Mary Obedience Clay
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Born: 1710 in Virginia Henrico County
Died: 1764 Deep Creek Chesterfield Co Va.
Son of John Belcher sr. and Mary Elizabeth Frogley
Married: Mary Obedience Clay
Born: in 1715 Henrico County Va
Died: in 1760. Deep Creek Chesterfield County Va.
the daughter Of Henry Clay And Mary Mitchell.
Remember When Reading This Genealogy
That Chesterfield County Was Made From Henrico County In 1749, So
Some Researchers Says Chesterfield County And Some Henrico
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Henry Clay Wrote Will In 1749:
William Clay Son Of Henry Clay Was The Administrator
Of Richard Belcher's Estate When He Died:
He Was Richard's Brother-In-Law
1728 Richard Was A Witness Of A Land Transaction.
Benjamin Hopkins To Thomas Oliver.
In 1736 Richard Belshar Paid Levy And Clerk Fees To Your Promise For Richard Belshar
The Balance Of 338 Lb Of Tobacco.
1736: Henrico County: Richard Belcher 1 Levy. For Your Last Year's Levy.
Pd By John Belcher Sr. Source: Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Volume Iii, Henrico County - Southside,
1736, Page 367 1736: Paid By Inspectors Note; By John Belcher Jr For Richard Belcher.
Source: Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Volume Iii, Henrico County - Southside, 1736, Page 379
William Thompson 100 Acres Recorded 25 Feb 1753 Page 22 P 275 Chesterfield Co Deeds
1758, Son Isham Buys 100 Acres On Deep Creek From Thompson Part Of Land
Richard Belcher Now Lives on
24 Feb 1764 Richard Junior Belcher And Isham Sell Land On Deep Creek To Thomas Moore
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Children of Richard D. Belcher and Mary Obedience Clay
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1...Isham Belcher
Born: About 1734, Henrico (Now Chesterfield Co.,) Virginia
Married: Elizabeth Clay
Migrated From Chesterfield Co Va. To Bedford County (Now Franklin Co)
3-1765 Isham Belcher Sold The Land Of Richard Belcher Deceased
Married: #1 2 June 1759 Elizabeth Clay
Born: 1740 Dau Of William Clay And Martha Runyan
ISHAM E BELCHER GENEALOGY [OUR LINE[**********************
2...Richard Belcher Jr.
Born: 1736 Henrico County (Now Chesterfield) Virginia
Died: 1814 West Virginia
Married: Mary? Age 45+ In 1820:
Richard Served in the Virginia Continental Troops as a private
After Father Died In 1763, Richard Jr Must Have
Inherited Some Land In 1764 Richard Belcher Sold 100 Acres
Of Land To Thomas Moore.
7-6-1764. Richard Listed Amelia County Va
1783 April 29: Richard 130 Acres On Both Sides Of The North Fork Of The Holstein
River Treasury Warrant Beginning On A Spur Of Pine Mtn Of John Simmons Tract
Tazewell Co Va 1781 Dec 11: On S Side Of Little Mountain On Turkey Gap Creek 28
Acres North Fork Of Holstein River To Corner Of Belchers Former Survey
1820 With 3 Males 10 And Under: 1 Male 10-16: 2 Males 16-26-1
Male 26-45: 1 Male 45+: 2 Females 10 And Under
2 Females 10-16: 2 Female 26-45: 1 Female 45+: 3 Slaves:
Tazewelll Co Va
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3...Elizabeth Anne (Annie) Belcher
Born: 1740 Henrico County (Now Chesterfield Co)., Va
Died: 1820 Tazewell County Va
Buried: 1820 Leatherwood Farm, Bluefield West Virginia
Married: Richard Payton Bailey.
Born: 1735 England. Emigrated before 1760 when he married
died: about 1818 Tazewell County Va
Mercer County Virginia was made from Tazewell in 1837
and later became Mercer County WEst Va in 1863
some records indicate he was killed by native americans
Married At Tazewell Dale Parrish Chesterfield Co. Va
Nov 1, 1760:
Leatherwood Farm, Mercer County, WV. Inscription on the stone shows that Richard
served in the Virginia Military during the Revolutionary War.
Although only fieldstones mark all the graves except for that of Richard Bailey, Sr.
, it is believed that Elizabeth is also buried with him,
along with other Bailey family members in the small family cemetery at Leatherwood Farm.
Photo from "Belcher Pride: An Early Virginian Family" by Jeanne C. Watts.
SAR Membership form for a descendant of Richard and Annie Belcher Bailey
Migrated To Bedford Co(Now Franklin) Richard Baily, Isham Belcher Was Among The Group
That Migrated There: Richard Bailey's Father James Wrote His Will
Feb 1765:
The Following Sept: Richard Sold His Land In Chesterfield
And Migrated To Bedford:
The Same Records Show Isham Sold Land Of Richard Belcher Deceased And
Left For Franklin Co Va: Richard Bailey Was The Son Of James Bailey:
The Earliest Record Of James Bailey Was Henrico Co Va
In John Nash's Sheriffs Bond Along With John And Richard Belcher
1760 Richard Bailey Purchased Land 100 Acres In Skinquarter Area.
Information Obtained From Courthouse Records & Published
Sources At Tazewell Co Library: Research Done By Barbara Boyce,
Descendant Of Samuel Lusk And Sara Ann Bailey.
Samuel Lusk Jr (B) Abt 1776, Wythe Co Va
{Son Of Samuel Lusk Sr And Susan Stephenson}
Sara Anne Bailey (B) Abt 1785, Tazewell Co Va
{Daughter Of Richard Bailey Elizabeth Belsher/Belcher}
Samuel And Sara Ann Were Married In Tazewell Co;
Jan 5, 1804 By John Tollett; Source:
Tazewell Co Courthouse Records.
an application for a headstone was made for Richard
1926, Information on Application
Va. Military Rev War
Richard Baily moved to this part of the country in 1780
Died 1818
Mrs Thomas H. Scott
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1...Bailey, John--Born Ca 1763 Chesterfield County Va
Died: March 30, 1836 Tazewell County Va
Married: Nancy Davidson, D/O John Goolman Davidson The Settler
1789 Built A Log House On The South Side Of Bowyer's Branch;
Children:
Jonathan--Eldest Son, Born 1790 South Side Bowyer's Branch, Virginia
On Feb 15, , 1927 an application for a headstone was made
by : Mrs. W.C. Easley Bluefield Mercer Co. West va
INformation on Application
John Bailey died 1836, stationed at Fort on Bluefield Creek under Captain Robert Crockett, as a scout.
2... Richard Bailey jr.
Born: 1765 Henrico {Chesterfield County} Virginia
Died: 1845 Mercer County Virginia, in West Va after 1863
Source: History Of Middle New River Settlements,
Johnston Reference Book Wyoming Co., Wv,P. 358-367
Married: Isabel Ferguson
Born 1776
Died 1850
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Children all lived and died in Mercer Co West Va:
1...Samuel M.
Born 1793
Died: 1873
Married: Mary Elizabeth Walker born 1796
1850 Virginia
Samuel age 56
Mary age 49
James P. age 19
1870 Mercer Co. West va.
Samuel Bailey age 77
Mary age 73
living next to brother Eli
son Samuel Bailey was a lawyer died in Ky
1916 not certain of birthdate on deatch cert.
He married Mary Beers in 1850
1860 Henrico Census before Mercer Wva was made from Henrico in 1863
Samuel M. Bailey age35
Mary W. age 24
Sarah W. age 4
Alice C. age 2
Sarah Gamble age 50
Lilia Beers age 28 sister in law
John C. Beers age 8
Mary F Price age 32 sister in law
William Price age 10
Lilia Beers age 4
2...Richard Bailey
Born: 1795
Died: 1865
Married: Elizabeth Walker 1823
3...Elizabeth
Born 1799
Married: John Shrewsbury
1860 age 61 living with son thomas Shrewsbury In Mercer
Margy age 23
Mary M age 6 months
Elizabeth a widow, mother age 61
sister Mary age 17
4...Jamison
Born 1799
Died: 1880 Mercer Co. Wva
Married: Elizabeth Walker
1850 Mercer
Jameson age 50
Elizabeth age 50
Louisa age 23
Polly E. age 18
Irvin H age 15
Mageline M age 13
Menewa E. age 7
1860 Census Mercer
Jameson Baily sr age 60
Elizabeth B age 60
Polly E. age 27
son Irvin W. age 25 with wife Catherine living next door
5...Henry
Born 1802
Died: 1884
Married: Mary E. Bailey
1870 Mercer Co. Census
livng next to brother, Eli and Samuel
Henry Bailey age 67
Mary age 64
Zelpha A. age 25
Nancy E age 23
Allen Bailey age 27 shoemaker
6...Sally {Sarah}
Born: 29 Oct. 1811
Died: 22 Oct. 1864
Pike County Missouri, Curryville
Married: Edley Maxwell
Born: 1776
Died:1845
tombstone says
Sally wife of Edley Mazwell
daughter of
Richard & Esabell
Bailey
Born
Oct 29, 1811
Died OCt 22, 1861 Missouri
1850 Pike Missouri
Edley Maxwell age 42 born va
Sally age 38 born va
Luemma J age 17 born va
Rufus K age 14 born Missouri
Listed in 1860 Census Pike Missouri
Edley age 52
Sarah age 48
Children Known
Luemma J Maxwell Bernard
Rufus K Maxwell
this family moved from Virginia to Missouri sometime
around 1835 before Rufus was born in 1836
7...Eli
Born:1820
Died: 1903
Married: Charlotte Bailey a cousin
1850 Mercer Co. Va.
before it was in west va,Br> eli Bailey age 30
Charlotte age 30
Andrew J age 10
Greenville C. age 9
Ardeliaage 7
Clementine age 5
Cornelius w. age 3
John age 2
1860 with same children
Eli age 43
Charlotte
plus these children
with Cynthia age 9
Almeda age 7
Bluford age 6
Melvina age 4
Electra P age 1
1870 Cornelius age 23 and susan age 14 living next door
Henry Bailey also
Born 1771
Died: January 1846 Lamar Mercer wva
Married: Sarah ?
son Dodridge Bailey
4...Bailey, Micajah
Born: 1773
Died 1833
1810 was in Tazewell Co. Va,
5...Bailey, Eli
Born: 1782
Died: 1825
source:
History Middle New River Settlement.Johnson Reference Book Wyoming Co., Wv
1870 Mercer Co. Census
Eli Bailey age 51
Charlotte age 50
John age 27
Ardela age 25
Bluford age 16
Melvina age 14
Eectra age 11
Virginia age 9
6...Sarah Anne Bailey
Born About 1785
Married: Samuel Lusk jr., Jan 5, 1804
Born 1776 Wythe Co Va
son of Samuel Lusk sr and Susan Stephenson
Information Obtained From Courthouse Records Published
Sources At Tazewell Co Library: Research Done By Barbara Boyce,
Descendant Of Samuel Lusk And Sara Ann Bailey.::
Samuel Lusk Jr (B) Abt 1776, Wythe Co Va
{Son Of Samuel Lusk Sr And Susan Stephenson}
amd Sara Anne Bailey (B) Abt 1785, Tazewell Co Va
{Daughter Of Richard Bailey Elizabeth Belsher/Belcher}
Samuel And Sara Ann Were Married In Tazewell Co;
Jan 5, 1804 By John Tollett; Source:
Tazewell Co Courthouse Records.
4...Phoebe Belcher
Born: 4-15-1742 Henrico County (Now Chesterfield Co)Virginia or Bedford Co., depending on where her family lived at the time
Died: 20 July 1809 Giles Co Virginia
Married: Mitchell Clay Married:4-1760 In Franklin Co Va
Va. Son Of Henry And Mary Mitchell Clay Of Chesterfield Co.
Mitchell and Phoebe Belcher Clay became the first white settlers
in what is now Mercer County West Va,
when in 1775 they brought their family to their 800 acre
tract of land at Clover Bottom on Bluestone Creekin Finastle County Virginia
Eight years later in August of 1783 the family was
attacked by an Indian Party tow of the clay children,
Bartley and Tabitha were killed in the raid,
another son Ezekiel was captured and taken to Chilicothe Ohio
where he was later burned at the stake
Statue erected by the Mercer County Bicentennial Convention
Eric D. Dye Sculptor November 1977
Clay Family Genealogy and Other Statue photos and tombstoneChildren:
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1...Patience
Clay
Born: 1760
Died 1866
2...Tabitha Clay
Born: 1763
Died: 1783 Clover Bottom Mercer County Va, Indian Massacre
3...Rebecca Clay
Born: 1764
Died: 15 Apr 1844
4...Bartley Clay
Born: 1766
Died 1783 Clover Bottom Mercer County Va Indian Massacre
5...Ezekiel Clay
Born: 1767
Died: 1783 Chillicothe Ohio Indians burned him at the stake
6...David Peyton Clay
Born: 1769
Died: Aug 1818 Wilkerson Co. Va
7...Obedience Clay
Born: 1770
Died" Giles County Va
Married: John French
John Born: 1760 Culpepper Va
Died 1810: Married: 16 Jan 1787
Son Of Matthew French, Born: 2 Feb 1736 In Westmoreland County Va.
Their Daughter Rachel French Married David Doan Davis,
8...Mary Clay
Born: 1771 Va
Married: 25 June 1788 Ralph Stewart
Montgomery County Va
Died: 25 Apr 1851 Logan County Va
1820 was living in Giles Virginia
9...Mitchell Clay Jr
Born: 5 Jan 1772
Died: 4 June 1850 Raleigh Co Va
10...Naomi Clay
B 1773
Died 1855
11...Charles Clay
Born: 24 Dec 1775
Died: 8 Feb 1820
12...William Clay
Born: 7 Nov 1777 Mercer Co Va
Died: 12 Jan 1842 East Fork Boyd Co Va
13...Henry J. Clay
Born: 1781
Died: Wyoming County Wva
Married: Martha ?
1850 Wyoming va before it became wyoming co wva
Henry Clay age 69
Martha age 30
George age 15
Levi D age 9
Manerva A. age 5
Polly A. age 3
James R. age 7 months
Andrew Cooke age 19 farmer
1860 Wyoming
Henry age 78
Martha ge 44
Levi D. age 18
Manerva age 15
Mary A. age 13
James R. age 10
14...Sarah Clay
Born: 1762
5...Thomas Belcher
Born: 1744 Henrico County (Now Chesterfield Co) Listed In Chesterfield Co Va
Tithables 1762 Russell Co Va 1787 Census 1788 Russell County Census
We know Thomas Belcher had a son named Isham
and a son named William
The census and land records of 1801 and 1802 Chesterfield County
has Isham son of Thomas, William son of Thomas, and Isham son of Henry listed.
One of these Isham's is most likely the one who married Winnifred Royall.
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6...Robert Belcher
Born: 1746 Henrico County Va
Died: 11 May 1803 Russell Co
Land Abstracts: 89 A. Near Maiden Spring Clinch River
G 29 P. 56 11 Oct 1787 Russell Co 178 A. 3 Miles From Maiden Spring Adj His Own
And Robert And Moses Higginbotham
Paint Lick Mountain G 29 P. 59
16 May 1793 We Acres Fork Of Clinch River Maiden Spring Wash Co Side 29 P 89
6 June 1793 Both Sides Of McAdams Creek And Maiden Spring Fork Of Clinch River
Wash Co Side: 400 Acres. G 29 P. 170
17 Feb 1797 Russell Co 242 Acres Paint Lick Mtn
Roberts Estate Record
Roberts War Record Rev War
Roberts War Record
Roberts War Record
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7...William Belcher Born: 1748 Henrico County (Now Chesterfield Co) Va:
Died: Before 22 Dec. 1796 When Will Was Proven:
Book #5 P.329:
Virginia Wills And Admin Inventoried 23 Feb 1797 Amelia County Va:
Listed 1762 Chesterfield Co Va Tithables Listed: Amelia County Wills 1734-1800:
Inventory 23 Feb 1797 P: 349-350 Listed Montgomery Co Va 17 Jul 1793 150 Acres
On S Side Of Maiden Spring Fork
Of Clinch River Adj To Henry Anthony's Survey Grant 28 P 615
25 Aug 1796 Wythe Co 100 Acres On S Fork Of Maiden Spring Of Clinch River
And Adj John Young And Robert Campbell:
Grant 35 P 633 William Served In The Revolutionary War
At Annapolis Maryland, 4th Regimen With Brother Benjamin:
William Enlisted 5 Oct 1775 For Duration Of War:
Was On Roll Call 13 Oct 1781
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8...Benjamin Belcher Sr
Born: 1749
Benjamin Belchers Genealogy*************************
9...John Belcher
Born: 1752 virginia
Died: 18 june 1839 Orange County Indiana
Married: 1794 Martha ??
He moved to Wilson County Tennessee around 1800
then to Greenfield, Orange County Indiana in 1817
According to the History of Orange County Indiana
Earliest settlers of Orange County Indiana
Lewis Allen June 1815, James Rawlings 1816,
Daniel allen 1816, Abraham Riley 1816, John Dixon 1817,
Joseph Wells 1817, Cloud Bethel 1817, John Belcher 1817,
John Broadwell 1818, Henry Broadwell, 1818, Isaac and
John Eastridge 1819-20, James Belcher,
Deed Book: G page 172, Paoli Courthouse Paoli Indiana,
August 1 1839
Indenture between, James and Nancy Belcher his wife,
Jesse and Sarah Belcher his wife,
deceased of the one part relinquish all their right and title
........to John Belcher jr .......land discussed.
West 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of section #25 in Township
1 South of Range #2 west estimated to contain 80 acres more or less........
deed was signed by James Nancy, Jesse, Sarah, Joseph, Ruth, Berry and Mary
Children:
1...John jr. Belcher
Born: 1795 Tennessee
Married: Eunice Pitman 14 Dec, 1820 Orange County Indiana
children
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1...Mary Belcher born 1865 married Elijah Pruitt
2...Louis
3...Nancy
4...Sylvania
5...Martha
6...Malinda
Born: 1796
Married: Nancy Bolling
Children:
1...John born 1819
2...Jeremiah
3...timothy
4...Martin
5...Joseph
6...Amelia
7...Unk female
8...Mary Ann Belcher
Born: 1797 Tennessee
Married: Ruth Wall 20 march 1820 Orange County Indiana
Children:
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1...William H.
2...John W
3...Joseph S Married: eunice Pittman
4...Emily
Born: 1798 Tennessee
Married 12 Aug. 1819 Orange County Indiana
Married: Sarah Kellams
Children:
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1...James
2...Minerva
3...Martin
4...Enoch
5...John
6...George W
7...William H.
Born: 1804 Tennessee
Married: 11 March 1824 Orange County Indiana
Married: #1 8 Feb 1828 Jane Trimble Orange County Indiana
Married: #2 Mary Trusty, Orange Co. Indiana
dau. of James Trusty and Jane Williams
Children:
1...Lucinda
2...Moses Jackson
3...Martha Jane
4...Jesse
5...Rebecca Emeline
with Mary
1...John Wesley
2...Thomas B
3...Sarah
4...George W
5...Jesse
6...Nancy J.
7...Mary E
8...Cynthia
9...Francis Levi
10.Henry Clay
10...Anne Belcher
Married: Peter Blankenship;
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11...Henry Belcher
Born: 1750 Chesterfield County: Signed Petition To Form Tazewell:
1799 Listed As Serving On Jury Of Tazewell In 1805 And Lived In Giles City:
Land Granted Tazewell County 1816:
we know he had a son named Isham
The census and land records of 1801 and 1802 Chesterfield County
has Isham son of Thomas and Isham son of Henry listed.
One of these Isham's is most likely the one who married Winnifred Royall.
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12...Elizabeth Belcher
born 1753/57 There is some question on her birth date. She is said to have married:
Jeremiah Lumsden of Georgia.
He was surity a the marriage of Martha Belcher
and was the JP at the marriage of Caroline Belcher
daughter of Obediah,
who was Richard's brother, Johns grandson. .
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13...Jesse Belcher
Born: 1754: Chesterfield County
Possibly This Jesse Belcher:
Signed Petition With Brother Henry To Form Tazewell Co
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