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Poe Family that moved from

 

Amelia / Prince Edward County, Virginia

To

Hamilton County, Tennessee

 

These men appear in records of Amelia County, Virginia by 1750

 

Robert Poe (born before 1728 -  )

Samuel Poe (born before 1730 –  )

 

The line of descent from these first settlers is not clear. The Samuel below had brother Robert. Perhaps these are junior sons of the earlier Robert and Samuel of Amelia County, VA.

 

Samuel Poe c.1750 - 1817 VA.

VA State Library

Public Service claims Prince Edward certificate. # 178-1 certificate to Samuel Poo (Poe)

43 lbs of bacon - April 3, 1781

 

#178-2 certificate to Samuel Poo (Poe)

for furnishing 1 beef weighing 250 lbs. Oct. 31, 1781

 

11 February 1814

Will of Samuel Poe (this appears to be a clerks transcription) from the era. My own transcription here suffers from my inability to make out the writing in some places)

"In the name of God, amen. I, Samuel Poe, of Prince Edward County do make and publish this my last will and testament hereby revoking all former one by me made.

First it is my will and desire that all my just debts be paid by my Executors first.

2. I give and bequeath unto Charles (Felvy?) for one negroe woman named Zelmima and her (nieces?) and the children she now has to him and his heirs forever.

3. I give and bequeath unto Samuel Williams the tract of land which I purchased of Anderson P. Miller also one half of my negroes not otherwise disposed of, one half of the Black Smith's and their tools and one half of my still to him and his heirs forever.

4. I give and bequeath until Hasten Poe the tract of lands I now live upon also the other half of my negroes not otherwise disposed of, one half of the Black Smith' tools and one half of my still to him an his heirs forever.

5. I give unto my brother Robert Poe one hundred pounds if he should be living after my death,

6. I give and bequeath unto my niece Drucilla Williams one hundred pounds, if she should be living after my death

7th I give and bequeath unto Samuel Bryant one Mulatto Boy named Edmund (can't decipher the last name) to live to return from the United States service and live his time out.

8th I [?] unto Mary Briant wife of Jesse Bryant Lucy & her three children [?]iniah, Clarissy, Harriot and their increase, during her life and at her death I give them to her children to be equally divided among them to [?] & their heirs, which negroes are now in the possession of Jesse Bryant.

9th I give and bequeath  all the residue and remainder of my estate not heretofore disposed of to be equally divided between Hasten Poe and Samuel Williams to them and their heirs.

Also it is my will and desire that if my brother Robert Poe or my niece Drusilla Williams, or Samuel Bryant should die before I do or either of them, that their legacy devised to that one deceased should remain as a part of my estate and be devided between Samuel Williams and Hasten Poe

Lastly I nominate and appoint John [Wallhall?] and Asborn Lockett Ecrs. to [?] my last will and testament. In testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand and seal this Eleventh day of February one thousand eight hundred and fourteen --- [11 February 1814]

Signed sealed and published ---

In Presence of Us: Samuel Poe  (seal)

                               ano

 

In Presence of the Testator

 

Nathan Johnson (X)

Thomas (W.?) Johnson (X)

 

At a county held for Prince Edward County March the 17th 1817. This last will and testament of Samuel Poe dec'd was presented in court and proved by this oath of [looks like crossed out ---- Johnson] Thomas W. Johnson on two witnesses [?] ordered that the same be recorded. On the motion of John Watthall (Walthall) on of the Executors therein named he with Abner Nash, Thomas Goode and Jol W. Jones his securities entered unto and acknowledged their bond for that purpose in the [?] of thirty thousand dollars conditioned according to Law and took the oath required by law. Certificate for obtaining a probate thereof in due form granted him

Test B. J. Wonham D.C. (name hard to make out)

 

 

 

 

 

The Hasten Poe mentioned in the will above

 

History of Hamilton Co., and Chattanooga, TN, Vol. 1 by Zella Armstrong.

 

 

page 203

Hasten Poe, born Sept 2, 1786, in Virginia; died April 10, 1878, in Hamilton County. Goodspeed’s Histories says that he served in the War of 1812. He moved, before 1815, to Greene County, Tenn. He returned to Virginia to be married and returning to his new home he was accompanied by his three brothers and their families. Hasten Poe moved to the Hamilton County section to reside. One of his brothers settled in the same section and two on Sand Mountain, Ala. Hasten Poe established Poe's Tavern at Poe's Cross Roads, in 1818. When Hamilton County was erected in 1819, Poe's Tavern was designated by the commissioners as the meeting place of the Circuit Court. Poe's Tavern became, therefore, the first county seat. Poe's Tavern survived until 1911. Hasten Poe married Celia Bryant, in Virginia. She was born Aug. 25, 1786. She died Dec. 28, 1875 in Hamilton County.

 

Hasten Poe married Celia Bryant. Bond 12/6/1813 parent Jesse Bryant married December 13.

 

Prince Edward County, Virginia Marriage Bonds 1754-1866

Typed by Genealogy Society of Utah. November 1936

 Hasten Poe m Silia Briant 6 Dec 1813 (Celia Bryant) Bondsman Jesse Briant, father

 

The Hasten Poe will is difficult to read in the original. It looks like ".... that Isiah (actually the scrawl looks more like Rsasiah)  Poe have 250 acres and Thomas (looks like Nuselhous) and the heirs of William (Nuselhous?) have 240 acres. My daughter Elizabeth Coudray 600 acres

 

grandchildren W. H. Poe, Hasten Hamilton Poe, John Hill Poe, Sarah (can't read) Poe and James A. Poe have tracts of land on death of daughter Elizabeth Coudray. Witness: William R. Mysinger, H? C? Hickman.

 

 

Marriage License W. H. Poe age 31 of Johnson Co., AR. and M. E. Hardeman, age 28 years of Johnson Co. AR. 22 December 1875 pub.

 

 

page 319

Major Samuel Porter Poe, born 1810, died 1865, was the son of Hasten and Celia Poe. He raised a regiment in Hamilton County for service in the Mexican War and was elected major. Before the regiment could march he was notified that the War was over. He married Mary E. Bryant, sister of Samuel Bryant. Their children were:

(1) William Poe, who served in the Confederate Army;

(2) John Hill Poe, born 1849, died Dec. 11, 1927, married Sarah Louise Bean, daughter of Major William Bean; and

(3) Sarah Poe, who married James Putnam;

(4) Hasten Hamilton Poe.

 

 

 

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   Hasten Hamilton Poe and Ruth Champion

 

 

 

 

 

 

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John Hill Poe (25 October 1849 – 11 December 1927)

Sara Louise Bean (9 May 1854 – 5 April 1930)

(NOTE: writing on the back of the photo imaged here is reported to state 1933 and it appears to be a note for an obituary. However it is reported that Sara’s grave marker shows the year of death as 1930)

             

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poes from Hamilton County, Tennessee

 

On the right is Floyd Poe born 1880's

The other man is believed to be Porter Poe, his 1st cousin.

 

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Coke Poe, Porter Poe….

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.poegen.net/Images/HastenPoeFamilyHouse.JPG

 

http://www.poegen.net/Images/HastenHamiltonPoeHouse1.JPG

 

Poe Tavern, Daisy, Tennessee. Also used as first courthouse of Hamilton County.