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Contributed by: James Hughes
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URL title: Rockbridge, NC, history
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Capt. George Elliott was a member of the community. When he died in October, 1814, he had made his will only a few weeks before and centered it upon his wife. His first wife, Florence Henderson Bell, had died in 1809 and Captain Elliott had married Anne (Nancy) Marshall, widow of a dear friend and associate, Capt. James Marshall, on Dec. 5, 1811. So, in his will, Captain Elliott left to his wife all that she fetched with her when he married her and his plantation with the Black man Essick to assist in the work. However, the old sea captain provided that if she moves and takes the hands with her, she is to be cut off of all that is left her and the black man is to be sold. The widow, for some reason, decided to leave the Elliott plantation and consequently it was thrown into a chancery case to settle the estate. On May 18, 1815, the commissioners met at the "house of George Elliott, dec’d., and performed their duty.” James McDowell was one the group--the others were William Allen, John Bell, and Matthew Elder, all of well-known Valley of Virginia families. The decision was approved by the Court and the case closed. Seven children of James McDowell and his wife Mary Paxton Lyle reached maturity. The oldest, Samuel, born in Rockbridge County, Va., about 1781. He grew to manhood on the Kentucky frontier and married about 1828, Mary Chrisman. He saw service in the War of 1812, serving in the Kentucky company under a Captain Trotter.
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Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
Abt 1745 - Aft 1815 (~ 71 years)