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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Desmient Meador was born 1838 (son of Daniel Boatwright Meador and Martha Brown).

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    • Reference Number: 9616


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Daniel Boatwright Meador was born 27 Feb 1797, Cumberland, Virginia, USA (son of Jehu Meador, Jr and Drucilla Boatwright); died 30 Dec 1861.

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    • Reference Number: 9614

    Daniel — Martha Brown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Martha Brown

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    • Reference Number: 2315

    Children:
    1. 1. Desmient Meador was born 1838.
    2. Mary C Meador was born 1826.
    3. Malissa Meador was born 1822.
    4. Bennett Meador was born 1831.
    5. Judith Meador was born 1828.
    6. Lemule Talley Meador was born 1845.
    7. Martha Meador was born 1824.
    8. John Meador was born 1839.
    9. Daniel D Meador


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Jehu Meador, Jr was born 23 May 1772, Cumberland, Virginia, USA (son of Jehu Meador, Sr and Sarah Atkinson); died 19 Feb 1820, Cumberland, Virginia, USA.

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    • Reference Number: 9653

    Jehu married Drucilla Boatwright 12 Sep 1793. Drucilla (daughter of Daniel Boatwright and Jane Martin) was born 6 Jun 1777, Hanover, Virginia, USA; died 8 Dec 1843, Cumberland, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Drucilla Boatwright was born 6 Jun 1777, Hanover, Virginia, USA (daughter of Daniel Boatwright and Jane Martin); died 8 Dec 1843, Cumberland, Virginia, USA.

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    • Reference Number: 1877

    Children:
    1. Drucilla Meador was born 3 Nov 1819, Cumberland, Virginia, USA; died 4 Mar 1884, Musselfork, Chariton, Missouri, USA; was buried 5 May 1884, Mike, Chariton, Missouri, USA.
    2. Sally Hubbard Meador was born 10 May 1798, Cumberland, Virginia, USA.
    3. 2. Daniel Boatwright Meador was born 27 Feb 1797, Cumberland, Virginia, USA; died 30 Dec 1861.
    4. Jane Meador was born 7 May 1799, Cumberland, Virginia, USA; died 30 Dec 1861.
    5. Hubbard Meador was born 10 Jul 1800, Cumberland, Virginia, USA; died 1853.
    6. Swann Meador was born 24 Apr 1802, Cumberland, Virginia, USA; died 23 Jan 1838.
    7. William Martin Meador was born 3 Sep 1803, Cumberland, Virginia, USA; died 25 Nov 1843.
    8. Rhoda Meador was born 17 Oct 1806, Cumberland, Virginia, USA; died 1849, Cumberland, Virginia, USA.
    9. Jehu Meador, III was born 1 Jul 1808, Cumberland, Virginia, USA; died 25 Oct 1850, West Virginia, USA.
    10. Micajah Singleton Meador was born 9 Aug 1810, Cumberland, Virginia, USA; died 1856.
    11. Valentine Meador was born 16 Jan 1814, Cumberland, Virginia, USA.
    12. John Isham Meador was born 28 Sep 1815, Cumberland, Virginia, USA.
    13. Frances Anderson Meador was born 23 Apr 1817.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Jehu Meador, Sr was born 1738, Caroline, Virginia, USA (son of Jonas Meador, Sr and Frances Hudgens); died 1808, Cumberland, Virginia, USA.

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    • Reference Number: 9654

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    Page 1
    Will of Jehue Meadors, Sr., 1808 - Cumberland Co. VA
    Cumberland Co. Will Book 3, pg 409
    I, Jehue Meadors Sen: of the County of Cumberland do make & publish this my last will and
    testament. I give to my daughter, Frances Meadors, one negroe man by the name of Harry to her
    and her heirs forever. I give to my granddaughter Mary Boatright my negroe girl by the name of
    Corsey and should my granddaughter die ? leaving issue of her body it is my will that the said
    negroe Corsey and her issue shall return to my estate & be equally divided among my six children
    or their heirs (to wit) Anne Robinson, Patty Anderson, Sally Boatright, Joseph Meadors, Jehue
    Meadors and Frances Meadors. I give to my grandson Jehue Meadors, the son of Jonas Meador the
    sum of sixty pounds to be raised from my estate for the purpose of educating him. It is my
    will that the rest of my estate consisting of Dicke, Suke, Hannah, Old Delphia, my stock of
    cattle, horses, hogs, sheep, plantation utencils, & the interest I have in the negroes I bought
    of my son Jonas which he held in the right of his wife Polly who was Polly Robinson, be equally
    divided among my six children (to wit) Anne Robinson, Polly Anderson, Sally Boatright, Jehue
    Meadors, Joseph Meadors, & Franky Meadors, subjecting the said estate first to the payment of
    such debts as may be proper to be paid & the legacy of sixty pounds which is left to my
    grandson Juhue Meadors the son of Jonas. Lastly, I appoint my friends, Richard Anderson,
    Willis Wilson & John Hatcher my executors. As Witness my hand and seal this 10th of February
    1808.
    W. Wilson
    John M. Hudgins
    Pleasant Carter
    by
    Jehue X Meadors
    mark
    At a court held for Cumberland County the 26th day of Sept 1808, This last will and testament
    of Jehue Meadors decd was exhibited in court and proved by Willis Wilson and Jn M. Hudgins two
    of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded. And on the motion of Richard Anderson one
    of the executors therein named in the said will a probate thereof is granted him in due form he
    having entered into bond and security according to law.
    Miller Woodson Jr. DC

    Jehu married Sarah Atkinson 1760, Cumberland, Virginia, USA. Sarah (daughter of Samuel Atkinson, Sr and Mary Ann Taylor) was born 1740, Cumberland, Virginia, USA; died 1808, Cumberland, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Sarah Atkinson was born 1740, Cumberland, Virginia, USA (daughter of Samuel Atkinson, Sr and Mary Ann Taylor); died 1808, Cumberland, Virginia, USA.

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    • Reference Number: 743

    Children:
    1. 4. Jehu Meador, Jr was born 23 May 1772, Cumberland, Virginia, USA; died 19 Feb 1820, Cumberland, Virginia, USA.
    2. Joseph Meador was born 23 Feb 1775, Cumberland, Virginia, USA; died 8 Mar 1832, Waverly, Humphreys, Tennessee, USA.
    3. Frances Meador was born 19 Jan 1768, Cumberland, Virginia, USA; died 1816, Cumberland, Virginia, USA.
    4. Anne Meador was born 1765, Cumberland, Virginia, USA; died 26 Nov 1830, Hardeman, Tennessee, USA.
    5. Jonas Meador was born 1774, Cumberland, Virginia, USA.
    6. Martha Meador was born 22 May 1777, Cumberland, Virginia, USA; died 1841, Cumberland, Virginia, USA.
    7. Sarah Meador was born 1772, Cumberland, Virginia, USA; died 1829, Cumberland, Virginia, USA.

  3. 10.  Daniel Boatwright was born 1739, Hanover, Virginia, USA (son of Benoni Boatwright); died 26 Mar 1797, Cumberland, Virginia, USA; was buried , Cumberland, Virginia, USA.

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    • Find-A-Grave: 5202604
    • Reference Number: 1871
    • _MILT: Revolutionary War

    Notes:

    LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF DANIEL BOATRIGHT

    Dated 4-21-1797, Bk 3, Pg 114/115.

    VIRGINIA:

    CUMBERLAND COUNTY: IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN. I Daniel Boatright of Cumberland County, being in a low state of health but in perfect mind & memory do make and ordain this my last Will & Testament, hereby revoking all former wills to this day. My Will & desire is that after my debts & funeral expenses are paid the following distribution of my Estate real & personal, to wit:

    Item: I lend to my wife Jane Boatright all my estate that I now have in possession real & personal, during her natural life except as much of my stock as will furnish three beds for the use of my daughters that are now single.

    Item: I give unto my daughter Nancy Boatright a negro girl Biddy which she has in possession, to her and her heirs forever.

    Item: I give unto my daughter Jane Smith fifty pounds, twenty five pounds of which she has in possession, & the balance at the division of the estate, also the bed & furniture whereon we lay, to her, her heirs or assigns forever.

    Item: I give unto my son John Boatright sixty pounds that I lent him, now in his possession, also forty acres of land that I leased to Gabriel Peasly after the said lease expires, with the income thereof to him, his heirs or assigns forever.

    Item: I give unto my daughter Sally Boatright one negro man named Simon & one bed & furniture to her & the heirs of her body forever, but if she should die without a child, I then give it to be equally divided between all my children to them & their heirs forever.

    Item: I give unto my son James Boatright the land whereon I now live, to him his heirs or assigns forever.

    Item: I give unto my son Valentine Boatright one hundred pounds, which money is raised by the sale of a piece of land in Buckingham County, to his use, to him & his heirs forever.

    Item I give unto my daughter Elizabeth Martin one negro girl Patty, which she has in possession, to her & her heirs forever.

    Item: I give unto my daughter Esther Martin one negro girl Aggy, which she has in possession, to her & her heirs forever.

    Item: I give unto my daughter Milley Boatright to take possession at any time one negro girl Lucy, one bed & one cow & calf, to her, her heirs or assigns forever.

    Item: I give unto my daughter Drucilla Meadow one negro girl Dilsa which she has in possession, to her & her heirs forever.

    Item: I give unto my daughter Rhoda Boatright one negro woman Ony & her increase, to take possession when ever her mother thinks proper, also one bed & one cow & calf, to her & her assigns forever.

    Item: I give to my daughter Locky Boatright one negro girl Dicey & her increase, to take possession whenever her mother thinks proper, also one bed, one cow & calf & one side saddle, to her, her heirs or assigns forever.

    Item: I lend unto my three sons, John Boatright, James Boatright & Valentine Boatright, my negro man Sam in the manner following, to wit, each of them shall hold a share in him during their natural lives & no longer, he is to be well used, & is not to be sold nor hired out, but shall labour a twelve months at a time in rotation according to their ages, & when one of them shall decease, this claim to him shall cease & the other two hold him in like manner, & at the decease of the whole of them, the N. Sam shall become free & independent. Balance of my estate personal, after the death of my wife, I leave to be equally divided between all my daughters or their representatives, them or their heirs forever. I nominate & appoint John Boatright, Valentine Boatright & John Martin Executors of this my last Will & Testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal this twenty first day of April 179 seven.

    Signed Sealed & delivered :

    in presence of:

    Frederick Jones : Daniel Boatright (Seal)

    James (X) Boatright, Jr.:

    John Stratton, Jr.:

    Examined at Court held for Cumberland County the 26th day of March 1798. This last Will and Testament of Daniel Boatright, deceased, was exhibited in Court and proved by the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded.

    Teste Js Woodsman, D.C.

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    In 1778 Daniel bought 100 acres in Cumberland Co. from John and Rachel Martin. This was half of the home place which had passed from Isom to John under the will. They lived on Turkey Cock Creek in Cumberland Co., according to Elzey Joe Arledge, Jr., at the Martin Martin Home Page, Sep., 2000.

    Children of Daniel are listed in his will: Cumberland Co., Va., prob. Mar 26 1798, Will Book. 3, pp 114/115.

    Cumberland Co. records, 1782: Daniel, wife, 11 children, 5 slaves.

    Buried:
    Burnt Chimney Cemetery

    Daniel married Jane Martin 1759, New Kent, Virginia, USA. Jane (daughter of Valentine Martin and Jane Bridgewater) was born 1737, St Peters Parish, New Kent, Virginia, USA; died 1842, Cumberland, Virginia, USA; was buried , Cumberland, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Jane Martin was born 1737, St Peters Parish, New Kent, Virginia, USA (daughter of Valentine Martin and Jane Bridgewater); died 1842, Cumberland, Virginia, USA; was buried , Cumberland, Virginia, USA.

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    • Find-A-Grave: 5202607
    • Reference Number: 9078
    • Death: Aft 1797, Cumberland, Virginia, USA

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    Buried:
    Burnt Chimney Cemetery

    Children:
    1. 5. Drucilla Boatwright was born 6 Jun 1777, Hanover, Virginia, USA; died 8 Dec 1843, Cumberland, Virginia, USA.
    2. Valentine Martin Boatwright was born 1770, Cumberland, Virginia, USA; died 1840, Cumberland, Virginia, USA.
    3. James Martin Boatwright was born 1767, Hanover, Virginia, USA; died 23 May 1850, New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, USA; was buried , New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, USA.
    4. Nancy Boatwright was born Abt 1760, Hanover, Virginia, USA; died 1835.
    5. Jane Boatwright was born Abt 1762, Hanover, Virginia, USA.
    6. John Joseph Boatwright was born 31 Dec 1764, Hanover, Virginia, USA; died Abt 1814, Cumberland, Virginia, USA.
    7. Sally Boatwright was born 11 Jun 1779, Hanover, Virginia, USA; died , Cumberland, Virginia, USA.
    8. Elizabeth Boatwright was born 1772, Hanover, Virginia, USA; died Bef 1843.
    9. Esther Judith Boatwright was born 17 Feb 1773, Hanover, Virginia, USA; died 29 Dec 1857, Campbell, Virginia, USA.
    10. Mildred Boatwright was born Abt 1776, Hanover, Virginia, USA.
    11. Rhonda Boatwright was born Abt 1780, Hanover, Virginia, USA.
    12. Lockey Boatwright was born 28 Apr 1782, Cumberland, Virginia, USA; died 5 Apr 1820, Virginia, USA.