Attachment
1
Chronologies
of the John Todds
Below
is a chronology of the three John Todds as I have hypothesized or documented:
John Todd (1750-1782)
1. 1750: Born in Philadelphia Co, 1750 son of David
Todd and Hannah Owen
2. 1770s: educated by his
uncle, Rev. John Todd (1719-1793) of Louisa Co., VA
3. 1771: Qualified attorney in Augusta Co., VA
4. 1773: Oath of Attorney in Botetourt
5. 1774: Secured land (Warrant in Jan, Returned in
Aug) in Armstrong Co./Westmoreland Co, PA.
sold Part in Dec 1774 and remainder sold in 1787 for non-payment of
taxes)
6. Oct, 1774: John Todd, probably this John Todd, was on
military expedition that included the Battle of Point Pleasant
7. 1775: Visited KY with Alexander Spottswood
Dandridge and was referred to as a lawyer.
8. 1776: In
9. 1777: Bought lots in Fincastle, Botetourt Co. VA
(check date)
10. 1780: Married Jane Hawkins while representing KY in
the VA assembly
11. 1780: Sold Fincastle lots
12. 1780: Appointed Commandant of
13. 1780: Secured warrant for KY land on Gist's/Guess's
Creek in Jefferson Co 1780, and many other parcels as well.
14. 1782: Killed at
John Todd (1750-1813), son of Andrew Todd of
Chester Co, Bedford Co, Louisa Co
1. 1750/53: Born in NY or NJ, son of Andrew Todd d 1791 and Mrs. Elizabeth
McDowell
2. 1760: His father Andrew buys land in Chester Co.,
PA
3. 1773, July: Mother Dies
4. 1773, Aug: John Todd of Chester Co, William Todd of
Chester Co and Andrew Porter all secured land warrants in Aug 1773 that were
used to secure land adjacent to each other in Westmoreland Co PA
5. 1774: Appears as single man
on East Whiteland, Chester Co, PA tax list along with father Andrew
6. Abt 1775: Marries Mary Ruble in Bedford Co (most
likely) or Chester Co (possibility)
7. 1776, Feb: John sold
8. 1776: John and William first appear in Bedford Co
PA tax records
9. Dec 1776: Son Andrew born
10. 1776: serves in Revolution
11. 1778: Daughter Ann born
12. 1778: John’s father Andrew sells land in
13. 1779: Samuel Todd buys 600+ acres in Bedford Twp
and sells 1/3 to his brother William and 1/3 to his cousin William. Samuel and brother William sell immediately
to John Bonnett. Their cousin John Todd
gets nothing.
14. 1779: Elected Assessor of Bedford Co
15. 1780: Elected Assessor of Bedford Co.
16. 1776-1784: Appears in
17. 1786: Selected constable of
18. 1787: Sues William Kennedy for breach of the peace
in
19. 1788: Serves on a jury in
20. 1788: Accused of concealing Mrs. Williamson’s calf;
John Gregg cosigns bond
21. 1790: Buys land on Guesses Creek in Jefferson Co
(portion which became Shelby Co) adjacent to John Gregg
22. 1791: Administrator of Will of John Gregg
23. 1792: First appears on Shelby Co tax list
24. 1802: Buys more land on Guesses Creek from David
Gregg, son of John Gregg
25. 1807: Marries second wife: Elizabeth Glenn
26. 1813: Dies in
John Todd (1746-1829), son or grandson of Wm Todd
of
1. 1746: Born in PA or VA or NJ
2. 1768: Marries Mary ?
3. 1769: Son Joseph born
4. 1770: Son John born
5. 1771: Dau Mary born
6. 1772: Sells remaining half of land on Turnip Creek
in Bedford Co that had been bought by William Todd in 1761
7. 1774: Serves 83 days in Capt. Phillip Love’s
Company in
8. 1778: Appears in Rockbridge Co tithables
9. 1780: Comes to KY
10. 1781: Jane Todd appears in will of Patrick Lowry,
of Mercer Co., KY implying that her husband was in KY at this time.
11. 1782: Serves in campaign against Shawnee Indians
12. 1782: 400 acres on Clear Creek surveyed for John
Todd
13. 1782: 50 acres surveyed for John Todd
14. 1783: Appears on Tithable List of Lincoln Co.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19. 1791: Mary Todd, "Dau of John Todd"
md Robert McKee, Mercer Co., KY
20. 1795: Mercer Co. Tax List
21. 1799-1806: Land sales in
Jessamine Co by John&Jean Todd.
Lands on Indian Creek.
22. 1801: John Todd of Jessamine Co. sells land in
Jessamine Co
23. 1804: John Todd of Montgomery Co sells land in
Jessamine Co.
24. 1808: Marries Margaret Cook in
25. 1810: appears on Montgomery Co Tax list
26. 1811: John Todd on tax list of Bath Co.(created
from
27. 1817: John Todd listed as elder of Presbyterian
Church in Lincoln Co., TN
Attachment
2
Rationale for assuming that
John Todd (1746-1829) was the son of Andrew Todd.
Todd
family historians have known for many years that the families of Levi, Robert
and John Todd,
There
were also connections between these families and the family of Samuel Todd of
Botetourt Co, VA.:
It
was also known the Col. John Todd, grandson of Robert Todd, had lived in
Botetourt Co, VA in the 1770s.
And
in the land dealings in
Furthermore,
it was known that John’s son Joseph was born in
So,
in trying to identify John Todd (1746-1829) of central
Seeing
that there was a John Todd in the Rockbridge tax list in 1778 seemed to support
the theory that John Todd (1746-1829) was the son of Andrew d 1791.
This
is a very logical theory. But the new
information that has come to light suggests that it is not correct. At the time this research was done, it was
not known that there was another John Todd associated with Samuel Todd and his
immediate family, namely, John Todd son of Low Todd, and John Todd who sold
half of William Todd’s Bedford Co., VA land in 1772. Also, other information had not come to
light, namely, the data on the land grants in Westmoreland, the 1776 sale of
land by John Todd to Andrew Porter, the Bedford Co tax lists (1776-1784), the
details on the John Todd of Shelby Co KY family.
Attachment 3
Children of John Todd
(1746-1829 TN)
John
Todd
ca
1746-1829
Wives:
1) Mary, married
prior to 1769 (based on approximated birth year of eldest son)
2) Jean Lowry, married prior to
1781 (based on Patrick Lowry 1781 will reference to dau. Jane Todd)
3) Margaret Cook, married 1808
Bath Co., KY (per An anonymous descendant of John Todd 1746-1829)
Children:
By first wife:
(1)
Joseph 1769 VA-1837IN; md (1) 1795 Margaret Wells; md (2) 1810 Catharine
Ferguson; md (3) 1817 Villa Mincher McPherson.
(2) Mary ca 1771VA -md 1791 Mercer Co Robert McKee
(3) John
b1770-1780 d 1841 Parke Co.,
census)
by second wife:
(4) David 1784-1790, probably 1788 KY md 1813 Sarah
Dickinson Smith (birth per
1810
and 1830 census)
(5)
Elizabeth "Betsy" Todd (1791-1859 TN) md 1839 Elisha Bagley
(6)
Samuel Todd (1796-1866) md Susah Holman; md 1839 Ann G. O. Dick
(7)
Levi M. Todd (c 1799 KY-c1867) md___Ann ____
(8) Son 1794-1800
(9) Son 1794-1800
(10) Elzira 1798 md Elijah Ringo d Lincoln Co TN after 1860
by third wife:
(11) Son 1800-1810?(could this son be Eli Milton)
(12)
Eli Milton Todd 1811-1852, son of John and Margaret Cook Todd.
Hence,
this John Todd had 10 documented children by 1799, but two were married by that
date. Hence, this does not 100% match
the 1799 letter of Andrew Todd, Jr. saying that his brother John had 12
children, one of whom was married.
Children of John Todd (1750
PA – 1813 KY)
Confirmed
Children
Probable Child
Marriage of
unknown Todd, born abt 1781
Marriages
Shown to not be for children of John Todd
14. Elizabeth
Todd md 1816 to Samuel Kerrel in Shelby Co.
This
*Support
1. William Todd d 1814
Old
This
work is excerpted from "Kentucky Ancestors", Volume 12, No. 1, July
1976, A quarterly publication of the
Kentucky Historical Society,
Wm.
Henry Todd, a native of
http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyjeffer/cems/westerncemetery.html
Attachment
4
Supporting Data
There
was a lot of Todd land activity in
In
1773, we find two families of Todds on the PA frontier securing lands: In 1773, land warrants are filed for
Also
in 1773, we find William Tod and Alexander Todd of
In
1774, John Todd and Robert Todd sons of
David Todd 1723-1785 and grandsons of Robert Todd 1697-1775 of
In
1779, William Todd and his brother Samuel sold their land in Bedford Co., PA
where they were living near their cousin William Todd and their uncle Andrew
Todd and settled in
We
assume that Joseph Todd was the son of John because he appears as a chain
carrier on the 1785 survey for John Todd’s land on Indian Creek. He would have been a teenager at this point. We
know that Joseph Todd was born in
There are other references in the records of these
counties to John Todd, but most of them are to John Todd (1750-1782) who came
from PA to be educated by his uncle John Todd in Louisa County, VA and then
became a lawyer. He is listed in 1771 as
qualifying as an attorney in Augusta Co, 1773 as an attorney in Botetourt Co,
as a witness on legal documents in 1775 and 1777, as purchaser of lots in
Fincastle, Botetourt Co in 1777 and sale of those lots in 1780. Though based in Botetourt Co., he was mobile
enough to secure land as “John Todd of
Another John Todd reference is the appointment of
John Todd as undersheriff of Botetourt Co in 1788 – the year after the 1787
appointment of Samuel Todd as sheriff.
This John Todd is assumed to be the son of Samuel Todd.
a.
b.
c.
d.
From:
The
only other John Todd in the area that we know of is John Todd son of Low Todd
1723-1792 who in turn was son of William Todd, Sr. This John was probably born in the late 1740s
or early 1750s. Low Todd’s will in 1792
Jefferson Co., TN disinherits his son John, but gives no clues as to John’s
whereabouts.
Census Place West Lima,
David TODD
Self W Male
W 68 b.
Vol
I
(501) Rev. John Todd, a dissenting minister,
took the oaths.
Order
Book XIV, P 215 John Todd, Jr., qualified attorney.
P
532 Polly Vines deposes.
John
Todd: That Joseph Lindon went from
ago;
Vol
II
1800--August 13, John Todd and Charles Sterret (Stenett), surety. JohnTodd and Sarah Sterrett, daughter of Robert Sterrett (consent) and sisterof Charles Sterrett, and of age. Vol
III
Will
Book 6, Page 334.--
Roger
North--Molly Mathews…John Todd, attorney at law
Deed
Book 21, Page 51.--
County,
11th
July, 1742, and devised by William's will to James and William.
Teste:
Ch. Simins. Patrick Lockhart, John Todd, Jr.,
From:
John Floyd’s
3.
Author - KATHLEEN
Published by THE STANDARD PRINTING CO.-
The
Floyd Family I. Chapter XIII.
Regarding Floyd,
"Capt. John Floyd arrived here
conducted by one John Drake, from a camp on the Dix river where he had left
about thirty of his company from
know
on what terms they might settle on our lands. This man appeared to have a great
share of modesty, an honest, open countenance and no small share of good sense,
and, petitioning in behalf of himself and his whole company, among whom were
one Mr. Dandridge (Alexander Spottswood Dandridge), and one Mr. Todd, two gents
of the law, in their own right, and several other young gents of good family,
we thought it advisable to secure them to our interest if possible, and not
show the least distrust of the intentions of Capt. Floyd, on whom we intend to
keep a strict watch." However, Floyd effected an understanding with
4. Roadside History:
A
Guide to
Description:
For Col. John Todd. Born
5. From Annals of WS VA by Lewis Summenrs
P
209: Oath of Attorney for Botetourt
P
280: Deposition relative to building a
prison
P
597: 1773: John Todd – oath of attorney
Dec
1788 John Todd appointed undersheriff of
Botetourt Co
1798: John Todd witness to deed in Washington Co.
6. Deeds:
Botetourt Co:
1777: John Todd buys lots in Fincastle
1780: John Todd sells lots in Fincastle
I
have heard Cousin
John
your Brother in Law will arrive in the Spring
tis
a pity he has lost this year past as he intends to
become
a Settler, the Chance of Land is now very
bad
any other way than by Purchase from Individuals
the
Industrious may still be repaid for trouble and
expense
& but little more
Levi Todd
Feby
15th 1784
(TO:)
Major
John McCulloh
8. Letter of Andrew Todd to
John McCulloh,
. If Cousin Andw Porter brings out any goods
this fall would wish them sent by him & about five pounds of genuine Yellow
Bark if the price does not exceed that of Red Bark. A merchant of this town had
some sent him this summer - of the good effects of which I was often a witness
- his cost 12/your currency ___ No account from Brother Robt since my last - I
have also had the pleasure of seeing Brother John since my last whome I had not
seen for 23 years his Wife was with him.
They are both well, Brother in particular - he was very healthy &
looked well, he has 12 living children one of whom is married. Your Friends in this County are well &
some of them lamenting that you do not move to this Country instead of
Pitt. Old Mrs. Todd David's wife is very
healthy but has in a great measure lost both sight & hearing.
From your &c
Andw
Todd
Samuel Todd
Dau Sarah md John
Houston
(NO! This
is incorrect. Sarah was dau of William
Todd; Samuel’s daughter Sarah married John Todd, son of Parson John Todd d
1793)
Margaret
Houston md Alexander McEwen
Robert
McEwen
John Todd
(possible brother of
Samuel)
Low Todd 1723-1792
Son John Todd (nephew of
Samuel)
NOTE: Will of John Todd, written 4 Sept 1822,
proved 19 Jul 1830; recorded 9 October 1830
“one note or bond now in the
hands of my relation Ebenezer McEwen”…I make my relation Robert H. McKuen my
sole executor”
10. The 1810
John Todd
1-4-1-0-1-::0-1-1-1-0-0.
Free
White Males
Page Line Head Under 5
10 15 20
30 40 50
of 5 to
to to to
to to to
Family 10 15
20 30 40
50 60
=============================================================================
113 2 John Todd 3
1 2 1
113 3 David Todd 2 2 1 1
Free White Females
Under 5 10
15 20 30
5 to
to to to
to
10 15 20
30 40
John Todd
2 1
David Todd
1 1 1
Hence,
David born 1780-1790
John
born 1770-1780
12. Ancestors and Descendants of Alice O'Brian
(1904-1976) and Edward Shields Willis (1898-1976)
Entries:
1862 Updated: Thu Nov 1
Anndavwill@aol.com
Name:
David TODD
Given
Name: David
Surname:
Todd
Sex:
M
Birth:
1788 in
Change
Date:
Marriage
1 Sarah Dickson SMITH b: 1793 in
Married:
Children
Mary Hutton TODD b: 10 MAY 1823 in
Jane Lowry TODD b:
William Smith TODD b:
Hugh Smith TODD b:
John
Hutton md Jane Dickson
Children:
Edward Hutton 1772 -1839 Washington
Co., VA md 1791 VA Frances Hayter
Mary Hutton md Hugh Smith ca 1790
Sarah Dickson Smith b
1793 Mercer Co., KY md 1813 David Todd
Name:
Edward HUTTON
Given
Name: Edward
Surname:
Hutton
Sex:
M
Birth:
Death:
OCT 1839 in
Change
Date:
Father:
John HUTTON b: 12 MAR 1740 in
Mother:
Jane DICKSON b: 1742 in
Marriage
1 Frances HAYTER b: ABT 1770 in
Married:
Children
Edward HUTTON b: 1808 in
John Todds in the 1795 and
1800 Tax Lists
1795
Name County Assumed Identity
John
Todd Fayette John Todd 1746 VA-1829
John
Todd Mercer John Todd 1746 VA-1829
John
Todd
John
Todd Bourbon John Todd 1740 MD-1807
John
Todd, Jr Bourbon John Todd 1765 MD-1828
1800
As
listed in tax lists Assumed
Identity
John
Todd Fayette John Todd 1746VA -1829
John
Todd Jessamine John Todd 1746 VA-1829
John
Todd
John
Todd Bourbon John Todd 1740 MD-1807
John
Todd, Jr Bourbon John Todd 1765 MD-1828
John
Todd
1810
new
John’s in 1810
John
Todd Warren Co John Todd (1787 GA-1862 MO) not sure
which family this is.
Hi-
>>
>> I think William and John Todd in Shelby Co. are connected just based
on
>the names of those who purchased from their estates and because William
>Todd's administrator was Jacob Ruble.
>>
>> William Todd's estate sale was in 1814 and listed the following:
>>
>> Jacob Ruble
>> David Todd
>> Elizabeth Todd
>> Bazel Teagarden
>> (Wm.) Nutgrass
>> James Martin
>> George Morton
>> George Bristow
>> Gideon Bristow
>>
>> John Todd's estate sale was
>>
>> Jacob Ruble
>> David Todd
>> Andrew Todd
>> William Todd (probably the same who died above)
>> (Mrs?) Todd
>> Samuel Todd
>> Johnston Todd
>> David Leatherman
>> Jas. Galloway
>> John Clark
>> Wm. McCormack
>> Jas. Clayton
>> jas. McKinley
>> Thomas McClane
>> james and Isaac Edwards
>> William Nutgrass
>> George and James Martin
>> Hugh Rodman
>> Ezekiel Fields
>> Jacob Grendstone
>> Alex Johnston
>> --
>>
>> It doesn't look like William Todd was married when he died- he was
>probably young. Some of the buyers on his estate were sons-in-law to
John
>Todd, right
KY 1801-1808 Tax lists for "Todd" are as follows:
1801 - Nil
1802 - John Todd, 162 1/2 acres, Gueser, 2 males over 21, 1 male over 16 under 21, 6 horses
1803 - John Todd, 297 1/2 acres, Gueser, 2 males over 21, 1 male over 16 under 21, 9 horses
1804 - John Todd, 277 acres, 3 males over 21, 10 horses
1805 - John Todd, 277 1/2 acres, 3 males over 21, 13 horses
1806 - John Todd, 277 1/2 acres, 2 males over 21, 11 horses
1807 - Andrew Todd, 1 males over 21, 1 horse; Robert Todd, 1 male over 21, 1 horse; Jno Todd, 1 male over 21; Robt Todd, 1 male over 21, 1 horse; Johnston Todd, 1 male over 21, 1 horse; John Todd, 277 1/2 acres, 1 male over 21, 1 male under 21, 7 horses, land originally surveyed and patented for Pope Patton
1808 - Andrew Todd, 119 acres, 1 male over 21, 3 horses; John Todd, 1 male over 21, 1 horse; Robert Todd, 1 male over 21, 1 horse; John Todd, 277 acres, 1 male over 21 (this list does not ask for males under 21), 8 horses.
>> The Shelby Co. lists were there, and the Todds for the years 1809-1815
are
>as follows:
>>
>> 1809
>> Andrew, 119 acres, [water:] Bulskin, 3 horses, Dist. 1
>> John, 277 3/4 acres, Guiser Cr., 7 horses, Dist. 3
>> Johnson, no land, 3 horses, Dist. 3
>> Robert, no land, 2 horses, Dist. 4
>> John, no land, no horses, Dist. 4
>>
>> 1810 - NO TAX LIST FOR THIS YEAR
>>
>> 1811
>> John, no land, 1 horse
>> Robert, no land, no horse (listed with John, above)
>> Johnston, no land, 2 horses
>> John, 277 1/2 acres, Gueser Cr., 9 horses
>> Andrew, 119 acres, Bulskin, 4 horses
>>
>> 1812
>> Andrew, 119 acres, Bulskin, 4 horses
>> Johnston, no land, 5 horses
>> John, 277 1/2 acres, Guisser Cr., 7 horses
>> Robert, no land, no horses
>> John Jr., no land, 1 horse
>>
>> 1813
>> Robert, no land, 1 horse
>> William, no land, 3 horses
>> Johnson, no land, 4 horses
>> Elizabeth, 280 acres, Gueser Cr., 6 horses
>> [William, Johnson and Elizabeth were listed together in "Archer's
Comp.y")
>> Andrew, 119 acres, Bulskin, 3 horses
>>
>> 1814
>> Robert, no land, one horse
>> Johnston, no land, 5 horses (listed with Robert)
>> Elizabeth, 275 1/2 acres, 5 horses
>> Andrew, 119 acres, Bulskin, 3 horses
>>
>> 1815
>> David, no land, one horse
>> Elizabeth, 213 1/2 acres, one horse(listed with David)
>> Johnston, no land, 5 horses
>> Robert, no land, 2 horses (listed with Johnston)
>>?
2.
Tax Lists of Shelby Co, KY
1802 - John Todd, 162 1/2 acres, Gueser, 2 males over 21, 1 male over 16 under 21, 6 horses
(Hence, a son b prior to 1781, a son born 1781-1786)
1803 - John Todd, 297 1/2 acres, Gueser, 2 males over 21, 1 male over 16 under 21, 9 horses
(Hence, a son born prior to 1782, one son born 1782-1787)
1804 - John Todd, 277 acres, 3 males over 21, 10 horses
(Hence, a2 sons born prior to 1783):
Putting this together=>son born prior to 1781 (namely Andrew b 1776), and son born 1782-83
1805 - John Todd, 277 1/2 acres, 3 males over 21, 13 horses
Hence, 2 sons born prior to 1784
1807 - Andrew Todd, 1 males over 21, 1 horse; Robert Todd, 1 male over 21, 1 horse; Jno Todd, 1 male over 21; Robt Todd, 1 male over 21, 1 horse; Johnston Todd, 1 male over 21, 1 horse; John Todd, 277 1/2 acres, 1 male over 21, 1 male under 21, 7 horses, land originally surveyed and patented for Pope Patton
4 sons born prior to 1786: Andrew, Robert, John, Johston
Andrew born 1776,
assume John is son born 1782-3, say 1783 because Jane born 1782
assume two sons born between 1784 and 1786 (see 1805 tax
list): assume
1. William Todd d 1814
Old
This
work is excerpted from "Kentucky Ancestors", Volume 12, No. 1, July
1976, A quarterly publication of the
Kentucky Historical Society,
Wm.
Henry Todd, a native of
http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyjeffer/cems/westerncemetery.html
I,
John Todd, of the
sound
mind but under the afflicting hand of
uncertainty
of life, do make this my last will and testament as follows, that is
to
say, whereas on or about the year 1816 I agreed to furnish my son
Samuel
Todd with money for the purpose of purchasing land for me and
whereas
in pursuance of such agreement I have at various times furnished
and
advanced to my said son for the purpose aforesaid the sume of 2800 in
money
and other property and whereas my said son Samuel Todd did in the
year
1818 lay out and invest the said sum of money in a tract of land
situate
lying and being in the
land
whereon the said Samuel Todd now lives which said tract was purchased
by
my said son in his own name and conveyances therefore was executed to
him
in his own name and for his own proper use and without expressing that
it
was to be held in trust for me or was purchased for my use although the
purchase
money or the principal part thereof, to wit: the said sum of $2800
was
advanced by me as aforesaid and by reason that the aforesaid sum of
money
was advanced with a view of purchasing land for myself, I have
neglected
and failed to take from my son Samuel a receipt, note, bond or
other
writing evidencing the advancement thereof by me as aforesaid and I
have
no written evidence showing the advancement of said sum of $2800 to
my
son Samuel or any portion thereof exept one note or bond now in the
hands
of my relation Ebenezer McEwen which note was executed to me by
my
son Samuel for the sum of $400 for and in consideration of so so much
money
by me advanced to my son Samuel and constitutes part of the said
sum
of $2800 which I advanced for the purchase of land aforesaid. Now,
therefore,
I do give, devise & bequeathe to my son Samuel Todd all &
singular
the tract of land & premises
much
thereof as was purchased by the said Samuel with the said sum of
$2800
advanced by me as aforesaid, to have and to hold all & singular the
said
tract of land unto & to the use of the said Samuel Todd and his heirs
forever.
Item:
I give & bequeathe to my daughter Elzira Todd the sum of $500 in
cash
to be paid to her within ten days after my death by my son Samuel
Todd
out of the sum of $2800 so advanced by me to him as aforesaid.
Item:
I will and direct that my son Samuel Todd out of the issues and profits
of
the land so devised to him as aforesaid shall willingly and sufficiently
support
and maintain my wife Margaret Todd and my son Eli Milton Todd
respectively
during their natural lives and in the even that my wife should
desire
to live separately and apart from my son or should she be disatisfied
with
the support and maintainance aforesaid, her and my said son Eli Milton Todd
then & in that case my will is that upon application for that purpose
being
made by my wife to my executor hereinafter named he shall and he
his
hereby requested and directed from time to time and each and every
year
set apart allow & apportion what sum of money in his discretion, not
exceeding
the sum of $138 per annum, shall be annually paid by my said
son
Samuel for the support and maintainance of my wife and my son Eli
Milton
Todd and my will is & I do hereby declare that upon such allotment &
apportionment
being made by my executor as aforesaid my son Samuel
shall
forthwith and without delay pay to my wife the amount of money so
allotted
and set apart for her maintainance and maintainance of my son Eli
Milton
Todd.
Item:
I desire and request my son Levi Todd to pay unto my daughter
Betsey
Todd the sum of 250 out of the proceeds of the property he received
from
me and in consideration of the maintainance and support he has
afforded
to myself and my family.
I
hereby make my relation Robert H. McEwen sole executor.
Witnesses:
James
Fulton
Hiram
S. Morgan
R.H.
McEwen
[Proved
1Lincoln
Co TN Will Book 1, page 53.
From
Library of Virginia website:
1. Todde, John.
Gen.
note County:
Note Company commander: Capt. Philip Love.
Note Recorded on: p. 170.
Note Listed in index: p. xvii.
Other
Format Available on microfilm (Miscellaneous Reel
78, last item).
2. Todd, Samuel.
Gen.
note County:
Note Company commander: Capt. Samuel
McDowell.
Note Recorded on: p. 86.
Note Listed in index: p. xix.
Other
Format Available on microfilm
(Miscellaneous Reel 78, last item).
Dunmore’
War was a conflict between the Colony of Virginia and the Native Americans of
the
3. http://www.rootsweb.com/~varockbr/pntplsnt.htm#Captain%20Philip%20Love's%20Company%20of
Sources:
Special
thanks to Angela M. Ruley reddog@rockbridge.net
Captain
Philip Love's Company of Volunteers
Philip
Love, Captain John Mills, Ensign Daniel McNeil, Lieutenant Francis McElhaney,
Quarter Master William Ewing, Segt Major Sieltor Taylor, Sergeant James
Alexander, Sergeant John Craford, Sergeant Robert Owen Thomas Welch John
Buchanan Sam. Andrews Thomas Welch, Jr. Charles Davis (Batman) William Scott
James Neely Patrick Conner Wm. Franklin Sam. Mt. Gumry (Montgomery) William
Teasy John Dodd Thos. Perce Thos. Armstrong John Dunn Charles Byrne Thomas
Gilberts Abraham Demonse Will Hooper Sam Savage Joseph Pain Will Armstrong
Daniel McDonald James Simson Thomas Brown James Neeley Abraham Moon (Batman to
George Craig (Batman to Col. Lewis) Richard Willson Robt. Smith James Franklin
Wm. Hanson James McDonald Richard Collins James M. Gullin John McGinness
Griffin Harriss John Jones (Cadet) John Markles John Robinson (Batman) John
Todd (Cadet) DanielOrmsbey (Batman)
Captain
William Nalle's Company of Volunteers,
William
Nalle, Captain Jacob Pence, Ensign William Bush, Sergeant Barnod Crafford,
Sergeant Martain Nalle, Lieutenant John Bush, Sergeant William Feavil Moses
Smith Israel Meader John Grigsby Zacarias Lee Benjamin Petty Bruten Smith
William Spicer Charles Brown Henry Miner Sefniah Lee Mecagh Smith John Deek
John Williams James Selby Abraham Rue John Null Shadrick Butler James Washburn
James Alexander Joseph Roay John Pright John Owler James Miller John Chism
Henry Cook Thomas Brook Geroge Rucker William Scails Yenty Jackson George Fuls
George Harmon Adam Hansburger John Breden Robert Rains Steven Washburn Henry
Owler Richard Welsh John Goodall Michael Gurden James Todd Chesly Rogers
Zacarias Plunkepel William Smith John Fry Joseph Butler James Reary Jacob Null
Documentation
of David Todd of Lawrence Co, IN link to John Todd of
1.
2.
3. Excerpts from William Perrin's
"History
of Bourbon, Scott,
Chapters
II-VIII
Excerpts
from Chapter II
pp.
33-35
MAY
COURT. 1786.
At
Colonel James Garrard's in Bourbon County Tuesday the sixteenth day of May Anno
Domini one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six and in the tenth year of the
Commonwealth of Virginia.
A
new commission of the peace dated the twelfth day of January one thousand seven
hundred and eighty-six to this county directed to James Garrard (afterward
Governor of Kentucky) Thomas Swearington John Edwards Benjamin Harrison John
Hinkson Alvin Mountjoy Thomas Warring Edward Waller and John Gregg
Gentlemen
was produced and read whereupon the said James Garrard took the oath of
fidelity and the oath of a justice of the peace which were administered to him
by John Edwards (first United States Senator from Kentucky) Named in the said
Commission And then the said James Garrard Gent. administered the aforesaid
oathes to Benjamin Harrison John Hinkson Alvin Mountjoy Thomas Warring Edward
Waller and John Gregg Gent. who took the same respectively.
The
second session of court was held at the house of John Kizer, beginning on
This
appears to be a different John Gregg than “our” John Gregg.
**
There
is a John Gregg of Berks Co who in 1769 applies for a “New Purchase” grant on
White Deer Creek and in 1773 sells his rights in this application for 5
shillings to a Turbott Francis and Samuel Hunter. However, this appears to be a different John
Gregg than the one who lived in Bedford Co.
***
Mother
Bedford and the American Revolution, by Larry Smith:
P
165: Captain Solomon Adams Company 1778,
4th Co, 3rd Battalion, Bedford Co. Militia: William Todd,
pvt and Samuel Todd lieut.
P
175: Undesignated Militia, Bedford co,
Rev. War: John Todd
P
458: Depreciation Pay List, Rev War: John Todd, private; Samuel Todd,
lieutenant: William Todd, Private
P
541: 25 Oct 1779, Supreme Executive Council: following were elected assessors… Bedford
Co.: …John Todd
P
546:
History
of
P
221: Justices of the peace: William Todd
1778, Andrew Todd 1781
Relevancy*
19%
107
Return Of Lands And Number Of Inhabitants In The
PA Archives, Series 3 Volume XXII Page 276
John Todd is listed as having 7 white inhabitants
William Todd is listed as having 5 white inhabitants
,
I just discovered that the
1784 tax lists for Bedford Co, PA lists the number of inhabitants. From
the online PA Archives, http://www.iarchives.com/index.jsp,
we find that William Todd of
William Todd d 1795 who md
Hannah Boyer had 3 children prior to 1785 and so he would have had 5
inhabitants in 1784. This matches the tax list.
John Todd d 1813 who md Mary
Ruble had 3 to 5 children prior to 1784; this would be 5 to 7 which might match
the census. We don't know the birth years for Johnson and Robert
Todd who were born 1780-1790 and before 1787. It is likely that one
of these brothers was born by 1784, but I can't say about both of them.
Return
Of Lands And Number Of Inhabitants In The
PA Archives, Series 3 Volume XXII
Page 276
John Todd is listed as having 7 white inhabitants
William Todd is listed as having 5 white inhabitants
Draper Mss Abstracts
by Larry Murdock
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17J82
A List of Tithables in Capt. Ray's Company
Hugh McGary, Iam, Man [?], Cloey 4
James Reay 1
Daniel McGary 1
.........
.........
.........
Mary McMurtry, Tom & Liz. 2
William McMurtry 1
Joseph McMurtry, Sicely 2
James Hutton 1
John Campbell 1
James Campbell 1
John McKee 1
William McKee 1
John Lowary 1
John Todd
Pd --
........
........
........
Samuel Hutton 1
Hendrick Hutton 1
James Hutton 1
.........
***********************************************
17J40
A List of Capt Hugh McGarry's Company Apl ye 12th
1780
.........
.........
William McMorry 38
John McMorry 39
Joseph McMorry 40
John McGee 41
James Todd 42
John Hutton 43
James Hutton Junr 44
.........
***********************************************
***********************************************
17J58 (only 14 individuals listed)
Rays Compy
...........
James Ray 3 --
John Todd 2 2/10
...........
preceding and succeeding documents all deal with the
list of tithables of
***********************************************
17J81
Rays Company
McMurtry Mary – Tom Liz paid 2 paid 6/D 5/8
McMurtry William paid -----illegible
McMurtry Joseph Sicely paid 2
Hutten James paid
Campbell John paid 1
Campbell James
paid 1
McKee John
1
McKee William
1
Lowery John pd9?) by Sertificate 1
............
............
............
Hutton Samuel paid (?)
Hutton Hendrick paid 1
Hutton James
paid
............
............
b. On page 58 (17J58) I found a listing for tithables
for Captain Ray's Company for
Much further along, I found another interesting
listing under the heading "A list of tithables in Capt. Ray's Company
(17J82). They were as follows:
Mary McMurtry, Tom & Liz (I don't know what Tom
& Liz means -- slaves?) -- 2
William McMurtry
-- 1
Joseph McMurtry, Sicely -- 2
James Hutton
-- 1
John McKee
-- 1
William McKee
--1
John Lowry
-- 1
John Todd
P.d.
-- (blank)
Samuel Hutton
-- 1
Hendrick Hutton
-- 1
James Hutton
-- 1
These names were nearly back-to-back, with a couple
**
I think that all that are interested in this John
Todd will be interested in these findings!
The 17J82 list must date after August 1782 because
that is when John McMurtry was captured and feared killed.
We have John McMurtry's widow Mary Todd Hutton,
along with the brothers Joseph and William McMurtry.
We have Samuel Hutton, Mary Todd Hutton's father or
brother, along with Mary's other brothers: James and Hendrick.
We have John and William McKee - are these sons of
Lydia Todd McKee?
We have John Lowry.
Could this be son of Patrick Lowry and hence brother-in-law of your John
Todd and nephew of Jane (Lowry) Todd?
And we have John Todd.
Note that we do not have John Hutton. Could it be that he had been killed by this
time? Based on the description in
Draper, the death of John Hutton occurred at a time when John Todd, John Hutton
and James Hutton were hiding a canoe at the mouth of Dicks. This seems to imply that this most likely
happened when John Todd was still in Lincoln Co, before he moved to
Fayette. Since John moved to Fayette
sometime between 1784 and 1786 based on his grants, that would suggest that
John Hutton's death occured before the Draper interviewee had come to KY in
1789, rather than after he came to KY.
Hence, a pre-1782 death is not unreasonable.
Larry
4. Court Cases of
Bundle
1, No 18: 1793: Todd vs Garrett
Bundle
5, No 64: 1797: John Todd vs Jas Matley
Bundle
19, No 26: 1801: Todd vs Woodside
Bundle
39, No 41: 1806: Todd vs Shackelford
Bundle
61, No 26, 1810: Jno Todd vs Jas Simrall
Bundle
68, No 6: Samuel Todd vs Jno Shackelford
Bundle
72, No 13: 1812: Jno Todd vs Adam Steele
Bundle
80, No 1: 1813: John Todd vs Ben Fry
Bundle
97, No 5: 1815: J & A Todd vs Fry’s
Heirs
Bundle
107, No 21: 1817: R Todd vs J. Blake
Bundle
128, No 2: R Todd vs J. Knight
Bundle
148, No 28, 1819: E. Todd vs Jas McCallister
Series
3:
1773
Bedford Co, PA: Thomas Gregg: Springhill Twp
1774:
no
Todds
1775:
no
Todds
1776: vol XXII, p 125, Bedford Twp: John Gregg: 13.0-1/2 uncultivated land tax,
6.4 provincial tax
p
126, John Todd, 4.5-1/2 uncultivated land tax, 6.10 provincial tax
p
126, William Todd, 14.0-1/4 uncultivated land tax, 7.5 provincial tax
1779:
p 162,
Samuel
Todd no acres
William
Todd 200 ac
William
Todd Senior no acres
John
Todd no acres
John
Grigg 100 acres
1783:
p
208: John Todd 200 acres, William Todd
200 acres
(William
Todd appointed assessor,
1784:
John
Todd elected assessor in 1779 and 1780.
Vol
XXIII, p269 Rangers on the Frontier, 1776-1783
John
Gragg
John
Todd
http://www.pa-roots.com/~westmoreland/historyproject/vol2/neelwb.html
He married,
Attachment
5: Todd and
John
Gregg to John Borland, Bk B, p 207, Bedford Co, PA Deeds
I
John Gregg of the
Samuel
Borland and
18.
19. Survey of William Todd, 222-3/4
Acres, a Draught of part o0f a Tract of
Land surveyed to Robert Callender and now the Property of William Todd, being
part of a larger Tract formerly surveyd on a 300 warrant to Robert Callender
dated 1 June 1762, situate on the Raystown Branch of Juniata about 4 miles form
the town of Bedford.: N51W 180, N28W 13,
N77W 10, N51W 92, N57E 142, S51E 266, (from larger survey: s46W 137)
20.
23. Survey:
Draught of a tract of land situate about four miles from
24. Situated on the waters of the Shawanese
Cabin Creek in the Township and
25. Situated on the North side of the
Raystown Branch of Juniata in the Township and
26. John Little resurvey of 1817: N87W 275 by Frederick Heltzhimer, N21E 41,
S39W 134 by Joseph Dull, S63E 63 by John Gregg, S8e 118 by John Gregg, N87E 72
by John Finny, S24E 46 by John Finney, N51E 104 by Joseph Irwin, N30.75E 196 by
James Johnston.
27. Samuel Johnston Resurvey: 115.75 Acres:
Situate in Napier Township, Bedford Co, surveyed for Samuel
Johnston..warrant..20 Augu 1765 and resurveyed agreeable to..marked lines
Whereas
it appears by the records of our Land Office that a Warrant Issued on the
fourth day of May 1763 to a certain Joseph Alexander for one hundred acres of
land near Colonel Burd's Road above Fort Bedford. Beginning at the fifty-five
Mile Tree joining Colonel Armstrong, Alexander Smith & John Gregg then in
the county of Cumberland now Bedford County, and whereas the said Joseph
Alexander by one instrument in writing dated the thirteenth day of October 1765
did assign unto Samuel Cross all his right and title of in and to the said
tract of land and whereas David Hoge Esquire Sheriff of the said County by his
Deed Poll dated the twenty-third day of April 1770 (reciting certain writs and proceedings
of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County for the recovery of a certain
debt of the said Samuel Cross) did grant, bargain, sell, release & confirm
the said tract of land with the Apurtenances unto Richard Tea of Carlisle in
the said County to him, his Heirs & Assigns for ever. And whereas the said
Richard Tea and Ann his wife by Deed dated the twenty-fourth day of April 1770
did convey the same tract of land unto Philip Kinsey of the city of
And
we favoring his request These are to authorize you to survey & layout or
cause to be surveyed and layed out unto the said Philip Kinsey the said Tract
of land provided the same had not been surveyed or appropriated before the date
of the said Entry and to make return thereof into our Secretaries Office in
order for confirmation by Patent to the said Philip Kinsey on his paying our
purchase Money, Interest and Quit-rent thereon due agreeable to the said Entry
and for so doing this sha1l be your sufficient Warrant, Witness Richard Penn
Esquire Lieutenant Governor of the said Province who by virtue of certain
Powers from the said Proprietaries hath hereunto set His hand & caused the
Seal of Land Office to be hereunto affixed at Philadelphia this twenty-sixth
day of June in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and seventy-two.
To John Lukens Esquire Surveyor General.
5. Land Warrant; John Finney (message posted by
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John
LITTLE of City of
The
following warrants are for land extending from the Callender/Neill/Todd lands
SW through Thomas Kinton and Jeremiah Warder to
James Maxwell
1. Land Applications; Allen Rose (message posted
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Allen
ROSE. 150 acres, adj Thomas KENTON.
2. Land Applications; Thomas Kinton (message
posted by Donna Creary)
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Thomas
KINTON. 300 acres adj Robert CALLENDAR, about 5 miles above
15.
Land Applications; Jeremiah Warder (message posted by Donna Creary)
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Jeremiah
WARDER. 300 acres adj Thomas KINTON & James MAXWELL, Esq about 6 miles from
Ft Bedford on Raystown branch,
16.
Land Applications; Solomon Adams (message posted by Donna Creary)
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Land Applications; John Anderson (message posted by Donna Creary)
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John
ANDERSON applied for 200 acres bounded by James MAXWELL on the southeast, John
KENTON on the north, and Solomon ADAMS on the northeast in Bedford Twp. Price:
50 shillings per 100 acres, with interest to commence from
Warrants
to George Armstrong
George
Armstrong: 100 Feb 1755
50
Feb 1755
236.5
**
John Todd vs Mrs. Williamson, Year: 1787, Case # 1758
Whereas a complaint has been made to me that John Todd has been guilty of privately detaining a yearling calf the property of Mrs. Williamson. These are therefore to require you that you summon the Sd Todd to appear before me or some some other Justice of the Peace of this County to answer the above complaint. Given my hand this 8th day of January 1788
Alex Breckinridge JP
To:
The Sheriff or his deputy
Summon
William Kennady, David Gragg, John …,.. Hill, Widow Kennady, William Gray, James McKerg, William Kindall, and the Widow Williamson Wintesses for the plaintiff
Alex Breckinridge
On hearing the evidence and due consideration therefore, the Defdt is found guilty and returned to the next court for.. held for Sd county
Alex Breckinridge J.P.
The Commonwealth of Virginia to the Sheriff of Jefferson County greeting: We command you to summon William Murray to appear before our Justices of our said county at the court house, on the first Tuesday in March next to testify and the truth to say, in behalf of John Todd in a certain matter of controversy in our said court, before our said justices, depending and undetermined, between Sd Todd the …, William Clark prosecutor and this He shall in no wise omit, under the penalty of 100 pounds Witness, William Johnston, clerk of our said court at the said court house the 10th day of feb in the 12th year of the Commonwealth.
Will
Know all men by these presents that we John Todd and John
Gragg of
The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas Complaint and information hath been by William Clark before the Sd Breckenridge as a Justice of the peace that the above named John Todd did feloniously secret and conceal a Calf the property of Mrs. Williamson..Now if the sd Todd do.. appear at our next Court of Qrter Sessions to be held for the Sd County of Jefferson on the first Tuesday in March next and shall answer to the sd Acusation and do ab… by and perform the order of the Sd Court in this behalf made that these above obligations shall be void or else in full force..and Virtue..
John Todd seal
John Gregg Seal
Witness:
.. J. Johnston
**
John
Gregg..for 5 shillings..paid by Col Turbutt Francis and Samule Hunter..have
..sold..all my right title interest property claim and demand of in and to a
certain application by me or for me entered in the Proprietaries land Office..300
acres of land lying on the west side of the norwest branch of Susquehannak
beginning about a mile above the White Deer Creek running up ;the river including
two small drafts of water with some meadow ground a little ways off the
river..21 May 1773..Recorded
This seems not to be “our “ John Gregg.