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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

 

This researcher has assembled thorough information on this family:

 

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kieffer/p646.htm

 

Balsor Poe

 

http://poegen.net/VA/Land/BalsorPoe1753.jpg

 

URL (Click on link)  

Linkhttp://lvaimage.lib.va.us/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=99&last=&g_p=GL&collection=NN Grant

Title  

Poe, Balsor.

Publication  

15 May 1753.

Other Format  

Available on microfilm. Northern Neck Grants, reels 288-311.

Note  

Location: Winchester.

 

Description: 1 Lot. Being No. 217 in said Town.

 

Source: Northern Neck Grants L, May 15, 1753, p. 99 (Reel 295).

 

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.

Subject - Personal  

LinkPoe, Balsor. grantee.

Subject - Topical  

LinkLand titles. -- Registration and transfer -- Virginia -- Winchester.

Subject -Geographic  

Winchester (Va.) -- History -- 18th century.

Genre/Form  

Land grants -- Virginia -- Winchester.

Added Entry  

Northern Neck Land Office. Northern Neck grants, 1690-1874.

 

Library of Virginia. Archives.

 

 

 

 

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”)

 

http://poegen.net/VA/Land/JacobPoe.jpg

 

http://poegen.net/VA/Land/JacobPoeSurvey.jpg

 

 

URL (Click on link)  

Linkhttp://lvaimage.lib.va.us/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=175&last=176&g_p=GW&collection=NN Grant

 

Linkhttp://lvaimage.lib.va.us/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=45&last=&g_p=S3&collection=NN Survey

Title  

Poe, Jacob.

Publication  

1 February 1793.

Other Format  

Available on microfilm. Northern Neck Grants, reels 288-311.

 

Available on microfilm. Northern Neck Surveys, 1-6, A-E, reels 312-320.

Note  

Location: Frederick County.

 

Description: 1/2 acres Lot No. 215 in the Borough of Winchester.

 

Source: Northern Neck Grants W, 1792-1795, p. 175-176 (Reel 302).

 

Recorded survey available. Northern Neck Surveys No. 3, 1790-1794, p. 45 (Reel 314).

 

Original survey exists.

 

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.

Subject - Personal  

Poe, Jacob. grantee.

Subject - Topical  

Land titles. -- Registration and transfer -- Virginia -- Frederick County

Subject -Geographic  

Frederick County (Va.) -- History -- 18th century.

Genre/Form  

Land grants -- Virginia – Frederick County.

 

Surveys (land) -- Virginia -- Frederick County.

Added Entry  

Northern Neck Land Office. Northern Neck grants, 1690-1874.

 

Northern Neck Land Office. Northern Neck surveys, 1786-1874.

 

Northern Neck Land Office. Northern Neck plats and certificates, 1786-1874.

 

Library of Virginia. Archives.

 

 

 

“Palser” Poe

 

http://poegen.net/VA/Land/PalserPoe.jpg

 

 

URL (Click on link)  

Linkhttp://lvaimage.lib.va.us/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=549&last=550&g_p=GW&collection=NN Grant

 

Linkhttp://lvaimage.lib.va.us/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=63&last=&g_p=S3&collection=NN Survey

Title  

LinkPoe, Palser.

Publication  

13 August 1794.

Other Format  

Available on microfilm. Northern Neck Grants, reels 288-311.

 

Available on microfilm. Northern Neck Surveys, 1-6, A-E, reels 312-320.

Note  

Location: Frederick County.

 

Description: 1/2 acres beginning at the N.E. corner of the said Poes Lot on which he lives No. 191.

 

Source: Northern Neck Grants W, 1792-1795, p. 549-550 (Reel 302).

 

Recorded survey available. Northern Neck Surveys No. 3, 1790-1794, p. 63 (Reel 314).

 

Original survey exists.

 

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.

Subject - Personal  

LinkPoe, Palser. grantee.

Subject - Topical  

LinkLand titles. -- Registration and transfer -- Virginia -- Frederick County

Subject -Geographic  

LinkFrederick County (Va.) -- History -- 18th century.

Genre/Form  

LinkLand grants -- Virginia -- Frederick County.

 

LinkSurveys (land) -- Virginia -- Frederick County.

Added Entry  

LinkNorthern Neck Land Office. Northern Neck grants, 1690-1874.

 

LinkNorthern Neck Land Office. Northern Neck surveys, 1786-1874.

 

LinkNorthern Neck Land Office. Northern Neck plats and certificates, 1786-1874.

 

LinkLibrary of Virginia. Archives.

 

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”

 

http://poegen.net/VA/Military/JohnPoeFrederickCoVA1796.jpg

 

 

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”

 

http://poegen.net/VA/Land/JohnPoeLandBounty1817FrederickCoVA1.JPG

 

http://poegen.net/VA/Land/JohnPoeLandBounty1817FrederickCoVA2.JPG

 

 

 

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; Volume: 4 

 

 

 

 

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 ...

 

 

 

 

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