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I was given the following —
LAND ENTRY BOOK 2
RUSSELL CO. VA
PAGE 101
Taken 28 Sept. 2001
entry dated Oct 4 1805
Nevil Wayland Jun-r enters fifty acres of land by virture of part of a Land Office Treasury warrant No 1855 dated March 18th 1796 lying in Russell county on both sides of Copper Creek beginning at a conditional line between John Mc. Clelan and James Gibson then running up the Creek on both sides for quantity
entry dated Oct 23
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WILL BOOK 2
RUSSELL CO. VA PAGE 136
Taken 28 Sept. 2001
February Court 1807
“We being first sworn for that purpose do appraise the estate of Nevil Wayland dec’d of which the following is a true Inventory.” D. cts
three heifers at 18
one cow and calf 12.50 seventeen head of hogs 28.75 42 25
one roan mare 70 1 black mare 30 100
A parcel of castings 10 58 1/2
A parcel of old hoes 3 8 1/2
Three axes and a sang hoe 3.25 One foot adged 4 25
Five bells 2 Two old bundles (may be sp) and curry comb-50 2 50
Five hackles 2.50 Old ploughs and Clevesas 4 6 50
Horse Geers and an old barrel 1
A paarcel of Cooper ware 2 A parcel of Iron tools 5 7
One pair Steel yards 2
A parcel of Pewter Knives and Forks 7 33
One fire shovel and pot rack 1
One lock chain double hoe and fixings 3
One rifle gun 12 Two flax wheels 5 17
A razor a strap and Spectacles 1 50
A bottle jug and Bowls 1 25
A parcel of books a pair of sizzors and 3 tin cups 3
A big wheel and reel 1.50 A grin stone and tomahawk 1.25 2 75
Wearing apparel 12 a bedsled bed and furniture 20 32
Five bed sleds 1 bed and furniture 20
One False Cutter A chisel and four chairs 1
An old big coat and live bee gums 2 25
11 Geese 5.50 15 ducks 1.25 6 75
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DEED BOOK 4 1806-1843
RUSSELL CO. VA PAGE 486
taken 28 Sept. 2001
This Indenture made the fifth day of May int the year of our Lord 1812, betwen Saml Ewing attorney for Hugh Mc Clung of the one part, and Keziah Weland of the other part both of the county of Russell and State of Virginia Witnesseth That the said Saml. Ewing atty for Hugh McClung for and in consideration fo the sum of fifteen dollars lawful money of the United States to him in hand paid the reciept whereof is hereby acknowledged hath granted bargained and sold, and by these presents doth grant bargain and sell unto the aforesaid Keziah Weland and her heirs forever, a certain tract or parcel of land lying and being in the county of Russell on the waters of Cooper Creek including a Spring called the Pound Spring and bounded as fowlloweth to wit: Beginning on a white oak about ten poles east of the pound spring thence s45degree W. 46 poles to a White oak Nathan Mullets corner, thence s 20 degree W 14 poles to a black gum thence s 5 degree E 16 poles to a large white oak. N. 6 0 degree W 20 poles to a chesnut N. 70 degree W.10 poles to a small poplar N 40 W 20poles to two poplars near the age of a sink hole thence N. 40 degree E 36 poles to a white oak thence whith a straight line to the Beginning containing fifteen acres be the same less or more. But it is to be name that there is fifteen acres excluded out of this deed for which I have already made a deed for to John Gibson dated the 7th day of November 1809. With all the appretenances to have and to hold the aforesaid trac or parcel of land with all its apprentenances unto the said _________Weland and her heirs, to the sole use and behoof of her the said Keziah Weland and her heirs forever. And the said Saml. Ewing atty. for Hugh Mcclung and their heirs doth convenant with the said Keziah Weland and her heirs that the said tract or parcel of land with all and singlualr it appuntenaces unto the said Keziah Weland and her heirs against the claim or claims of all person whatsoever shall and will forever de fend. In witness whereof the said Sam. Ewing atty. for Hugh McClung have hereunto subscribed his name and affixed his seal the day and year first above written
Saml. Ewing (seal)
atty. for Hugh Mcclung
LIBRARY RUSSELL CO VA
Taken 28 Sept. 2001
1810 Tax Record
white tith slaves over 12ys horses
Keziah Wayland 0 0 1
Francis 1 0 3
Nevil 1 0 2
1787 Tax Record
Henry Willard 0 0 0 charge with self
One of the possessions of Nevil Wayland was listed as a tomahawk. Why didn’t it use the word “hatchet”?
Also there was a neighbor James Gibson, and later John Gibson is given land in the middle of Kezziah Wayland’s property. Kezziah was Nevil Wayland’s widow. We don’t know what her maiden name was. Iam wondering if it was Gibson? Now that’s just a wild guess . . . but you’d think special arraingements for a relative makes more sense than for a stranger.
It also says something about
“white tith slaves over 12ys horses”
does anyone have any idea what this is talking about? Maybe I just copied and pasted too much and this is unrelated to what went before it, or is it talking about a White 12 year old Slave horse? 🙂
I think it’s reading “white tithables, slaves over 12 years, horses.” then on the next lines, it is enumerating what each guy has. “0 0 1” Read it like a table.
Oh, thanks Linda.
So is this then saying the Waylands were White? It seems so to me. Well for Kezziah’s (Kezziah was the widow of the elder Nevil who passed away in 1807) 2 sons it says — reading as a table, White — 1 and 1;
slaves over 12 — 0 and 0;
horses — Francis 3, Nevil (Jr) 2.
For Kezziah it says
White — 0
Slaves over 12 — 0
horses — 1
Was there no record keeping for “Free Persons of Color”? or “Slaves under 12” until later? Or did the person who sent this to me just record what they thought was relevant? Does it mean with the 2 young men that they were living alone and that they were White? Does it mean 1 White person was in the household with them?
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Other info about the descendants of these Waylands
The Nevil Walyand (Jr) — his name is all over the minutes for the Melungian Church (Stoney Creek Primitive Baptist Church) in Russell County. He had a son William from whom I’m descended. William had a brother Jonathan and another brother Jarrett, along with others, including another Nevil.
This family emigrated to Arkansas in 1815. Jonathan along with Hugh Rainwater started the first Methodist church in what was later to become Arkansas. In 1894 the First Methodist church in Duncan of the Chickasaw Nation (then it was Pickens District of the Chickasaw Nation, now Duncan is the county seat of Stephens County, Oklahoma) was started and Jeffrey Richey and his family joined it in 1901. It was in the Indian Mission Conference of what was called the Methodist Episcopal Church South in those days. That church has since joined with others and is the United Methodist Church today.
I myself am a United Methodist and I have searched Church records of the Indian Mission Conference. It still exists today, by the way, and I have attended OIMC churches a half a dozen times or so. But the nearest one is 50 miles away. It is comprised of about 90 mostly rural churches, with 2 in Dallas area and 3 or 4 in Kansas. The rest are here in Oklahoma.
Records of Jeffrey’s Church don’t exist so we are going by his obituary records that say he joined the Methodist Church 25 years before his death and he died in 1926. Church records (we also talked to the present Superinetedent of the Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference, David Wilson, who was interested in our genealogy research by the way) told us that there was only one the Methodist church in that area. It was the Duncan Church. My ancestors lived on land the leased from the Chickasaw 2 miles east of Duncan. That one church was an Indian Mission Church. I think the next nearest Methodist Church was in Ardmore, 50 or 100 miles to the East.
Jeffrey Hoten Richey is the grandson of William & Elizabeth (maiden name unknnown) Wayland (brother to Jonathan and Jarrett) and he was the grandson of John Richey and Mary Woods also.
His other brother Jarrett, is listed on the rolls of one of the earliest Mounted units to serve at Fort Gibson, which was built for the same reason Fort Smith was built, to keep the peace between the Cherokee and the Osage. The US government gave the Cherokee lands in Arkansas. However the land the have them had the Osage already living on it. They fought into the 1840s I think. Fort Gibson is today not far from Muskogee, Oklahoma.
Some of my ancestors were White and some were Indian. Right now I just don’t know which were which! 🙂 It seems to me that mixed blood displaced people were marrying other displaced mixed blood people for 200 years or more, and it is just hard to determine the “first” mixed bloods.
vance
Vance,
It makes sense to me that Keziah was a Gibson.
Found a number of trees relating to Nevil – here’s a sanitized version of several that had sources for some of the info – “but use at your own risk”. This is a very circular association, but here goes:
Nevil Wayland, Sr., b. 1754 SC; d. 1807 Russell Co., Va.
m’d Keziah (or Kesiah) __?__, b.abt. 1754, SC.
Sons:
Henry, b.1777 SC; d. 29 Aug 1840, Powhatan, Lawrence Co., Ark.
m’d Sarah __?__, b.abt. 1785.
one son named Nevil, b.abt. 1805 Lawrence Co., Ark.
m’d Elizabeth Hooper.
Nevil Jr., b.abt. 1785 SC (or Va?); d.abt. 1840? Lawrence Co., Ark.
m’d 1) Unknown – first 7 children are probably hers:
Henry, b. 23 Jul 1808 VA.
Rebecca, b.ca.1805
Sarah Frances, b.ca. 1809.
Jarrett, b.ca. 1811.
Mary, b.ca. 1814
Lucenda, b.ca. 1815.
James W., b.ca. 1818
m’d 2, in 1837) Mrs Permelia Forester, widow
dau Mary.
Frances, b.abt. 1786
William, b.abt. 1790
m’d Elizabeth __?__, b.abt. 1793 NC
(note: a dau, Mary STUART Wayland, b.abt. 1832, Ark., may
be a clue.)
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One site had the following note on Nevil Wayland, Sr., but no source cited :
“While residing on the Tyger River, he entered the service as a wagoner during May 1779. He served under Cols. Wofford and Thomas. he hauled provisions to the troops on the Indian Line. In addition, he served under Capts. John COLLINS, John Besbitt and Col. Roebuck. (South Carolina Roster)”.
This sounds like part of the application for a Rev. War Pension.
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Notes collected on Nevil Jr :
Moved to Lawrence Co., Ark in 1816.
In 1826, was 2nd Lt., Terr. Militia.
1834, listed as Magistrate.
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The 1829 Lawrence Co., Ark Tax list shows 4 entries :
Nevil Wayland, p.7 Lawrence Co., Ark. Terr.
Nevil Wayland, p.3, Spring River Towns, Lawrence Co.
Nevil Wayland Sr., p.3 ” ” ” ” “
Nevil Wayland Sr., p.6, Strawberry Twp, ” “
(This could be two people owning property in 3 diff. tax districts.
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There could be 2 different Gibson lines in Russell Co., Va., but if Keziah was a Gibson and was “b.SC”, we’d have to look there.
One line would be the descendants of Thomas Gibson, b.ca. 1750 in either Lancaster Co., Pa., OR Virginia. Died at battle of King’s Mtn., seems to be some question of who he is.
Thomas m’d Agnes Peery (Perry)
Claimed to be his son is Samuel Gibson, b. 10 Sep 1775 Augusta Co., Va; d. 19 June 1864, Russell Co., Va., m’d 14 Oct 1794 Washington Co., Va, Catherine Gratner, b.abt. 1780.
Children listed for Samuel & Catherine:
Wm. S., b.1795 Wash. Co., Va
John, b. 1797 Wash. Co., Va
Charles C., b. 1799, Wash. Co., Va
Sarah “Sally”, b. 1802 Wash. Co., Va
Elizabeth, b. 1804 Russell Co., Va.
Thomas, b. 1806 ” ” ” . d.1891 Russell Co.
James Carroll, b. 1808, ” “
Harvey P., b. 1810 ” “
Samuel Thompson, b.1812, ” “
Wesley G., b. 1814 ” “
Andrew Perry, b. 1817 ” “
Nancy P., b. 1819, ” “
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Thomas, b.1806, m’d 1) Mary VERMILLION, b.1815 Russell Co
(2 children)
m’d 2) Rachel WARD (7 children)
Mary Vermillion was the dau of John Vermillion, who moved to Claiborne Co., Tenn and appears next door to Richard Wilburn Jr on 1833 Tax Lists. This Wilburn line is allied with SIZEMORE (Cherokee) and GIBSON in Tenn. There are numerous Cherokee Wards.
Alledgedly, John Vermillion is the son of Jessee Vermillion, m’d Nancy Burk who was b.1792 GA., a descendant of John Burk (1656-1699) from MIDDLESEX Co., Va. The Middlesex Co should ring a bell or two, but the dates don’t seem to come together for me…… John Vermillion is the father of Mary who was born in 1815, but John’s mother is born in 1792 ?!?!
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Bill
howdy Bill —
thanks for that information. Someone told me the elder Nevil was a “cooper” by profession and you have information he made wagon wheels. So that makes sense.
It’s gonna take me a while to digest what you re saying, but those genealogies are talking about are my family. We’d heard he was a revolutionary war Veteran and was given 220 acres on teh Tyger river in SC, near the NC/SC border near some palce called Spartanville or Spartanburg. I forget but I have it written down someplace . . . but he was born in Va. Later he returned to Va.
There were several Nevil Waylands in Arkansas and this is confusing. More than one son had a son named Nevil. On grandma’s birth certificate (b. 1883) it says her father was born in Powhattan, Arkansas. Her father was Jeffrey Hoten Richey, 1851-1926. Some people have told us “Hoten” or Hoton” was slang for Powhattan, but I have never seen any historical documentation of this. Others have told me other things. Jeffrey’s mother was Sarah Ann Wayland, daughter of William and Elizabeth Wayland, and William was son of Nevil Wayland Sr, the one that died oin 1806 in Russell County, Virginia. He married Kezziah and they had Gibson’s living with them or nearby.
Quite often I read something and it is interesting, but I can’t put it together, but six months later I read it again, and suddenly a light comes on . . . what you wrote looks like oe of those things . . . 🙂 I’m gonna be rereading it several times in the next few weeks . . .
best wishes
vance
Hi Vance,
The 1790 Spartanburgh Co., SC census, p.621, shows :
Navel Wayland
household includes :
2 free white males 10 yrs old and older.
2 free white males under 10 yrs old.
4 free white females.
no “other free persons” or slaves.
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Note of caution: You can’t necessarily look at Tax Lists or Census Records and determine if a person is a mixed race White/Indian.
By 1740, S.C. & N.C. had both adopted the 1721 Virginia legal standard for determining race : “The One Drop (of blood) Rule”
A person of White & Indian mixture was legally WHITE.
A person of Black & Indian mixture was legally BLACK.
A person of White & Black mixture was legally BLACK.
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This “kept Blacks in their place” while promoting the assimilation of Indians into White culture and destroying their identification with their culture.
Bill
Thanks for the specifics on when these laws came into effect and how they were worded. That’s very useful.
Bill:
Thanks for the information. That helps explain a lot in my family genealogy. My VA family are of Shawnee descent, yet every legal document calls them white.
Cindy
Originally posted by Bill Childs
Hi Vance,
The 1790 Spartanburgh Co., SC census, p.621, shows :
Navel Wayland
household includes :
2 free white males 10 yrs old and older.
2 free white males under 10 yrs old.
4 free white females.
no “other free persons” or slaves.
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Note of caution: You can’t necessarily look at Tax Lists or Census Records and determine if a person is a mixed race White/Indian.
By 1740, S.C. & N.C. had both adopted the 1721 Virginia legal standard for determining race : “The One Drop (of blood) Rule”
A person of White & Indian mixture was legally WHITE.
A person of Black & Indian mixture was legally BLACK.
A person of White & Black mixture was legally BLACK.
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This “kept Blacks in their place” while promoting the assimilation of Indians into White culture and destroying their identification with their culture.
Bill
Yes thanks Bills I was Looking just Yesterday and saw something
about that law My Rainwater`s where from Spartanburg S.C. and they where Listed as White 🙂 But Where Mixed Marriages
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