Will of Capt John Belfield
Posted 14 Aug 2010 by ram0709

Belfield, John
Richmond County, Virginia
Richmond County Will Book No. 9 (Part 1) 1794-1805 pp. 176-179
Ordered: October 1801
Recorded: 7 June 1802
George Mason's Gunston Hall Plantation - Mason Neck, Virginia 22079 http://GunstonHall.org
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In obedience to an order of Richmonds County Court bearing date October 1801. We the subscribers (therein named) met at the late dwelling house of John Belfield and upon oath taken before Vincent Bramham appraised in current money, all the personal estate of the said John Belfield decd which was presented to our view to wit -

In the dining room -
2 Walnut dining tables @ 25/ 2.10. 0
12 Walnut Frame chairs @ 9/ 5. 8. 0
1 Tea table . 7. 6
1 Walnut small square table .10. 0
6 Tea pots . 7. 6
1 set Tea cups & saucers & slop bowl . 6. 0
5 cream pots . 2. 6
6 pickles plates . 2. 0
1 Tea board & waiter . 3. 0
5 old silver Tea spoons . 7. 6
1 large china bowl .12. 0
1 smaller Do .10. 0

In Cupboard in Dining Room
2 sets Tea Ware & slop bowls @ 5/ .10. 0
6 delf bowls @ 1/6 . 9. 0
10 small tumblers . 6. 0
1 quart tumbler with a cover . 2. 6
4 Saucers & 3 Cups Queens Ware . 0. 6
1 doz china delf plates 1.16. 0
2 Glass Salvers . 4. 6
1 Glass can . 2. 6
1 blue glass do & 1 decanter . 6. 0
9 earthern & [stone mugs] .10. 0
10 Tart moulds . 1. 0
1 Coffee pot, 4 preserve pots, 2 old Tea \_ . 4. 6
pots, sugar dish, & Wine Glass /
1 Turene . 7. 6
1 brass & 2 Japan Candlesticks . 4. 6
1 silver pint can 2. 8. 0
1 Do large soup ladle 2. 0. 0
1 doz Silver Table spoons 10. 0. 0
1 pair Do sugar Tongs . 6. 0
2 large Queens Ware dishes . 6. 0
14 old queens Ware plates & Fruit dish . 3. 0
1 Coffee Mill . 6. 0
1 fire Screen . 2. 6

In the Parlour
2 oval mahogany dining table @ 40/ 4. 0. 0
1 old oak chest of drawers . 6. 0
1 Mahogany desk & book case, Books, &c 30. 0. 0
5 Volumes Encyclopedia in boards 10. 0. 0
1 Tin painted sugar box . 3. 0

In the back chamber
2 beds of Furniture @ £9 each 18. 0. 0
1 small chest . 4. 6
1 old square Walnut table & cloth . 2. 0
2 Crickets . 2. 0
1 pair and Irons . 4. 0
1 large bible .12. 0

In the Porch
1 spy glass 1. 0. 0

In the Entry Upstairs
1 Man's Saddle 2. 8. 0
3 large chests @ 10/ 1.10. 0

In the room over the nursery
1 bed bedstead & a coverlet 4. 0. 0

Over the Porch
a parcel of lumber 1. 0. 0
Over the Dining room
1 bed Walnut bedstead & Furniture 9. 0. 0
1 bed without Furniture 4. 0. 0

Over the Parlour
1 bed bedstead & Furniture 10. 0. 0
10 pair cotton sheets 10. 0. 0
1 pair holland Do 2. 0. 0
6 Counterpanes 6. 0. 0
2 old chairs . 2. 0
1 painted table . 3. 0
1 pair and Irons . 2. 0
9 cotton table cloths 6. 0. 0
6 Cotton towels .18. 0
6 Napkins .18. 0
3 small table cloths 1. 4. 0

In the Nursery
2 beds bedsteads & Furniture 20. 0. 0
1 ladies dressing table 3. 0. 0
2 painted Gin cases & bottles @ 10/ 1. 0. 0
1 arm chair .15. 0
1 table . 5. 0
1 Tin candle box & 1 funnel . 3. 0
1 powder Flask . 3. 0

In the back Porch
1 close Stool .10. 0
1 old pine table . 1. 6
1 pair copper Scales & Weights .10. 0
3 wire sives @ 7/6 1. 2. 6
1 Split Do . 2. 6
8 stone butter pots .16. 0

In the long house
26 hoes @ 2/6 3. 5. 0
5 Spades & 2 Shovels 4/ 1. 8. 0
9 Axes 4/ 1.16. 0
2 pr. Wedges 6/ .12. 0
25 Mobby stands 8/ 10. 0. 0
10 Casks 8/ 4. 0. 0
1 pair old chair wheels & Chair boddy 1. 0. 0
3 large casks 8/ 1. 4. 0
1 Tumbril 5. 0. 0
1 Grind Stone . 3. 0
2 ox carts 6. 0. 0

In the brandy House
7 Iron Bound brandy casks of 40 gal @ 10/ 3.10. 0
1 Do large 120 gal . 8. 0
6 Iron Bound runlets @ 6/ 1.16. 0
1 barrel do . 5. 0
3 pieces sheet Lead 20. 0. 0
150 gall. Brandy @ 6/ 45. 0. 0
6 Stone jugs 4/ 1. 4. 0
1 Quart Pot & Funnel . 3. 0
1 grind stone . 7. 6

In the kitchen
2 large Iron pots with holes in them @ 6/ .12. 0
3 smaller pots .18. 0
2 dutch ovens & 1 boiler .16. 0
1 frying pan & 2 Iron baking dishes .10. 0
3 bell metal skillet old .12. 0
1 stone butter pot & 3 milk pans . 3. 0
1 Grid Iron & 1 pr sad Irons . 7. 0
1 Copper kettle & old Coffee pot 3. 0. 0
2 spice mortars & 1 Iron Tea kettle . 6. 0
1 laddle, flesh forks, Tongs & And Irons .12. 0
3 spits & 3 pot racks 2. 0. 0
1 large pewter dish & 1 doz. plates 1. 4. 0
Old pewter .15. 0
1 marble mortar 1. 4. 0
4 churns . 9. 0
10 ps Wooden Ware .15. 0
10 candle moulds shewed by the \_
executors & 2 do at Thos Belfields / .18. 0
1 foot boat 6. 0. 0
1 Scow & canoe 3. 0. 0
1 Fowling piece 80/ 4. 0. 0
1 Do 40/ 2. 0. 0

Stock
5 Sows 36/ 9. 0. 0
1 Do & 5 pigs 2. 5. 0
7 hogs 2 years old 40/ 14. 0. 0
2 Boars 40/ 4. 0. 0
13 Shoats 12/ 8. 8. 0
13 Do 6/ 3.18. 0
4 Yoke oxen at £10 40. 0. 0
17 milch cows at £3 51. 0. 0
1 Do at Thomas Belfields 3. 0. 0
12 Barren cows at £3 39. 0. 0
7 heifers 40/ 14. 0. 0
4 young steers 13. 0. 0
3 steer yearlings 25/ 3.15. 0
1 bull do 1. 5. 0
2 Bulls 5.10. 0
18 calves 15/ 13.10. 0
150 Feet Top 1/ 7.10. 0
22 Stacks Hay 9/ 9.18. 0
5 stacks Blades 30/ 7.10. 0
65 Sheep 12/ 39. 0. 0
15 Hhds Tobacco - out of the 15Hhds Sydnor Belfields part put into two of the Hhds is to be deducted therefrom that balance the overseers part for the year 1800 is to be taken after that one fourth is to be decudted for Thomas Belfieds part & the residue belongs to the estate of the late John Belfield.
75 bus. wheat @ 8/ 30. 0. 0
1/3 part of a wheat fan 40/ 2. 0. 0
10 bus: beans 5/ 2.10. 0
10 Ploughs 8/ 4. 0. 0
3 harrow Ploughs 8/ 1. 4. 0
8 bus. barley 5/ 2. 0. 0
1 stack oats 3. 0. 0
3 ox Chains 8/ 1. 4. 0
3 horses £12 36. 0. 0
4 spinning Wheels 8/ 1.12. 0
3 hackles 2. 0. 0
1 old chair saddle & harness & Ropes . 7. 6
8 Scythes 5/ 2. 0. 0
4 Tubs .10. 0
17 reap hooks @ 6d . 8. 6
1 broad hoe . 6. 0
3 pair shep shares . 4. 6
Wool about 60 lb. 3. 0. 0
1 set shoe makers tools . 7. 6
1 flax wheel 12/ 1 whip saw 25/ 1. 7. 0
2 X cut saws 18/ 2 hand saws 7/6 1. 5. 6
2 howels & 1 adze 9/ 1 nar. & 3 broad axes 18/ 1. 7. 0
3 Augers 1 Crow bar & hammer . 6. 0
4 drawg knives 8/ 1 currying knife & Froe 14/ 1. 2. 0
1 Coopers axe, adze, Crows & flaging Iron . 9. 0

Old General 10. 0. 0
Joe 60. 0. 0
Harry 30. 0. 0
Abram 90. 0. 0
[Ashow] 90. 0. 0
Billy 80. 0. 0
James 90. 0. 0
(Page 179)
Adam 80. 0. 0
Charles 75. 0. 0
Joe 80. 0. 0
Harry 60. 0. 0
Charles 60. 0. 0
Adam 50. 0. 0
Dick 45. 0. 0
Daniel 25. 0. 0
Jere 25. 0. 0
Patrick 30. 0. 0
Billy 30. 0. 0
Eve 15. 0. 0
Betty 15. 0. 0
Sinah 25. 0. 0
Phebe & two children Eve & Winny 90. 0. 0
Peggy & child Frank, a boy 75. 0. 0
Alice & child Polly 75. 0. 0
Nelly & two children Jermy & John 90. 0. 0
Molly & child Alice 70. 0. 0
Lucy & child Sarah 70. 0. 0
Nancy 70. 0. 0
Sukey 60. 0. 0
Patt 70. 0. 0
Lett 60. 0. 0
Yellow Patty 60. 0. 0
Hannah 60. 0. 0
Milly 45. 0. 0
Molly 35. 0. 0
Caty 35. 0. 0
Grace 35. 0. 0
2773. 1. 0
Rt. Mitchell
Sydnor Belfied \_ Henry Sisson
J. Campbell /
Richmond County Sct.

The above Inventory and appriasement of the estate of John Belfield decd. proved before me this 7th day of June 1802 by the oath of Robert Mitchell & Henry Sisson
Vint BramhanWe certify that James Kelley one of the appraisers was present and assisted in the appraisement and agreed thereto but before the same was copied and signed he the said James died - Given under our hands this 7th day of June 1802
Rt Mitchell
Henry Sisson

The above Certificate sworn to before me 7th June 1802
Vint Bramham

At a Court held for Richmond County the 7th day of June 1802 -This Inventory and appriasement of the estate of John Belfield dec’d was this day returned and ordered to be recorded -
Teste B. McCarty CRC

See: Va. His. Magazine. Vol. 1895.
^TITL HEH has Dr. John.
LHJ has d. 19 Aug 1805.

Capt Roger Jones

PROOF:
Our ancestor who came to Virginia was Lancelot Bathurst, who came over about 1683, and who is mentioned in Burke’s Extinct Baronetage as having settled in Virginia, and his descendants in Jamaica. I have before me an old book of common prayer which was loaned me by Cousin Emma D. Belfield, of Richmond county, Va., who has kindly aided me in every way in her power to trace the Bathurst history in Virginia. It contains on its time-stained fly leaves numerous entries which the prudence of her noble ancestor, John Belfield, the eldest son of Thos. Wright Belfield, prompted him to make at a time when his knowledge of the facts recorded cannot be questioned.

He was born June 23d, 1725, and died August 19th, 1805 (sic); his mother died October 6th, 1750. Therefore, according to him what the very fact of these entries shows that he at least felt some interest in such matters, and it is but fair to suppose that he had learned from his mother who her mother and her mother’s father were. Especially does this inference become justifiable when we call to mind the great estimate set upon family descent by our ancestors at that early day; and few families have been more careful of such things than the Belfields.

Among other entries is one which shows that Mary Bathurst was a daughter of Lancelot Bathurst; that she married Francis Meriwether; that their daughter Mary Meriwether married Thos. Wright Belfield, and that they had a son John Belfield, who was born June 23d, 1725. This was the John Belfield who made the entries. 541

“Manor House”, “Belle Mount”
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The manor house at Belle Mount in Richmond County, Virginia was the home of John and Ruth Sydnor Belfield.

John, son of Thomas and Mary Meriweather Belfield, was one of the 115 patriots who signed the Leedstown Resolves (also known as the Westmoreland Resolves) in 1766 – one of the first deliberate acts of sedition against England.\

John became a member of the Virginia Dragoons where he served in the rank of Major. He fought in many battles to help win our freedom from England, in order that we could become the United States of America.

His home at Belle Mount was destroyed in the War of 1812.