Poe Family in Virginia
Frederick
County, Virginia
Frederick County, Virginia formed from Orange and Augusta
Counties, Virginia. Legislative enactment in 1738. Organized in 1743. Augusta
County gave only a small portion, at a later date than Orange County. [Virginia
Counties: Those Resulting from Virginia Legislation, by Morgan Poitiaux
Robinson, originally published as Bulletin of the Virginia State Library,
Volume 9, January, April, July 1916, reprinted 1992 by Genealogical Publishing
Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD.]
Library of
Virginia
Balthasar
Poe
Balsor
Poe
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Poe, Balsor. |
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15 May 1753. |
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Available on microfilm. Northern
Neck Grants, reels 288-311. |
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Note |
Location: Winchester. |
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Description: 1 Lot. Being No. 217
in said Town. |
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Source: Northern Neck Grants L, May
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Part of the index to recorded
copies of land grants issued by the agents of the Fairfax Proprietary between
1690 and 1781 and by the Commonwealth between 1786 and 1874. Original and
recorded surveys are also indexed when available. The collection is housed in
the Archives at the Library of Virginia. |
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Winchester
(Va.) -- History -- 18th century. |
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Land
grants -- Virginia -- Winchester. |
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Northern Neck Land
Office. Northern Neck grants, 1690-1874. |
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Library of Virginia. Archives.
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Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Vol. 10 1903
p. 122
Germans who settled
Shenandoah Valley
In May, 1753, Lord Fairfax donated a lot to
the Lutherans of Winchester; and on June 16, 1764, was laid the
cornerstone for the erection of a church house on the donated lot. Among the founders
and members of the church were the following: Balthasar
Poe
Jacob Poe
(mentioned in will of “Baltzer
Poe”)
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Poe, Jacob. |
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1 February 1793. |
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Available on microfilm. Northern
Neck Grants, reels 288-311. |
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Available on microfilm. Northern
Neck Surveys, 1-6, A-E, reels 312-320. |
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Location: Frederick
County. |
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Description: 1/2 acres Lot No. 215
in the Borough of Winchester. |
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Source: Northern Neck Grants W,
1792-1795, p. 175-176 (Reel 302). |
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Recorded survey available. Northern
Neck Surveys No. 3, 1790-1794, p. 45 (Reel 314). |
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Original survey exists. |
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Part of the index to recorded
copies of land grants issued by the agents of the Fairfax Proprietary between
1690 and 1781 and by the Commonwealth between 1786 and 1874. Original and
recorded surveys are also indexed when available. The collection is housed in
the Archives at the Library of Virginia. |
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Subject - Personal |
Poe, Jacob. grantee. |
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Subject - Topical |
Land
titles. -- Registration and
transfer -- Virginia -- Frederick County |
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Subject -Geographic |
Frederick County
(Va.) -- History -- 18th century. |
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Genre/Form |
Land
grants -- Virginia – Frederick County. |
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Surveys
(land) -- Virginia -- Frederick County. |
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Northern Neck Land
Office. Northern Neck grants, 1690-1874. |
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Northern Neck Land
Office. Northern Neck surveys, 1786-1874. |
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Northern Neck Land
Office. Northern Neck plats and certificates, 1786-1874. |
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Library of Virginia. Archives.
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“Palser” Poe
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13 August 1794. |
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Available on microfilm. Northern
Neck Grants, reels 288-311. |
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Available on microfilm. Northern
Neck Surveys, 1-6, A-E, reels 312-320. |
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Location: Frederick
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Description: 1/2 acres beginning at
the N.E. corner of the said Poes Lot on which he lives No. 191. |
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Source: Northern Neck Grants W,
1792-1795, p. 549-550 (Reel 302). |
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Recorded survey available. Northern
Neck Surveys No. 3, 1790-1794, p. 63 (Reel 314). |
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Original survey exists. |
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Part of the index to recorded
copies of land grants issued by the agents of the Fairfax Proprietary between
1690 and 1781 and by the Commonwealth between 1786 and 1874. Original and
recorded surveys are also indexed when available. The collection is housed in
the Archives at the Library of Virginia. |
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1796
John Poe
Soldier
from Frederick County, “Regiment of Dragoon”
among
others, “Col. Bland” mentioned
Almost
surely the John Poe mentioned in the will of “Baltzer Poe”
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Frederick County, VA 1800 Tax List
John Poe - 1 white male over 16. 2 horses
owned
Winchester, VA 1800 Tax List
Jacob Poe 2 white males over 16, 1 horse
owned. Ordinary license
Kangas, M. N. and Payne, D. E. Frederick County, VA Wills &
Administrations 1795-1816. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1983
30 June 1806
Haas,
Frederick, SR.
Inventory
& Appraisal; Sale Account. 30 June 1806
Appraisers:
Jacob Poe,
Thomas Kernnan
Principal
buyers: Elizabeth Haas, John Haas, Polly Haas (p. 227-230)
1801
Will of Baltzer Poe
John Poe (son of Baltzer)
Jacob Poe (son of Baltzer)
Catharine Poe Brown (wife of Jesse Brown)
Barbara Poe Slote (wife of John Slote)
Poe,
Baltzer, of Corp. of Winchester
will.
16 March 1800/1 July 1801
Children:
John, Jacob, Catharine Brown wife of Jesse Brown, Barbara Slote wife of John
Slote.
Gr.
ch.: Children of Barbara and John Slote
All
estate to be sold by executors at public auction and divided into four equal
parts, to be distributed as follows: To son, John Poe; to son Jacob Poe; to
daughter Catharine Brown wife of Jesse Brown. Fourth part in trust by executors
for daughter Barbara Slote wife of John Slote, for her use, and any residue
remaining at her death to be divided among her children when aged 21. Also, to
daughter Barbara, $1.
Exrs. Obed. Waite, James B. Galloway, William Brown
Frederick County, Virginia Marriages
(need
to get a more specific citation)
p.
619-621
Kitty Poe m Jesse Brown 20 Nov
1791
Jacob Poe m Jane Kidd 16 Dec
1792
John Poe m. Catherine Borders
26 Nov 1804.
1817
John Poe
soldier from Frederick
County, “Regiment of Dragoon”
Almost surely the John Poe mentioned in the will of “Baltzer
Poe”
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Poe Family of Frederick County, Virginia Includes John Poe,
Revolutionary War Soldier Who settled in Chillicothe, Ross County,
Ohio Virginia /
West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty
Land Warrant Records. Volumes 4 & 5 Compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt.
Col., U.S. Army Retired. 1996 John Poe (see below) esf 1777
Winchester, VA. in VA regiment; PN ae 60 Ross Co. OH. 1818; res there 1820, when
eldest dd mbnn & twins ae 13 liv with him; QLF 1932 from Miss Bertha Poe,
Franklin, IN, states a RW sol John Poe dd Johnson Co, IN. & his
descendants there claim he drew RW PN. F-S40287 R1945 Revolutionary
Soldiers buried in Ohio---1929 (provided by Evelyn Poe Jackson) Compiled
in 1929 by the Ohio Daughters of the DAR John Poe (Ross Co.) Volunteer rifleman, 18 mos. under
Morgan. Regular dragoon under Col. White and Washington. At battle of
Cowpens; battle of Guilford's Court House; at Bluford's defeat at Hanging
Rock. Was taken prisoner after being wounded by swordcut on head and his
horse shot out from under him. Was exchanged and present at Cornwallis'
surrender at Yorktown. During service rode express for Gen Lafayette from
Williamsburg to York. Born Sept. 14, 1750 at Winchester, Frederick Co., Va.
Parents' German descent. Died Oct. 7, 1843 Scioto Twp., Ross Co. Moved from Va. with his family and
settled near Chillicothe, Ross Co. Ohio in 1806. In Jan. 1833, made a
profession of religion in Associate Reformed Church under Rev. J. Claybaugh.
Was almost the last soldier of Rev. to die in Ross Co., Ref: Scioto Gazette
of Oct. 12, 1843. Register of the Ohio Society of SAR 1912-13, p. 69 under
list of Revolutionary soldiers in Ohio in 1840. 9th Annual Report Library
Board, VA 1911-12, pg. 242. War Dept. files. Fur. info Nathaniel Massie
Chapter. 1990
Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files Volume III. N-Z Abstracted
by Virgil White John Poe, Cont Line (VA) S40287, sol
enl at Winchester VA appl 12 Sept 1818 Ross Co OH aged 60 however in 1820 he
gave his age as 65, in 1818 sol had referred to his children & their
families and in 1820 he referred to his oldest daughter & to twins aged
13 but did not give any names of children or wife Virginia
Soldiers of 1776. Compiled from Documents on File in the Virginia Land
Office. Together with Material found in the Archives Department of the
Virginia State Library, and other Reliable Sources. Compiled and Edited by
Louis A. Burgess. Richmond Press, Inc. Richmond, VA 1927 John Poe, Private (see elsewhere, John
Poe of Ross Co, Ohio, of Winchester, VA and German descent) Council Chamber, Dec. 17, 1818. John
Poe is entitled to the proportion of land allowed a Private of the Contl.
line for three years service. James P. Preston, Gov. "Know all men by these presents
that I, John Poe of Ross Co., Ohio, late a Private in the first Regt. of
Light Dragoons of the Contl. line during the Rev. was, appoint John Watts, of
Bedford Co., Va. my lawful Atty., " etc. Signed, 30 Oct. 1815. State of
Ohio, Ross Co., Corporation of Chillicothe, John Poe personally appeared
before Joseph McLine, Recorder of said Corporation and said state, 30 Oct.,
1815. Warrant 6311 issued 11th May, 1819 for
100 acres to John Poe. Recorded Book 3, p. 55, Va. L. Off. Abstract
of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots POE, John Ross Co OH 55 Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary
Patriots, Vol.3, p. —Serial: 11912;
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Military
Record Images for John Poe – Chillicothe, Ohio
12 September 1818 – Col. Bland mentioned as in earlier military records. This
is surely the same John Poe.
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Orange County Virginia
Jacob Poe
22
August 1797
Jacob
Poe of County of Frederick*. Daniel
Kidd to Jacob Poe.
30
August 1799
Jacob
Poe and wife Jane of County Frederick to Caleb Abel of County of Orange ...