Nancy Dabney

John married Margueretta Smith on 5 Oct 1772 in Deep River, Chatham County, NC. Margueretta was born in 1742/1762; died in 1777/1846. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIOGRAPHY: DAR: John Dabney (1724-1821) commanded Dabney's Legion at Yorktown at the time of the surrender of Cornwallis. He was born in Hanover County, Va.; died in Virginia.

John married Anne Harris about 1749 in Hanover County, Virginia, USA. Anne (daughter of Robert Harris and Mourning Glenn) was born on 31 Mar 1724 in Virginia, USA; died after 1770 in Bedford County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Hanover County Will book 1, 1862-1868 page 81 # 634
Oct 22 1764 Will of Cornelius Dabney of St. Paul's Parish,Y Hanover County:
To Son William Dabney, 150 ac with plantation where said son lives,
Negroes (Judy, Venus, Christopher, Moses)
all testator's wearing apparel.
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To Son John Dabney,
1. Negro woman Molly,
2. saddle & c
3. Gun;
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exor to sell 150 ac and Negro wench Amey retained for son Cornelius Dabney
dec'd and money equal divide among said dec'd son's children
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to son in law Christopher Harris (husband testator's dau Mary), Lends Negro
wench Unity for benefit children by said dau. Mary
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To wife Sarah Dabney, good feather bed/furniture, 2 trunks, black walnut
chest, looking glass, horse & saddle, 2 cows/calves, house safe at her disposal,
to wife for life, 2 Negroes (Jane & Bob), river? swelling plantation: at death
of wife, son john Dabney may pay l45 to testator's dau Elizabeth maupin,
Frances maupin,anne thompson, for said bob and l45 said land to daughters, equal
divide residue estate, names on john Dabney and friend Harry Terrell as exors.
witness john Wingfield, Thomas wingfield
in codicil, Nov 5 1764: gives 1 shilling each to son in law, Christopher
Harris, Matthew brown and William Johnson)

Cornelius married Sarah Jennings in Apr 1721 in Hanover County, Virginia, USA. Sarah (daughter of Charles Jennings and Mary Cary) was born on 3 Apr 1702; died in 1790 in Albemarle County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth:
"Cedar Hill", Hanover Co., VA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1736/1744, House of Burgesses
• Will: 18 Jun 1765

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Member of Va. House of Burgesses from Hanover until 1742, when he was appointed by the King as surveyor of the new Co. of Louisa. Late he moved to Albemarle Co. where he owned a large estate at Browns Cove. He was a vestryman of Fredericksville Parish for a number of years before his death.

Lived at Brown's Cove on Doyle's River, halfway between Stanardsville and Waynesboro, VA on Skyline Drive; see Harriston, north of Waynesboro on Highway 340. Bought property in 1750. Copy of his will is in HISTORY ANDGENEALOGIES, W. Harris Miller, p. 267. It was dated June 18, 1765.

Robert married Mourning Glenn on 30 Jan 1719/20 in Hanover County, Virginia, USA. Mourning was born in 1702 in Albemarle County, Virginia, USA; died in 1776 in Albemarle County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]