14 March 1767 and recorded 15 June 1767, of John Webb of Essex previous hit County  next hit.
Will, dated 22 April 1769 and recorded 16 April 1770, of John Farguson of Essex previous hit County  next hit.
Will, dated 6 January 1772 and recorded 16 March 1772, of John Garnett of Essex previous hit County  next hit.
Deed, dated 5 March 1772 and recorded 20 April 1772, for her estate rights from Mary Garnett to her son Reuben Garnett, both of Essex previous hit County  next hit.
Inventory, recorded 20 April 1772, of the estate of John Garnett by John Sale, Richard Noelly, and John Taylor, all of Essex previous hit County  next hit.
Account of sales, 20 April 1772, of the estate of John Garnett by Reuben Garnett of Essex previous hit County  next hit.
Will, dated 29 November 1771 and recorded 21 September 1772, of Joseph Ryland of Essex previous hit County  next hit.
Bond, recorded 16 November 1772, of Samuel Peachey, James Edmondson, and James Webb, all of Essex previous hit County  next hit.
Division, recorded 20 September 1773, of the estate of Joseph Ryland by Samuel Allen, James Booker, and Thomas Wood.
Bond, recorded 21 March 1774, of Samuel Peachey and William Smith.
Deed, dated and recorded 16 November 1778, for 240 acres in Essex previous hit County  next hit from Reuben Garnett and his wife Mary to Hancock previous hit Lee  next hit.
Marriage agreement, dated 23 October 1778 and recorded 18 October 1779, between Richard Cheek of King and Queen previous hit County  next hit, Virginia, and Elizabeth Ryland of Essex previous hit County  next hit.
Will, dated 10 December 1752, recorded 17 May 1753, and re-recorded January 1796, of Nathaniel Fogg of Essex previous hit County .