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Poe Family in Culpeper County, Virginia 

 

Includes Orange County and Fauquier County and some records from Warren County.

Includes miscellaneous Augusta Co. record (probably misreported) as well as one from Hampshire Co.

 

Culpeper County, Virginia formed from Orange County. Legislative enactment in 1748. Organized in 1749. Later changes occurred in 1832-1833. [Virginia Counties: Those Resulting from Virginia Legislation, by Morgan Poitiaux Robinson, originally published as Bulletin of the Virginia State Library, Volume 9, January, April, July 1916, reprinted 1992 by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD.]

 

Virginia Map showing Culpeper County 

 

Map of Culpeper County Parishes

 

Poe in history of Rappahannock County

      Rappahannock County Formation

 

Report of Lands In Culpeper County belonging to William Poe

 

For some possible descendants of William Poe who married Lydia and was in Culpeper County by 1737

see ancestry.com site of Joan Hackett

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Orange County (became Culpeper)

 

Francis Browning

Three Francis Browning names appear in the historical record. The eldest seems to be Francis Browning  (1672-1723). His son was Francis Browning (c1696-1775) and his son was Francis Browning (died 1760). Independent confirmation of these dates has not been accomplished. These three men will be referred below, at times, as Francis Browning i, ii, or iii

 

The eldest Francis Browning appears to have been married to Rachel. The next one administered the estate of Samuel Poe (d. 1725). Browning researchers claim the wife was Francis Browning was a member of the Lloyd family. The third Francis Browning was married to Frances Norman and is connected to the family of William Poe (whose wife was Lydia).

 

Genealogical and Historical Notes on Culpeper County, Virginia, Embracing a Revised and Enlarged Edition of Dr. Philip Slaughter's History of St. Mark's Parish. Compiled by Raleigh Travers Green. Baltimore: Southern Book Company 1958

 

Francis Browning

1735

p. 151

The Browning Family. By Judge D. A. Grimsley

The Brownings appeared in Virginia soon after the settlement of the Colony. One of them, as appears from Henning's Statures, was a member of the House of Burgesses, but whether the Culpeper family is a descendant of this man is not definitely known.

 

Francis Browning settled near Gaines X Roads, now Rappahannock, in 1735. He is supposed to have come from Caroline county. One Thomas Browning also came to Culpeper about that time, but returned to Caroline.

 

The wife of Francis Browning was a Miss. Lloyd*, of Maryland, and they had the following children: 1. Francis m. Frances Norman; 2. Nicholas, m. Sarah Washburn; 3. John m. Miss Demorest; 4. Jacob m. Elizabeth Bywaters; 5. Mary m. Courtney Norman; 6. Ruth m. William Duncan; 7. a daughter m. ----- Turner.

 

* No supporting evidence is provided for this claim. The Lloyd family was in Caroline County early in the century. Other Browning researchers seem to point to this statement by Grimsley in their family histories. Without other evidence, though, it seems as likely that the wife of Francis Browning (ii) was a daughter of Samuel Poe. This would explain why Francis Browning administered Samuel Poe's estate. Francis Browning and Samuel Poe lands were adjacent in Essex/Caroline County. William Poe and Francis Browning land were adjacent in Culpeper County. These two families appear so close that some kind of kinship must exist somewhere.

 

Library of Virginia

Land Office Patents & Grants/Northern Neck Grants & Surveys : CATALOG CARD

 

Francis Browning 1735 Patent at the Library of Virginia

 

VTLS-Web Gateway: Bibid Lookup

 

MULTIMEDIA

Patent

GRANTEE

Browning, Francis. grantee.

DATE

19 June 1735.

NOTE

Location: Orange County.

NOTE

Grantee(s): Browning, Francis and Ashley, John.

NOTE

Description: 400 acres beginning on the head branches of the North fork of Battle run.

NOTE

Source: Land Office Patents No. 15, 1732-1735 (v.1 & 2 p.1-522), p. 528 (Reel 13).

NOTE

Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.

OTHER FORMAT

Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41.

 

 

Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants. Abstracted by Nell Marion Nugent. Indexed by Claudia B. Grundman. Volume IV: 1732-1741. Virginia State Library. Richmond 1977

 

Title:

Cavaliers and pioneers abstracts of Virginia land patents and grants 1623-1800 / abstracted by Nell Marion Nugent

Author:

Nugent, Nell Marion

Publisher:

Richmond, VA : Virginis State Library , 1971.

Collation:

v.. ; 24 cm.

Note:

Vols. 1-5 (1623-1749) ; vol. 6 (1749-1762) ; supplement Northern Neck grant no. 1 (1690-1692) ; vol. 7 (1762-1776)

Subject:

Northern Neck, Virginia - Land records

  

Francis Browning

19 June 1735

 

Patent Book 15

Francis Browning and John Ashley of St. Mark's Par. Orange Co., 400 acs in sd Par & Co. on head Brs. of the N Fork of Battle Run; 19 June 1735. p.528. 2 pounds.

 

William Poe*

William Watson**

10 June 1737

 

Patent Book 17

William Watson & William Poe of Caroline Co. 400 Acs Orange Co. in the Little Fork of Rappahannock Riv. on the Brs. of Battle Run; Adj. John Ashley & Francis Browning: 10 June 1737. p. 333. 2 pounds

 

* William Poe (born c1711) see ancestry.com site of Joan Hackett  

** It appears this William Watson died about five year later in 1743 as evidenced by the Caroline County record below. By 1752 Culpeper records refer to the land as “now Normans”

Page 152

11 February 1742/3

Suit on attachment. Wm. Taliaferro agt the estate of William Watson. Dismissed

 

 

 

Library of Virginia

Land Office Patents & Grants/Northern Neck Grants & Surveys : CATALOG CARD

 

VTLS-Web Gateway: Bibid Lookup

 

MULTIMEDIA    Patent 

 

GRANTEE  Poe, William. grantee. 

DATE  10 June 1737. 

NOTE  Location: Orange County. 

NOTE  Grantee(s): Watson, William and Poe, William. 

NOTE  Description: 400 acres. 

NOTE  Source: Land Office Patents No. 17, 1735-1738, p. 333 (Reel 15). 

NOTE  Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia. 

 

*Note that six months after receiving the patent in Orange County William Poe and wife Lydia dispose of their land in Caroline County. William Poe appears to have been present, but his wife, Lydia Poe, was represented by Benjamin Robinson by virtue of power of attorney.

 

Caroline County Court Records

William Poe

Lydia Poe

p. 461 [9 Dec. 1737]

William Poe’s deeds of lease and release of land indented to William Taliaferro Gent. (and also a power of attorney from Lydia Poe to Benjamin Robinson) was proved by John Gough, John Gough, Jr, and Samuel Edwards, witnesses thereto.

 

The Area of William Poe land

 

Title:

Rappahannock County, Virginia a history : fact, fiction, foolishness, and the Fairfax / by Elisabeth B. and C. E. Johnson.

Author:

Johnson, C. E.

Author:

Johnson, Elisabeth B.

Publisher:

Orange : Green Publishers, 1981.

Collation:

440 p. : ill., facsims., maps ; 24 cm.

Note:

Index.

Subject:

Rappahannock Co. [new], Virginia - History

 

page 291

In August, 1670, Francis Lederer had explored the area from the Great Fork, the juncture of the Rappahannock and Rapidan Rivers, to the Blue Ridge, and marked trails. In the mid 1700's, William Poe, who had land in the upper reaches of Battle Run as far back as 1737, and lived near Gaines Cross Roads, laid off a road which roughly followed Lederer's Trail. It is represented by the present Route 637 from Route 211 west  of Amissville to a sport near Wakefield Manor on Route 522 between Flint Hill and Huntly. The road from Washington via Fodderstack staying west of present Route 522 to the connection with Poe's road and continuing to t he top of the mountain, was Chester's Road, named for Captain Thomas Chester who owned property west of the Gap which bears his name.

 

p. 349

... Sandford's Mill, also known as Cooksey's, was on the Jordan west of Poe's Road, while Water's Mill was down near the mouth, east of the road.

 

p. 350

A piece of Poe's Road has been cut out now and it turns, hitting Route 522, opposite Wakefield Private School. About two miles below Chancellor's Mill on the Rappahannock County side, was Lewis' Mill, near the mouth of Buck Run as it came in from Fauquier. This as fairly close to Poe's road, and was reached by a short section of road that is now closed.

 

We are now down to Water's Mill, already mentioned, on the east side of Poe's Road on the Jordan River. Next comes the intersection of Poe's Road, Route 637, with Crest Hill Road, Route 647.

 

Below Keysville (Lotte, or Larrabee's Kennels) about a half mile down on Hungry (Hunger) Run, and on the east side of Poe's Road was Poe's Mill. Then, down about the mouth of Hungry Run as it goes into the Rappahannock was old Parker's Mill, served by Parker's Mill Road.

 

Orange County (became Culpeper)

 

Title:

Orange County, Virginia order book one, 1734-1739 / Barbara Vines Little.

Author:

Little, Barbara Vines.

Publisher:

Orange : Dominion Research Service, 1990- .

Collation:

v. ; 21 cm.

Note:

Library holdings: Pt. 1. 1734-1736.

Note:

Indexes.

Subject:

Orange Co., Virginia - Court records

 

 

Francis Browning

19 Nov 1735

 

John Vineyard agt Francis Browning is postponed.

 

The suite by Petition brought by John Vynyard agt Francis Browning is on hearing the witnesses and arguments of both parties dismist with costs.

 

Cornelius Mitchell attend 4 days as witness for John Vynyard

Walter Butler attended 3 days for John Vynyard

John Connor 4 days wit. For Francis Browning

 

15 May 1736

Ordered that John Ashley clear a road the convenienientist way from Colo. Willis’s Mill to Mitchell’s ford and that Robert Eastham Gent, and Francis Browning mark the way to said Road is to be cleared

 

Title:

Orange County road orders, 1734-1749 / Ann Brush Miller ; with introductory essays by Nathaniel Mason Pawlett.

Author:

Pawlett, Nathaniel Mason.

Author:

Miller, Ann Brush

Publisher:

Charlottesville, VA : Virginia Highway & Transportation Research Council, 1984.

Collation:

323 p. ; 19 cm.

Note:

Index.

Subject:

Orange Co., Virginia - Road orders

 

Francis Browning

28 August 1740

p. 238 of orders

Ordered that all the tithables between Indian Run & the River clear ye road from Mitchells ford & the Goardwine as far as the path between Samuel and Anthony Scotts & Its further ordered that Francis Browning be hereby appointed Overseer of ye sd Road & that he cause the highways to be cleared & the bridges to be repaired in the said precinct according to law.

 

William Poe

28 August 1740

p. 238 or orders

Ordered that all the tithables belonging to Hickman Murkey Cheek Beverley & Brooks work on the road from the thorough fair run to Stony run at ye upper end of Brooks & Beverleys Tract Under Wm Poe who is hereby appointed Overseer of ye Same & its ordered that he Cause ye highways to be cleared & the bridges to be repaired in ye sd precinct according to Law.

 

 

William Poe

25 August 1743

Ordered that Wm Po be appointed Overseer of the Road from the thoroughfare Run to Stony Run at ye foot of the Mountain & that the Labouring Tithables on ye Lands of Wm Beverly Esqr. Maj. Brook & on ye Lands formerly belonging to the M. Burgess & Edward Stickman do work on ye same.

 

Title:

Orange County, Virginia, will books 1-2 : 1735-1778 / abstracted and comp. by John Frederick Dorman.

Author:

Dorman, John Frederick

Publisher:

Washington, D.C. : Dorman, 1958-1961.

Collation:

2 v. in 1 ;

Note:

Indexes at end of each section.

Note:

Willbook I, 1735-1743; Willbook II, 1744-1778.

Subject:

Orange Co., Virginia - Probate records

 

Some parts of Orange County appear to have become Culpeper (Browning) and others Spotsylvania (Sutton)

 

John Sutton

1741 - 1742

Thomas Stanton. Sale of the personal estate, on 2 Dec, 3 Dec, 24 Dec, 30 Dec 1741, 1 Jan, 19 April 1742

…. To Mr. John Sutton, a dimity jacket and breeches pounds 10.9

 

Francis Browning

22 October 1741

Jonathan Ward. Inventory. Made in Obedience to order of 24 Sep. 1741. Total Valuation pounds 7.2.0

Frans (F) Browning

Wm (W) Smith

John Washburn

William Duncan, admr.

22 8ber [Oct 1741]. Returned into Court

 

Bond of Eliza Morphey. Nathaniel Hedgman and Francis Browning unto Thos. Chew, Gent. Justice. For pounds 100. 28 Jan 1741[1742].

Eliza Morphey is admx. Of Miles Morphey dec’d.

Ellizabeth (X) Morphey

Natl Hedgman

Frans (S) Browning

Wit: John Quin

28 Jan 1741[1742]. Ack and admitted to record

 

2 Sept 1741

James Right. Account of estate as sold at outcry

To Francis Browning

1 cloaths box

1 pr fire tongs

1 set of wedges

1 froe