I92695: Edward ANDREWS (19 Jun 1826

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"William Perkins appears on the personal tax lists of Buckingham County in 1791 when he is listed with himself and a son, 4 slaves, and 6 horses. He continues on the list through 1804. From 1806-1839 the personal tax is charged to his estate. In the personal tax lists the names of his sons, George, Wiliam and Samuel, appear. William Perkins appears on the real
estate tax list in 1782 at which time he paid taxes on 500 acres of land on Meredith Creek.
In 1787 he patented 142 acres and 92 acres and these tracts along with the 500 acre tract are shown on the tax list until 1806.
From 1806 - 1819 they are listed one tract of 734 acres and so carried on the tax lists from 1820 to 1857. In 1858 the tract was divided in two -- 367 acres going to Sally Moseley and the other half to Nanny L. Perkins. Prior to 1783 William Perkins is listed as Captain; after 1793 as Colonel. William Perkins' home on the north side of the north fork of Slate River was called "North River". It was about 1-1/2 miles west of Mulberry Grove Church. The old homestead has disappeared. The place was owned in 1939 by Mr. Rolfe Wood, who lived there in a modern house he had built. (Miss Lucy Ewin said this was "Oakshade" on route 54 in James River District--one, the homes of Hardin Perkins.) Maj. M. Porter Eillis wrote, May 20, 1953: I was once shown two graves in the woods there and told they were "supposed" to be the graves of Col. William Perkins and Elizabeth Lee Fearn. There were no markers other than field stones. According to family tradition most of the early Perkinses of Buckingham are interred in the old cemetery on that place but there are no head stones.

Col. William Perkins left a will dated June 3, 1806, witnessed by Henry Bell, A. Dibrell, and Joseph Duncan, which was probated at a Circuit Court held for Buckingham County, July 14, 1806. A copy was found and re-recorded on Aug. 13, 1873, p. 203 Buckingham Will Bk. 1. The following is an abstract: My wife to enjoy possession of the land and plantation whereon I
live, with all my personal estate except the legacies herein after bequeathed, and after her death all personal estate not hereinafter bequeathed to be equally divided amongst all my sons and daughters, or their survivors, and the lands sold and the money arising therefrom to be equally divided amongst all my sons and daughters or their survivors.
To daughter Susanna, a negro woman.
To daughter Polly Perkins, a negro woman and boy.
To daughter Elizabeth, a negro girl and boy.
To daughter Nancy, a negro girl and boy.
To daughter Mildred (under 16), a negro girl and boy.
To son Thomas. To son Samuel. To son George. My lands in Kentucky held by William Hansford and myself to be sold, etc., by son William H. Perkins 150 pounds which I owe him for services rendered me heretofore.
Executors: Arthur Moseley, George perkins, William H. Perkins and Thomas F. Perkins."
Served as ensign at Williamsburg, Virginia, 2 Oct 1775; Captain 24th Regiment of Militia of Virginia 1775; lieutenant colonel 3 May 1785.

Lived 7 miles west of Buckingham Court House, VA, a tax list said 500 acres on Meredith Creek. It said that his father owned land 5 miles west of the Courthouse.
In 1788 he was a trustee for the town of Greensville; in 1790 he was one of a commission regarding the Slate River; in 1791 he was a trustee of the Warminster Academy and also that year was a trustee for establishing a town on the property of John Horsley in Buckingham called Diuguidsville. In 1792 he was a high sheriff for Buckingham and in 1793 he was acting justice.
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From "Descendants of Nicholas Perkins of Virginia", Wm. Hall: page 74-76 "William Perkins was born in 1740 possibly in Albemarle Co., Va., but more likely in Henrico or Goochland Counties. He died June 6, 1806, Buckingham Co., Va. He married Dec. 12, 1770, Buckingham Co., Va., Elizabeth Lee Fearn (daughter of John Fearn and Leanna Lee), born Aug. 18, 1750, died Sept. 19, 1839.
In the W. R. Perkins papers in the Virginia Historical Society in Richmond, Va, is the statement: Mrs. James Roland Kyle had talks with Mrs. Wiliam A. Horseley who died in 1907
aged 87 who said that William Perkins, Jr., who became Col. William Perkins was the son of William Perkins son of Constantine Perkins. He was born 1740 and married December 12, 1770, Elizabeth Lee Fearn in Buckingham and died June 5, 1806. This data Mrs. Horseley had from talks in her teens with the widow of Col. Perkins who died at an advanced age in 1839.
In 1782 William Perkins paid real estate taxes on 500 acres of land on Meredith Creek, 7 miles west of the Courthouse, on which was his residence. On May 4, 1787, he patented 92 acres of land in Buckingham County adjoining his own lands and those of Col. Joseph Cabell.
On June 22, 1787, William Perkins patented 142 acres in Buckingham adjoining the lands of James Smith and Josiah Jones. All three of his tracts were annotated "7 miles west of Courthouse." This indicates that his land was quite close to that of his father whose land lay "5 miles west of Courthouse".
William Perkins was an officer in the Continental Army, being commissioned ensign of a company of militia from Buckingham County, Oct. 2, 1776, then captain, then Lieutenant-colonel, commandant of the Twenty-Fourth Regiment of Buckingham militia on May 13, 1794. "Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution" by John H. Gwalthmey, 1938, lists him as: William Harding Perkins, Colonel Va. Militia 1777-1781. In all other records he s listed without a middle name and Gwalthmey may be in error in listing him as William Harding Perkins. On p. 26 "Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War" by J. T. McAllister, 1913, it states, in a section about Buckingham County, that Capt. William Perkins' company was in the Battle of Hot Water and Jamestown.
His commission as lieutenant-colonel has been preserved in the family papers and "an exact copy of the original made September 22, 1897, Lynchburg, Virginia, by Mildred Cabell Easley" reads: The Commonweath of Virginia
To William Perkins, Jr. Gentleman:
KNOW YOU, that from the special trust and confidence reposed in your fidelity courage, activity and good conduct and upon the recommendation of the court of the county of Buckingham, our Lieutenant Governor (in the absence of the Governor) pursuant to the act for regulating the Militia of this Commonwealth, doth appoint you the said William Perkins, junoir, Lieutenant Colonel Commandant of the twenty-fourth regiment of the said militia, to take rank as such, agreeably, to the number hereof.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF these our letters are sealed with the seal of the Commonwealth and made patent.
WITNESS James Wood, esquire, our said Lieutenant-Governor at Richmond, this 13th day of May, 1794.
(REGISTERED) Sam. Coleman, James Wood

William Perkins took an active part in the affairs of Buckingham County as is shown by the references to him in Hening's Statutes. In 1788 he was a trustee for the town of Greensville; in 1790 he was one of a commission to examine Slate River; in 1791 he was a trustee of the Warminster Academy; in 1791 he was one of the trustees for establishing a town on the property of John Horseley in Buckingham called Diuguidsville. In 1792 he was high sheriff
of Buckingham, and in 1793 he was acting justice."
Children:
2 Sarah Wilson "Sallie" PERKINS b: 14 SEP 1771 d: 5 SEP 1859
+ Arthur Richard MOSELEY b: 7 NOV 1760 d: 31 AUG 1829
2 Samuel Fearn PERKINS b: 21 Jan 1774 d: Mar 1843 + Sarah Leah PERKINS b: May 1790 d: 5 Feb 1826 + Nancy RICHARDSON b: abt 1774
2 George PERKINS b: 27 Feb 1776 d: 30 Sep 1834 + Elizabeth Sydnor RICHARDSON b: 28 Jun 1797 d: 4 Nov 1862
2 Susan PERKINS b: 1778 d: SEP 1835 + William PERKINS b: 1771 d: 15 MAR 1822
2 William Harding PERKINS b: 9 Sep 1780 d: 11 Dec 1820 + Mildred Walker MERRY b: 3 Sep 1794 d: 7 Nov 1841
2 Thomas Fearn PERKINS b: 6 Jan 1783
2 Mary "Polly" PERKINS b: 28 Apr 1785 + Daniel M. Col.in1812 War? MOSELEY b: 1 Sep 1778 d: 1821
2 Elizabeth Lee "Betsey" PERKINS b: 10 AUG 1788 + William B. SMITH b: abt 1788
2 Nancy Lee PERKINS b: 20 NOV 1790 d: 8 FEB 1876
2 Mildred PERKINS b: 26 Apr 1794 d: 24 Apr 1839 + George Washington KYLE b: abt 1785 d: aft 1850

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