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- H. Rees SmithBef 1717 - Bef 1744
- W. Ann BealsAbt 1722 - 1790
Facts and Events
Rees Smith was one of the Early Settlers of Orange, Frederick and Augusta County, Virginia
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Working Timeline
1711: Cecil County, MD - Parents are married.
1734: Spotsylvania County, VA is divided to create Orange County, VA.
- 1738: Orange County, VA - Pages 399-406. 6-7 June 1738. John Smith of Orange County to William Hiett of same. Lease and release; for valuable consideration. John Smith and John Hampton Junior of Orange County covenanted to take up and paten a tract from which John Hampton was to have 150 acres of the west end, which was surveyed for and patented in the name of John Smith 21 Aug. 1734, containing 420 acrew on Opeckon Creek at Turkey Spring... John Hampton assigned unto William Hiett and Simion Woodrow who bought Hampton's right. Woodrow and Hiett parted the 150 acres, 60 acres to Simion Woodrow and 90 acres to William Hiett.. 90 acres on the west side of Sherrendo River and on Opeckon Creek at a place called Turkey Spring... division corner between William Hiett and Simeon Woodrow crossing Opeckon Creek to a stone by a run that comes from John Smith's mill... (signed) John Smith. Wit: Samuel Brittan, Rees Smith, William Smith. 22 June 1738. Acknowledged by John Smith. [Orange County Virginia Deed Book 2, Dorman, pg. 56].
- 1738: Orange County, VA - Pages 406-13. 6-7 June 1738. John Smith of Orange County to David Lewis of same. Lease and release; for valuable consideration. John Smith and John Hampton Junior of Orange County covenanted to take up and patten (patent) a tract from which John Hampton was to have 150 acres of the west end, which was surveyed for and pattented in the name of John Smith 21 Aug. 1734, containing 420 acres on Opeckon Creek at Turkcy Spring... for bond of ₤50 to John Hampton which bond Hampton assigned unto Simeon Woodrow and William Hiet who bought Hampton's right. Woodrow and Hiet by consent parted to 150 acres, 60 acres to Simeon Woodrow and 90 acres to William Hiet. Woodrow sold his right to David Lewis. 60 acres on the west side of Sherrendo River and on Opeckon Creek at a place called Turkey Spring, part of 420 acres granted John Smith 21 Aug. 1734... on the north side of the entire tract... crossing Opeckon Creek to a stone near the run which comes from the said John Smith's mill... (signed) John Smith. Wit: Samuel Brittan, Rees Smith, Wiliam Smith. 22 June 1738. Acknowledged by John Smith. [Orange County Virginia Deed Book 2, Dorman, pg. 57].
1738: Orange County, VA is divided to create Frederick County, VA (1 Aug 1738).
- 1738: Orange County, VA - Pages 121-24. 2-3 Oct. 1738. Rees Smith of Orange County to John and Lewis Neile of same. Lease and release; for ₤32.10.- current money. 150 acres on the west side of Sharrendo River [Shenandoah River] and on Opeckon Creek at a mouth of a valley above a pine hill about half a mile above a new waggon roade marked from the waggon road to go to Jost Hite's... (signed) Rees Smith. Wit: Morgan an, William Smith, John Beals Juner. 22 March 1738 [1739]. Acknowledged by Rees Smith. [Orange County Virginia Deed Book 3 Dorman, pg. 9].
- 1744: Orange County, VA - widow Anne and her new husband Thomas Hunt, both of Prince George's County, Maryland, sold her dower's ½ share of the 270 acres owned by Rees Smith, deceased, to Samuel Walker for five pounds. [Source: O'Dell1 ]
1772: Frederick County, VA is divided to create Berkeley County, VA (10 Feb 1772).
References
- ↑ O'Dell, Cecil. Pioneers of old Frederick County, Virginia. (Marceline, Missouri: Walsworth Pub. Co., c1995).
Rees Smith was deceased sometime after he validated this action in Orange County Court on 22 March 1738/9, and prior to 22 November 1744 when his widow Anne and her new husband Thomas Hunt, both of Prince George's County, Maryland, sold her dower's ½ share of the 270 acres owned by Rees Smith, deceased, to Samuel Walker for five pounds.
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