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?Mary Hook m. England b. 1674 Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire England d. Aug 17, 1725 Essex Co. VA |
Mary b. bef 1701? Essex Co. VA d. 1720? Essex Co. VA |
Benjamin b. bef 1705? Essex Co. VA d. 1785? ?Amherst Co. VA |
William b. bef 1711 Essex Co. VA d. ?Aug 13, 1782 Caswell, Orange Co. NC |
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Simon b. 1708? Essex Co. VA d. 1793 Chatham Co. NC |
Elizabeth b. 1710? Essex Co. VA d. Jun 20, 1767 Craven Co. SC |
Frances b. 1703 Essex Co. VA d. 1765 |
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Samuel Jr. b. 1707 d. 1785? ?Caroline Co. VA |
Marsom b. bef 1725 d. Aug 13, 1782 Spotsylvania Co. VA |
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Samuel owned 800 acres of land near Pumensend Swamp in Essex County VA in 1704.
His sons grew tobacco on this land but do not appear to have been wealthy. They
seem to have been middle class farmers who had problems with the ruling classes
of Virginia and England over tariffs. |
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From a Poe Family Genealogy site: Land sold to Samuel Poe by Matthew Collins in 1707 is described as being “105 acres, part of 4200 acres granted to John Medows and Henry Petars by patent 17 April 1667 in St. Ann’s Parish . . . Mr. Macco’s land on the west side of the south fork of Pumansend Swamp.” Also in 1707, Matthew Collins and Mary his wife of Essex County sold to Paul Micou 406 acres described as “part of 4200 acres formerly granted John Meaders and Henry Peters by pattent 17 April 1667 in St. Mary's Parish . . . . John Elllit's land . . . south side of a branch of the south forke of Pewmansend Swamp . . . “ Samuel Poe’s lands fell within St. Mary's Parish in Essex County and was on the south side of a branch of the south fork of the Peumansend. The name Peumansend Swamp refers to a section of Mill Creek, or to Mill Creek as a whole in some references. The term “swamp” is not used literally. Swamp simply means “branch” of the waterway, according to Colonial Caroline: A History of Caroline County, Virginia by T. E. Campbell and published in 1954. |
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On Nov 16, 1723 Samuel is in court charged with swearing, and is listed as a
resident of St. Anne's Parish in Essex County. Essex Co. Virginia was established
in 1692 from Rappahannock County.
(see present day map
for location). |
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There are court records that survived from King & Queen County VA that
show that the Poe and White families lived in the part that became Caroline County
in 1758. In 1732 and 1733, a John Pickett was involved in trespass suits with
James [Taylor] White and Benjamin Poe, probably Samuel's son. |
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Caroline County VA was formed in 1728 from Essex and adjoining counties
(see present day map
for location), about the same time that daughter Elizabeth married
James Taylor White. |
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Between 1732 and 1745, Caroline County court records show that Benjamin and
William Poe, each served on one jury panel.
Thomas White (son, father, or both) served on 12. |
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Son William Poe married Lydia Keeling (1715-1764?). In 1763/4 there is a deed
transaction in Culpeper Co. VA from "William Poe and Lydia, his wife to James
Buchannan" [M.L. Vineyard, p. 293]. They may have moved to NC about then. |
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Samuel and wife Mary may be buried in the Vauters Church Cemetery in Loretto,
Essex Co. VA. |
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Sons Samuel Jr. and Simon continued to farm tobacco on their father's land.
In 1749, Simon was tried in Caroline County court for "tending seconds" which
was against the laws of the London Board of Trade and the Virginia General
Assembly. This and other laws existed in order to limit production and keep the
price of tobacco up through scarcity, and were unpopular among middle class
farmers in the county. Simon was fined 1,000 lbs of tobacco. |
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| Son Marsom had a son Thomas Powe, Sr. (1747-1817). He and William Dewitt (1739-1813) were granted 1,000 acres in SC along the Pee Dee River in 1804. In the 1790 Cheraw District SC Census, Thomas had 34 slaves, and a "Charles Dewit" nearby had 9 slaves. According to the 1810 Census, Thomas owned 100 slaves. Thomas Sr. married Rachel Allen, the daughter of Erasmus Withers Allen (1712-1789?), and their first child was born Oct 22, 1766. Two of their sons, William (1768-1831) and Alexander Powe were early settlers (1811) of Wayne Co. MS, founded in Dec 1809; and their daughter Rachel Powe (1772-1806) married Allan Chapman (1760-1823) who married Eleanor Dewitt, William's daughter, after Rachel died. | ||||
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SOURCES: Campbell, T. E., Colonial Caroline, A History of Caroline County, Virginia, The Dietz Press, Richmond VA, 1954, pp. 133, 354-55, 384. Gregg, Alexander, History of the Old Cheraws, Geneal. Publ. Co., Balt. MD, 1967, p. 49. Poe, Allen personal communications to Michael F. Gibbon. Quit Rent Rolls of Essex County Virginia, 1704, vol. 33, p. 359. Vineyard, Maribeth Lang, & Wiseman, Eugene M., Wm Wiseman & the Davenports, Pioneers Of Old Burke County, North Carolina, v.2, Franklin NC, 1997, pp. 86-96, 293. White, Gifford, "James White and John White", etc. publ. in Wm Wiseman & the Davenports, Pioneers Of Old Burke County, North Carolina, v.2 by Vineyard, M. L., & Wiseman, E. M., Franklin NC, 1997, pp. 107-112, 256. White, Gifford, James Taylor White of Virginia and some of his descendants into Texas, Austin, TX, 1982. |
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