I48142: Alice (ABT 1419

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Emigrated to America aboard the "Hope Galley" in 1734.
From: "Bluegrass Pioneers -- A Chronicle of the Hunt and Morgan Families" by Charles P. Stanton; July, 1989, Published 1996

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"A transcript of the family Bible record of William's son Langston, copied by Langston's son Norborne Jackson Arvin, states that William andMargaret were married 24 Dec 1807 and that William died on 21 Feb 1868. If written contemporaneous with the event, we might take William's death date in the family Bible as accurate. However, the Lunenburg County death register records the date as 14 Feb 1868. As the death register entry would have been made immediately after the event, the entry in the death register must be considered to be more accurate than the Bible record. The same logic applies to a greater degree concerning William and Margaret's marriage date. Briefly, it is an excusable tautology to say that Langston was not present at his parents' wedding; therefore his record of the event is less to be believed than the entry in the marriage register as transcribed by Vogt and Kethely, which is the source relied on here.

Rev. William Ellis had sold, on 25 Mar 1799, one acre of his own land, on which the church was built and where William Arvin Sr. and Margaret B.Harding were married, to the Trustees of the Baptist Church and Society. One of the trustees was James Jeffress, grandfather of Ann Jeffress Blackwell who, as will be seen, married William and Margaret's son, William Arvin Jr.

William Arvin Sr. purchased the initial tracts of Lunenburg Co. land in 1814 in or near what was then the postal station of Double Bridges. Priorto that, he had owned land in Pittsylvania Co., as proven by the 1815 tax list of that county, which named "William Arvin of Lunenburg Co." That the 1814 purchases were his first ownership of land in Lunenburg Co. areproven by the Lunenburg County Processioner's Returns, a periodic survey of land boundaries, which do not name him until after his 1814 acquisitions. Locating the land is made easy by his will, which stipulated that one acre was to be reserved asa cemetery for himself and other members of the family. The land is located approximately 1-1/2miles north of Double Bridges slightly west of Rte. 683. The community is found at the junction of Ledbetter Creek and North Meherrin River in the northwest quadrant of Lunenburg Co.

William purchased his land from the estate of Benjamin Tatum. Benjamin had purchased land in 1799 "between Juniper Creek and North Meherrin River;" the 1801 sale of William's father's land showed that their father's land was "on the waters of Hurricane Creek" and named Benjamin Tatum as adjacent to the property. The conclusion might be arrived at that William had therefore purchased land adjacent to his father's, whereas the location of the Arvin cemetery demonstrates that BenjaminTatum must have owned more than one parcel.

Benjamin Tatum's daughter Orena (or Oranie) had married William's uncle, William Orsemus Fullilove, who participated in the 1814 sale, which tells us that this was a transaction between family members. Mr. Fullilove's activity is somewhat surprising, because he was then living in Madison Co. KY and aged 64. The documents conveying the acreage to William Arvin do not indicate that Mr. Fullilove had executed his bond for clear title in Kentucky, as was customary, but rather that he had journeyed to Lunenburg County and there made his personal appearance (Orena had died by 1814).

There is an unresolved puzzle concerning where William and his wife lived between their marriage in 1807 and his purchase of land in 1814 that is not answered by his ownership of land in Pittsylvania Co. He was enumerated in the 1810 census of Lunenburg Co., which leads to the opinion that his residence was there. It may be that he and his wife lived with her father, or that they were counted while in Lunenburg Co.on a visit, but nothing can be determined from an inspection of thecensus record. The fair copy of that census was arranged in alphabetical order, and neighbors or relatives cannot be ascertained.

Some researchers believe that William Arvin Sr. named his land "Happy Hill." However, Evelyn Ferguson Arvin....."

Children
John Thomas ARVIN b: 7 NOV 1809 in Lunenburg Co. VA
William , Jr. ARVIN b: 29 AUG 1810 in Lunenburg Co. VA
Thomas William ARVIN b: Abt 1813 in Double Bridges,Lunenburg Co. VA
Langston ARVIN b: 21 JUN 1815 in Lunenburg Co. VA

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CONFLICT in parents: LDS: Father: Richard Jones b: ABT 1608 in Charles City, Virginia; Mother: Anne Jeffries b: in Charles City, Virginia.
Father: Abram "Frederick" Jones

Children:
2 Mary JONES b: 1662 d: 1723 + Joshua (Maj) WYNNE b: 1660 d: 1715
2 Abraham Jones b: BEF 1660 d: BEF 1690 + Martha Batte d: AFT 1717
2 Richard JONES
2 Peter Jones b: BEF 1673 d: 1725 + Mary Batte b: BEF 1673 d: AFT 1714
2 William JONES

JonesNan, Card 27-28

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""Berkeley Co. deed Book 20, page 324, Martinsburg, Berkeley Co., WVA: On 26 Oct 1807, Elizabeth Vance, widow of Hugh Vance, David Hanna and Nancy his wife, George Harlan & Sarah his Wife, Betsy Vance and James & their heirs all in consideration of the sum of Eleven hundred and Eighty Pounds Current Money of PA to be paid by Matthew Ransome granted bargained & sold a Certain Piece parcel or Tract of Land Situate lying and being in the said County of Berkeley near Martinsburg on Dry Run containing One hundred & eighteen acres & thirty three square poles of Land and all houses Orchards, ways waters Water Courses which they had inherited from the estate of Hugh Vance."

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My Southern Family

Alice

ABT 1419 - ____

ID Number: I48142

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Frances BROWN

1698 - 1755

ID Number: I96121

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John Philip DOLDT "the Immigrant"

ABT 1710 - ____

ID Number: I92800

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William ERWIN (ARVIN) (ERVINE)

9 Sep 1780 - 14 Feb 1868

ID Number: I82629

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George GRAVES

ABT 1810 - ____

ID Number: I57425

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Maj. Peter JONES II

ABT 1634 - ABT 1679

ID Number: I60742

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Cynthia Paralee LADD

ABT 1858 - ____

ID Number: I98491

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Lucinda R. E. RIDDLES

ABT 1858 - ____

ID Number: I25367

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Joseph TERRILL Sr.

ABT 1700 - ____

ID Number: I44821

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Nancy VANCE

ABT 1780 - ____

ID Number: I73346

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