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A Guide to the Augusta B. Fothergill Westmoreland County Records, 1679-1757 Fothergill, Augusta B., Westmoreland County Records, 1679-1757 21870

A Guide to the Augusta B. Fothergill Westmoreland County Records, 1679-1757

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the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 21870


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Repository
The Library of Virginia
Accession Number
21870
Title
Augusta B. Fothergill Westmoreland previous hit County  next hit Records, 1679-1757
Physical Description
35 leaves
Collector
Augusta B. Fothergill
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

Originals are held by the Jessie Ball DuPont Memorial Library, Stratford Hall. Permission to publish material from this collection must be obtained from Stratford Hall. To make a request, contact library@stratfordhall.org.

Preferred Citation

Augusta B. Fothergill. Westmoreland previous hit County  next hit Records, 1679-1757. Accession 21870. Personal papers collection. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

Lent for copying by Augusta B. Fothergill, 28 May 1941.

Biographical Information

Augusta Bridgland Middleton Fothergill was born in Lexington, Virginia, 3 February 1876 to John William Middleton (1835-1907) and Sarah Virginia Figgat Middleton (b. 1851). She attended Lexington public schools and received special instruction in literature from professors at the Washington and previous hit Lee  next hit University. A genealogist and historian, Fothergill authored five books. She was a member of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, the American Historical Association, and the Virginia Historical Society. She noted that her first ancestor in Virginia had arrived by 1615. Her husband was Robert Boyer Fothergill. Augusta Fothergill died in Richmond, Virginia, 9 September 1965 and was buried in the family plot in Lexington.

Scope and Content

Westmoreland previous hit County  next hit, Virginia, records, 1679-1757, compiled by Augusta B. Fothergill (1876-1965) of Richmond, Virginia, consisting of deeds for property in Westmoreland previous hit County  next hit; land grants for property in Westmoreland previous hit County  next hit and in Northumberland previous hit County  next hit, Virginia; and judicial records, including bonds, declarations, judgments, suit papers, and writs, from Westmoreland previous hit County  next hit. Papers also contain the will of Roger Wiggenton of Westmoreland previous hit County  next hit.

Contents List

Deed, dated 26 June 1679 and recorded 8 October 1679, for 100 acres in Westmoreland previous hit County  next hit from Jacob Lucas to Thomas Bee, both of Westmoreland previous hit County  next hit.
Deed, dated 20 March 1691 and recorded 21 March 1691, for 100 acres in Westmoreland previous hit County  next hit from John and Mary Trammell to John Footman, all of Westmoreland previous hit County  next hit.
Deed, dated 31 July 1701 and recorded 1 November, for 100 acres in Westmoreland previous hit County  next hit from Arthur King of Richmond previous hit County  next hit, Virginia, to James Byard of Westmoreland previous hit County  next hit.
Land grant, 21 January 1705, for 26 1/2 acres in Northumberland previous hit County  next hit, Virginia, from the proprietors of the Northern Neck to William Cornish.
Will, dated 3 March 1717/18 and recorded 14 August 1718, of Roger Wigginton of Westmoreland previous hit County  next hit.
Bond, 4 March 1719/20, from James Byard to Henry previous hit Lee  next hit, both of Westmoreland previous hit County  next hit.
Land grant, 30 March 1727, for 376 acres in Westmoreland Counyt from Thomas, Lord Fairfax to Own Brinham of Westmoreland previous hit County  next hit.
Writ, [1741?], from the General Court in Williamsburg, Virginia, to Peter Presly, John Waughton, and John Shapleigh, all of Westmoreland previous hit County  next hit.
Bond, dated 14 October 1748 and recorded 5 June 1749, from Benjamin Newton of Prince William previous hit County  next hit to Richard previous hit Lee  next hit of Westmoreland previous hit County  next hit.
judgment, 24 April 1752, in the suit of John Doe vs William Newton.
Writ, 6 May [1752?], from the General Court in Williamsburg to Thomas Bennett, sheriff of Westmoreland previous hit County  next hit.
Declaration, 1753, by Edmund Pendleton for John Doe against Richard Roe.
Deed, dated 29 May 1753 and recorded 13 June 1753, for 100 acres in Westmoreland previous hit County  next hit from Richard previous hit Lee  next hit to Robert and Joanna Dick of Westmoreland previous hit County  next hit.
Deed of lease, dated 30 November 1756 and recorded 2 July 1757, for 116 acres in Westmoreland previous hit County  next hit from William and Mary Tebbs of Prince William previous hit County  next hit, Elizabeth McFarlane, John Sorrell, and Judith Sorrell (all of Westmoreland previous hit County  next hit), and Ann Conway of Lancaster previous hit County  next hit, Virginia, to Richard previous hit Lee  next hit.
Deed of release, dated 1 December 1756 and recorded 2 July 1757, between the Tebbses, the Sorrells, McFarlane, and previous hit Lee  next hit.
Suit papers, no date, involving John Pain, probably of Westmoreland previous hit County .