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4. “Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812,” Ancestry, Nicholas Merriwether son of John Merriwether.
5. “Sale of 300a to William Seward,” The deed was agreed to on 1 May 1666 and recorded on 3 May 1666.
Deed states “Nicholas Meriwether of James City County in Virginia”
6. Appeared on the Surry County Tithables list.
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26. “Miscellaneous Correspondence and Notes.” 1665 date based on research by TMSI that indicates he had to have been born before 1667.
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31. Logan states she died at “Clover Fields”, though there is no known marker there.
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33. “Miscellaneous Correspondence and Notes.” Sources state she married at her father's plantation, "Assassquin".
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47. Ibid. p. 89; b. 1690, James City County.
48. “Miscellaneous Correspondence and Notes.” GMB states he was probably born in Surry County; others have New Kent County.
49. “Bible Leaf of Nicholas Meriwether II,” The Descendants of Nicholas Meriwether of Wales, William Ridgely Griffith, p. 12-13, 90, Col. David Meriwether Departed this Life 25th December 1744 (p. 13).
50. Family Record. Meriwether, George Wood Meriwether, The Bradley & Gilbert Company, Louisville, Kentucky, 1889., Reprinted by The Meriwether Society, May 2000, p. 8.
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52. Jim White, “Bruckner/Anderson Family Research,” Various, jmo, White has mother’s name as Mary Ward.
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55. Edith G. Heflin [27012].
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58. “Bible Leaf of Nicholas Meriwether II,” The Descendants of Nicholas Meriwether of Wales, William Ridgely Griffith, p. 12-13, 90, Anne ye wife of Col. David dyed ye 11” March 1735-36. (p. 13).
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63. Gov. George Rockingham Gilmer, Georgians - Sketches of some of the First Settlers of Upper Georgia, of the Cherokees, and the Author, Heritage Papers, Danielsville, Georgia, 1989.
64. The Meriwethers and Their Connections, Nelson Heath Meriwether, Artcraft Press, 1964, Reprinted in 1991 by The Meriwether Society, Gateway Press, p. 76; Day and month not legible.
65. 1631-1899 - The Record of Nicholas Meriwether of Wales and Descendants in Virginia and Maryland, William Ridgely Griffith, Nixon-Jones Printing Company, St. Louis, 1899, Reprinted by The Meriwether Society, p. 92.
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71. “Browne of Four Mile Tree,” Southside Virginia Families, John Bennett Boddie, Vol. 1, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1966, page 110.
72. “Children of Nicholas Meriwether (Cont.),” Maurice W. Kendall, Meriwether Connections, Vol XII No. 3, Jul-Sep 1993.
73. “Find A Grave.” Find A Grave Memorial# 144399525.
74. Martha McCartny, Jamestown People to 1800, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore.
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78. Lewises, Meriwethers and Their Kin, Sarah Travers Lewis (Scott) Anderson, The Dietz Press, Richmond, Virginia, 1938, pp. 61-62.
79. John Meriwether McAllister & Lura Boulton Tandy, Lewis and Kindred Families, E. W. Stephens Publishing Company, Columbia, Mo., 1906, p. 24.
80. Alice Jean Nelson, Virginia Lineages, Letters & Memoris, 1233 Panama Dr Sarasota FL 33580, 1984.
81. Sudie Rucker Wood, The Rucker Family Genealogy.
82. “Find A Grave.” Date on Memorial is 10 Jan 1765. No source.
83. Lyman Chalkley, Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement of Virginia, Volume 2, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~chalkley/, ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/augusta/court/2court25.txt, Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement of Virginia Vol 2 p210-219, "In 1760, Robert Lewis died testate." He is known to have been alive as late as Oct 1764.
84. “Find A Grave.” Find A Grave Memorial# 13029401; Not proven; if there, site not marked.
85. “U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900,” Ancestry.com, 1757; Robert b. 1702; Elizabeth b. 1713.
86. Virginia Magazine of History & Biography.
Need actual issue.
87. Gus Edward Meriwether, “Gus Meriwether Research,” 1994.
88. The Meriwethers and Their Connections, Nelson Heath Meriwether, Artcraft Press, 1964, Reprinted in 1991 by The Meriwether Society, Gateway Press, p. 236.
89. “Find A Grave.” Find A Grave Memorial# 223910367.
90. The Meriwethers and Their Connections, Nelson Heath Meriwether, Artcraft Press, 1964, Reprinted in 1991 by The Meriwether Society, Gateway Press, p. 595.
91. Pebbleton Descendants, Anne Randolph (Rucker) Glover, Self published.
92. “Find A Grave.” Find A Grave Memorial# 77647442.
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94. “Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1700-1850,” Virginia Marriage Records, Elizabeth Bentley, Ancestry, p. 552.
95. Virginia Magazine of History & Biography, Vol. 4 page 92, and/or 211, p. 199.
96. “Will of Francis Meriwether,” Will Book, Number 1, Abbeville District, South Carolina, 1793, page 99.
97. Willie Pauline Young, Abstracts of Old Ninety-Six and Abbeville District Wills and Bonds as on file in the Abbeville, SC, Courthouse, Georgia Genealogical Reprints, Reprinted 1969; original printing in 1950, pp. 202, 208, 223, 227, 230, 552, Bay County (FL) Public Library.
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102. Lineage of the Meriwethers and the Minors from Colonial Times, Minor Meriwether, Nixon-Jones Publishing Company, St. Louis, 1895, 11 Dec 1719.
103. “Miscellaneous Correspondence and Notes.” Others have 11 Dec 1719.
104. “Bible Leaf of Nicholas Meriwether II,” The Descendants of Nicholas Meriwether of Wales, William Ridgely Griffith, p. 12-13, 90, “Nicholas Meriwether died May 3d 1758”.
105. “Find A Grave.” Find A Grave Memorial# 11295907.
106. The Mortons and their kin : a genealogy and a source book, Daniel Morton, St. Joseph, MO, 1920, Ancestry, p. 6 (111).
107. “Find A Grave.” Find A Grave Memorial# 11295905.
108. “Virginia, U.S., Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649-1800,” Ancestry, p. 244; MERIWETHER, Nicholas & MORTON, Frances; unk.; bride was a dau. of Jn. & Mary (MOUNTJOY) MORTON; she mar. (2) Dr. Sam. PRYOR of Goochland Co., Va., 1760; (Morton:340).
109. 1631-1899 - The Record of Nicholas Meriwether of Wales and Descendants in Virginia and Maryland, William Ridgely Griffith, Nixon-Jones Printing Company, St. Louis, 1899, Reprinted by The Meriwether Society, p. 115-116.
110. Marriages of Some Virgina Residents, ** unspecified issue **.
111. Maurice Wesley Kendall. Now part of Louisa Co., formed from Hanover Co. in 1742.
112. “Find A Grave.” Find A Grave Memorial# 228555806.
113. The Edward Pleasants Valentine Papers, Vol. IV - VALENTINE and SMITH, The Valentine Museum, Richmond, Virginia, 1929, p. 2318 (252).
114. Natalie K. Black, Information package sent to Joe Oglesby, 19 Sep 2003.
115. Marriages of Some Virginia Residents, Vol. 6, page 207.
116. “Recent English Research Findings on Capt. David Meriweter and Mary Weaver,” Faye A. & David L. English, Meriwether Connections, Vol. XXII, No. 2, Apr–Jun 2003, The Meriwether Society, Inc.
117. “Find A Grave.” Find A Grave Memorial# 72497101.
118. “Recent English Research Findings on Capt. David Meriweter and Mary Weaver,” Faye A. & David L. English, Meriwether Connections, Vol. XXII, No. 2, Apr–Jun 2003, The Meriwether Society, Inc., Prerogative Court of Canterbury, England.
119. “Colson Genealogy and related families (WorldConnect),” Eleanor Colson.
120. “The Planter’s Son Who Went To Sea - David Meriwether, Mariner,” Faye A. & David L. English, Meriwether Connections, Vol. XVI No. 4, The Meriwether Society, Inc., Oct-Dec 1997.
121. “Find A Grave.” Find A Grave Memorial# 72497617.
122. “Bristol, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812,” Ancestry.
123. “England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973,” Ancestry.
124. “Prentice Price Papers,” Library of Virginia.
125. The Meriwethers and Their Connections, Nelson Heath Meriwether, Artcraft Press, 1964, Reprinted in 1991 by The Meriwether Society, Gateway Press, p. 327.
126. Looking Back: Some Ancestors and Descendants of Alexander Reid Meriwether, Monte Latimer Monroe, Self-published, 16 Brentwood Circle, Lubbock, Texas 79407, 1992.
127. Family Record. Meriwether, George Wood Meriwether, The Bradley & Gilbert Company, Louisville, Kentucky, 1889., Reprinted by The Meriwether Society, May 2000, p. 18, 38.
128. “Bible Leaf of Nicholas Meriwether II,” The Descendants of Nicholas Meriwether of Wales, William Ridgely Griffith, p. 12-13, 90, 1 Jun 1729.
129. “Family Bible of Francis Meriwether,” Robert Lewis Baader, Provides transcript from James Meriwether Bible in his possession., 21 Jun 1729.
Robert Lewis Baader had the Bible of Francis, son of James (M1227), as handed down from generation to generation. Donated to The Meriwether Society and in the Meriwether Collection at SW Texas Archives.
130. “Find A Grave.” Find A Grave Memorial# 157170449.
131. Ibid. Find A Grave Memorial# 77074941.
132. Meriwether Connections, Vol. VII no. 3.
133. “The Meriwether-Pollards,” Mary Pollard Clarke, Richmond, Va., Genealogies of Virginia Families from the William and Mary College Quarterly, Vol. IV, Neville-Terrill, Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore, 1982, pp. 139-140.
134. “The Pollard Family,” John Pollard Sr. (1870), Genealogies of Virginia Families from the William and Mary College Quarterly, Neville-Terrill, Vol. IV, Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore, 1982, pp. 129-134.
135. “Find A Grave.” Find A Grave Memorial# 88681888.
136. Rev. William Douglas, The Douglas Register, W. Mac Jones, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1977, “Merriwether, James & Eliz: Pollard, in this Parish 1762 Sep: 10 p. 6”, p. 34.
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137. “Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1700-1850,” Virginia Marriage Records, Elizabeth Bentley, Ancestry, September 6, 1760. James Meriwether to Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph Pollard; sec., William Meriwether; witn., William Colvard. p. 189.
138. “Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940,” Ancestry, FHL Film Number: 31650-Reference ID: 10.
139. “Virginia, U.S., Extracted Vital Records, 1660-1923,” Ancestry, Douglass Register.
140. “Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940,” Ancestry.
141. “Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1700-1850,” Virginia Marriage Records, Elizabeth Bentley, Ancestry.
142. “Virginia, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1660-1800,” Ancestry.
143. “Will of James Meriwether.”
Transcript of Will located in the archives of the Meriwether Society Genealogist.
144. The Meriwethers and Their Connections, Nelson Heath Meriwether, Artcraft Press, 1964, Reprinted in 1991 by The Meriwether Society, Gateway Press, Chapter X, pp. 387-426.
145. Family Record. Meriwether, George Wood Meriwether, The Bradley & Gilbert Company, Louisville, Kentucky, 1889., Reprinted by The Meriwether Society, May 2000, p. 21, 38.
146. The Meriwethers and Their Connections, Nelson Heath Meriwether, Artcraft Press, 1964, Reprinted in 1991 by The Meriwether Society, Gateway Press, NHM claims he was born in Louisa, which was not formed until 1742.
147. Family Record. Meriwether, George Wood Meriwether, The Bradley & Gilbert Company, Louisville, Kentucky, 1889., Reprinted by The Meriwether Society, May 2000, Died on family farm.
148. Cave Hill Cemetery Records, Louisville, Kentucky, Burial records for Henry C. Merriwether plot, Lot No. 179, Section E., Originally buried on family farm; moved to Cave Hill in 1889.
149. “Find A Grave.” Find A Grave Memorial# 7037585.
150. The Meriwethers and Their Connections, Nelson Heath Meriwether, Artcraft Press, 1964, Reprinted in 1991 by The Meriwether Society, Gateway Press, p. 387.
151. Virginia Magazine of History & Biography, Vol. 4 page 92, and/or 211.
152. Marriage of Some Virginia Residents, ** unspecified volume **.
153. Cave Hill Cemetery Records, Louisville, Kentucky, Burial records for Henry C. Merriwether plot, Lot No. 179, Section E., Inscription on burial marker: Born 1735.
154. Family Record. Meriwether, George Wood Meriwether, The Bradley & Gilbert Company, Louisville, Kentucky, 1889., Reprinted by The Meriwether Society, May 2000, p. 21.
155. Cave Hill Cemetery Records, Louisville, Kentucky, Burial records for Henry C. Merriwether plot, Lot No. 179, Section E., Family reinterred at Cave Hill.
156. “Find A Grave.” Find A Grave Memorial# 7037580.
157. “Virginia, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850,” Ancestry, 1 July 1751. Other sources have 17 July or 21 July.
158. “Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940,” Ancestry, 1 July 1751. FHL Film Number: 31650-Reference ID: 6.
159. “Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1700-1850,” Virginia Marriage Records, Elizabeth Bentley, Ancestry, July, 1751. William Meriwether to Patty Wood; sec., Valentine Wood; witn. H. Wood.
160. The Meriwethers and Their Connections, Nelson Heath Meriwether, Artcraft Press, 1964, Reprinted in 1991 by The Meriwether Society, Gateway Press, p. 427.
161. The Meriwethers and Their Connections, Louisa H. A. Minor, Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers, Albany, N. Y., 1892, p. 21.
162. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, “The Descendants of John Crawford of Virginia,” Ancestry.
163. “Miscellaneous Correspondence and Notes.” Probably James City County, maybe Surry County.
164. St. Paul’s Vestry Book entry dated 15 Oct 1751 states “Supry Harden is Elected Vestry man for this Parish in ye room of Colo. Wm. Meriwether Decesd.”
165. Old Homes of Hanover County, Hanover County Historical Society, 1983, p. 35.
166. “Find A Grave.” Find A Grave Memorial# 69888132.
167. “Westmoreland County, Virginia Wills, 1654-1800,” Ancestry.
168. Denise (Bushrod) Coppin, “Bushrod Family Tree origin Dorset, England,” http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com db=bushrod, 17 Oct 2000.
169. “Find A Grave.” Find A Grave Memorial# 69888209.
170. “Virginia, U.S., Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649-1800,” Ancestry, p. 244; MERIWETHER, [fnu] & BUSHROD, Elizabeth; befo. 26 Jan 1719/20; bride was a dau. of Jn. (d. WC 1720) & Hannah (KEENE) (d. WC 1739) BUSHROD; (WC DW 6:624; DW 9:25).
171. Family Record. Meriwether, George Wood Meriwether, The Bradley & Gilbert Company, Louisville, Kentucky, 1889., Reprinted by The Meriwether Society, May 2000, Anne Meriwether married Mr. Johnson, and had a son William.
172. The Meriwethers and Their Connections, Nelson Heath Meriwether, Artcraft Press, 1964, Reprinted in 1991 by The Meriwether Society, Gateway Press, p. 440.
173. Marriages of Some Virginia Residents, Vol. 2, page 158.
174. Hauck Data Services, “Register Report 108.3.”
175. “New Kent County, Virginia St. Peter's Parish Vestry Book and Register, 1684 to 1786,” Ancestry, p. 372; “Anne, Daughter of Nicholas Meriwether, Gent. baptised the 15 July 169_.”.
176. “Christ Church Parish, Virginia Records, 1653-1812,” Ancestry.com, "Anne Daugh. of Nich° Meriwether Gent, bap' the 15 July, 169-.".
177. 1631-1899 - The Record of Nicholas Meriwether of Wales and Descendants in Virginia and Maryland, William Ridgely Griffith, Nixon-Jones Printing Company, St. Louis, 1899, Reprinted by The Meriwether Society, p. 76, 88.
178. The Meriwether Society, Descendants of Nicholas Meriwether: The Colonists, Volume I, The Meriwether Society, Unpublished Manuscript, ? source had "Mar 1785". Not confirmed.
179. “Find A Grave.” Find A Grave Memorial# 142296834.
180. “Will of Ann Cosby of Louisa County,” Dated 2 Feb 1780.
Extract of will on page 88 of The Record of Nicholas Meriwether of Wales and Virginia... by William Ridgley Griffith.
181. Mrs. Hallie Lawrence Phillips, Lineage Book, Volume 68, p. 317, The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, TMSI # DAR ID Number: 67900.
182. Mrs. Augusta Hollins Williams, Lineage Books, Volume 83, p. 129, The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, TMSI # DAR ID Number: 82331.
183. Mrs. Levitte Lawrence Mckee, Lineage Books, Volume 120, p. 57, The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, TMSI # DAR ID Number: 119176.
184. “Johnson Family,” William & Mary College Quarterly, Vol. XX1, No. 1, July 1912, pp 44-47.
185. “Miscellaneous Correspondence and Notes.” Anne Johnson identified as widow in orphan bond on 6 Feb 1734 (1735).
186. “Find A Grave.” Find A Grave Memorial# 154410383.
187. Marriages of Some Virginia Residents, Vol. 2, page 158, p. 158. Place likely but not proven.
188. Walter Garland Duke, Henry Duke, Councilor. His Descendants and Connections, “Cosby Lineage,” The Dietz Press, Incorporated, Richmond, Virginia, 1949, p. 301.
189. Marriages of Some Virginia Residents, Series 1, Vol. 4, page 295, 296.
190. “New Kent County, Virginia St. Peter's Parish Vestry Book and Register, 1684 to 1786,” Ancestry, p. 23.
191. Family Record. Meriwether, George Wood Meriwether, The Bradley & Gilbert Company, Louisville, Kentucky, 1889., Reprinted by The Meriwether Society, May 2000, p. 8; "8th. Sarah Meriwether married Wm. Littlepage, and died Friday, 2d July 1733, at six o'clock P.M., leaving an only daughter named Judith.".
192. “Bible Leaf of Nicholas Meriwether II,” The Descendants of Nicholas Meriwether of Wales, William Ridgely Griffith, p. 12-13, 90, 1732; “Mrs. Sarah Littlepage Deptd. this life 2d July 1732.”; p. 9.
193. 1631-1899 - The Record of Nicholas Meriwether of Wales and Descendants in Virginia and Maryland, William Ridgely Griffith, Nixon-Jones Printing Company, St. Louis, 1899, Reprinted by The Meriwether Society, 1733: “Sarah Meriwether [14], d. July 2d 1733. m. William Littlepage of King & Queen Co., Va.”; p. 76.
194. Family Record. Meriwether, George Wood Meriwether, The Bradley & Gilbert Company, Louisville, Kentucky, 1889., Reprinted by The Meriwether Society, May 2000, 1733; “Sarah Meriwether .. died Friday, 2d of July, 1733, at six o'clock p. m.”, p. 8.
195. Joyce Ubl, 1999?
"Sarah died in 1732 and was buried at "Cumberland" in New Kent County."
Not verified by TMSI.
196. “Find A Grave.” Find A Grave Memorial# 77071522.
197. Ibid. Born on the family plantation, “Cumberland”.
198. “New Kent County, Virginia St. Peter's Parish Vestry Book and Register, 1684 to 1786,” Ancestry, p. 70; “Edmund son of Richard Littlepage Gent Born May 16 1712”.
199. “Find A Grave.” Find A Grave Memorial# 86011934.
200. Family Record. Meriwether, George Wood Meriwether, The Bradley & Gilbert Company, Louisville, Kentucky, 1889., Reprinted by The Meriwether Society, May 2000, p. 8; “Sarah Meriwether married Wm. Littlepage..”.