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Will of Jeremiah Bronaugh died 1749
Will of Waugh Darnall
Will of Jeremiah Darnall about 1720 - 1795

SOURCES

Will of Jeremiah Bronaugh died 1749
from Robert N. Grant
Will dated April 14, 1736 proved January 5, 1749 King George County, VA WB A-1/228
Parish of Brunswick to daughter Elizabeth Wright four ew's and no more because she has had her full share of my estate already.

Will of Waugh Darnall
From Robert N. Grant
Will dated 6/2/1726 proved 10/7/1726 King George County, VA
to son Jeremiah Darnall the tract of land on where I live ...that a tract of land lying on Deadera Run may be divided between my daughters Anne Darnall and Margaret Darnall and their heirs forever
Executrix widow Elizabeth

Will of Jeremiah Darnall about 1720 - 1795
From Robert N. Grant:
The case of Smith vs. Darnall's Executors, Fauquier County, Virginia, Chancery Court, Papers terminating February 1802, which The Darnall, Darnell Family stated included the following Bill in Chancery by Augustine Smith:

"Augustine Smith of Fauquier County sayeth in 1781 he served in the Virginia Militia and became entitled for his said service to a certificate -8:10:0, and being anxious to become an adventurer in Kentucky lands mentioned same to Jeremiah Darnall, now deceased, and he said Jeremiah Darnall proposed to assist him in locating the said land thru Major James Wright who was then about to go to Kentucky for the purpose of locating lands, . . . . but being so nearly connected with the said Jeremiah as to have married his daughter and being also connected by marriage to the said James Wright . . . ."

On May 22, 1797, at Fauquier County, Virginia, Chancery Court Loose Papers, File Folder 1/15, James Wright filed his answer to the complaint in Smith v. Darnall as follows:

"The Answer of James Wright Exr of Jeremiah Darnall to the bill of Complt by Augustine Smith Complt . . . . This Defendnt knows it to be true that the sd Jeremiah Died possessed of the Quantity of Kentucky land stated in the Complts bill and he believes it to be the whole he did own This Defendt recollects that in the year 1783 when he made known his Intention of visiting Kentuckey for the purpose of locating & surveying lands that the sd Jeremiah applied to him to know if he procured a warrant whether this Defendt would locate & survey it and that on this Defendts giving his assent he shortly after procured a warrant for the amount stated in the Complts bill This Defendt located the same & surveyed the lands without making any charge for his services or trouble, demaning no more than his expences & costs which was paid by said Jeremiah. Had this Defendt known that the land was for the Complt, he does not think he should have done the business on the same terms The sd Jeremiah was a half brother of this Defendt & therefore he was induced to ask of him no more than his expences . . . ."

 

This record clearly identifies James Wright as the half brother of Jeremiah Darnall. For James Wright, the son of 1792 John Wright of Fauquier County and his wife Elizabeth, to be the half-brother of Jeremiah Darnall, the son of Waugh Darnall and his wife Elizabeth Darnall, then James Wright's mother would have had to have been the wife of both Waugh Darnall and 1792 John Wright. With the listing in Jeremiah Bronaugh's will of his daughter as Elizabeth Wright, the identification would seem complete that 1792 John Wright's wife was Elizabeth (Bronaugh) (Darnall) Wright.  Robert N. Grant

Sources

The Identification of 1809 William Wright of Franklin County, Virginia, As the Son of 1792 John Wright of Fauquier County, Virginia, And Elizabeth (Bronaugh) (Darnall) Wright by Robert N. Grant, 15 Campo Bello Court, Menlo Park, CA 94025, [email protected].

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