William and John Reynolds land grant, 1697, Richmond County, Virginia

Land grant issued to William and John Reynolds, 15 Oct, 1697, Richmond County, Virginia, by the agents of the Fairfax Proprietary. Taken from the Archives at the Library of Virginia. North Neck Grants, reels 288-311.

William and John Reynolds Land Grant 1697

Transcription:

279 William and John Reynolds 500 acres Exam’d. 

Margaret Lady Culpeper, Thomas Lord Fairfax to all whereas know ye that we of and in consideration of the composition give and grant unto William Reynolds – John Reynolds of the County of Richmond five hundred acres of land in said county bounded as followeth, viz. beginning at a marked white oak the corner tree of the land of Robert Payne by the side of a sunken ground opposite to a certain glade, and extending by the said Paynes land north eight hundred and sixty poles to a white oak, thence East ninety three poles to a Spanish Oak, thence eight hundred and sixty poles to the roadside near or almost thence to the prime station ninety three poles containing and being now laid out for five hundred acres. Together Royall mines excepted to have and hold yielding

Transcription:

280 Yielding and paying ten shillings yearly provided dated the fifteenth day of October one thousand six hundred and ninety seven. 

W.F., G.B

Obituary of Elizabeth PAYNE WARWICK (1763-8143)

Marriage and Death Notices from the Southern Christain Advocate, Vol 1:1837-1860, Brent Holcomb, pg. 80, Issue of January 5, 1844:

Mrs. Elizabeth Warwick, wife of the Rev. Wiley Warwick of the Ga. Conference, departed this life on the 24th of November, 1843, in Habersham Co., Ga., and in the 81st year of her age. She was the daughter of William and Jane Payne, and was born in Charles Co., Maryland. Her parents died when she was very young, and she was brought up by her grandmother. At the age of 17 years she came with her brother Jacob Payne to Brunswick Co., Va. In the year 1787, under the ministry of Rev. John Easter, joined the M.E. Church at Benjamin Johnson's Meeting House, where she remained until the year 1791 when she married her present bereaved husband.... (Josiah Askew)

Rev. Wiley P. WARWICK (1771-1856)

My husband's maternal great grandmother was a Warwick and my husband's middle name is Warwick. The furtherest I have proven back on this line is Wiley P Warwick, an itinerant Methodist Minister in Virginia, South Carolina, and Georgia.

Taken from "Methodist Preachers in Georgia 1783-1900", Harold Lawrence, United Methodist Church, pg. 579

WARWICK, WILEY (3-17-1771 - 5-7-1856) (Methodist Episcopal Church)

b. Sussex Co., Va.; converted age 26; on 8-14-1819 he was accused of profane swearing and the Conference judged the said accusation to be malicious slander. On 11-26-1819 he was recommended to the Conference as a preacher of usefulness. His last years were spent in Dahlonega, Ga., in a sad state of decrepitude. He travelled in his ministry 66.849 miles, preached 5,938 sermons, and received in salary $6,392 for 30 years of itinerant labor. m/1791 Elizabeth Payne (1762 - 11-24-1843) b. Charles Co., Md. d. Habersham Co., Ga., dau. of Wm. and Jane Payne; m 2/10-8-1846 Mrs. Elizabeth Beall of Hall Co., Ga.

1799 Licensed to Preach; 1804 Admitted on trial; 1806 Full connection Deacon; 1808 Elder,

S.C. Conference: 1804 Little Pee Dee & ansom (Camden); 1805 Anson; 1806 Bladen and Brunswick;

1807 Santee; 1808 Great Pee Dee (Catawba); 1809 Rocky River; 1810-11 Wateree (Camden);

1812 Santee (Pee Dee); 1813 Santee; 1814 Black River (Broad River); 1815-16 Enoree; 1817

Located; 1821 Readmitted; 1821 Union Cir. (Catawba); 1822 Black Mtn. (Athens); 1823-24 Grove;

1825 Gwinnett; 1826 Broad River; 1827 Habersham; 1828 Gwinnett; 1829 Grove; 1830 Habersham; 1831 Sup.

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