John Richardson

John Richardson Will Will of John Richardson Cumberland County, Va. Recorded in Book 1 Probated Sept. 24, 1753 In the name of God amen, I John Richardson, of the County of Cumberland being through the abundant mercy of god, weak in body, yet of sound and perfect understanding of memory do constitute this as my last will and testament, and advise it may be received by all as such. Imprimis. I most humbly bequeath my soul to God my Maker, beseeching his most gracious acceptance of it through the all sufficient merits of meditation of my most compassionate redeemer, Jesus Christ, who gave himself to be an atonement for my sins, and is able to save to the utmost all that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them, and whom I trust will not reject me, a returning penitent sinner, when I come to him for mercy. In this hope and confidence I render up my soul with comfort, only beseeching the most blessed glorious trinity, one God most holy, and most merciful and gracious, to prepare me for the time of my dissolution and then take me to himself into that peace and rest and incomparable felicity which he has prepared for all that love and fear his holy name. Amen. Blessed be God. Imprimis. I give my body to the earth from whence it was taken, in full assurance of its resurrection from thence at the last day. As for my burial. I desire that it may be decent, without pomp or state, at the discretion of my executors, hereafter named, who I doubt not will manage it with all requisite prudence as to worldly estate. I will and positively order that all my lawful debts be paid. Item. I give and bequeath to my son, Isham Richardson, the plantation whereon I now live and 500 acres of land which is the survey whereon the plantation is, to him and his hrirs forever. Item. I give and bequeath to my son, Isham Richardson, all land I own on Nodnetts Creek in Albemerle County except 66 acres on the south side of the said Nodnetts Creek, being Little Willises, which belongs to John Gannaway, Jr. and it is my desire that my son, John Richardson, may have two acres of the said land on the south side of said creek which is intended to build a mill on that he and his brother, Isham Richardson, may be partners in the said mill, which I give to him and hid heirs forever. And the remainder part to the said Isham Richardson and his heirs forever. Item. I give and bequeath to my son, John 800 acres of land lying on Cub Creek in Lunenburk County to him and his Hairs forever. (now Charlotte County) Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter, Elizabeth Richardson, 320 acres of land lying on Lickenhole Creek in Goochland County to her and her heirs forever. Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter, Mary Richardson, 300 acres of land joining the land I now live on, to her and her heirs forever. Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter, Martha Richardson, 150 acres of land lying on Mill Creek in Goochland County, to her and her heirs forever. Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter, Martha Richardson, 40 pounds current money, which is to paid her by my son, Isham, to her and her heirs forever. Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter, Ann Richardson, 200 acres of land on Buffelow River in Amelia County at the upper end of my land, to be laid off in regular form length ways across the river. (now Prince Edward County) Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter, Sarah Richardson, 200 acres of land joining the above mentioned land. Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter, Sunannah Richardson, 200 acres of land joining the above mentioned land. Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter, Agnes Richardson, 200 acres of land joining the same. Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter, Francis Richardson, the remainder part of said tract of land, to them and each of them and their heirs forever. Item. I give and bequeath to my son, Isham Richardson, one Negro woman named Cate, one feather bed and furniture to him and his heirs forever. Item. I give and bequeath to my son, John Richardson, one Negro girl named Hannan, one feather bed and furniture to him and his heirs forever. Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter, Elizabeth Richardson, one feather bed and furniture to him and his heirs forever. Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter, Mary Richardson, one feather bed and furniture to him and his heirs forever. Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter, Martha Richardson, one feather bed and furniture to him and his heirs forever. Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter, Ann Richardson, one feather bed and furniture to him and his heirs forever. Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter, Sarah Richardson, one feather bed and furniture to him and his heirs forever. Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter, Susanah Richardson, one feather bed and furniture to him and his heirs forever. Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter, Agnes Richardson, one feather bed and furniture to him and his heirs forever. Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter, Francis Richardson, one feather bed and furniture to him and his heirs forever. Item. I lend to my beloved wife, Mary Richardson, all the remainder of my estate during her life and after her decease to be equally divided among my children, and it is my desire that my beloved friends, John Gannaway, Obadiah Woodson and Charles Andewson be my executors of this my last will and testament. In witness whereof I hereunto sat my hand and seal this 22nd day of June, 1753. /s/John Richardson (his mark) Will Book 1, page 30, Feb. 1767, Charlotte County. Inventory of estate of John Richardson.

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Name John Richardson 72,1355
Birth ca 1700, Cumberland County, Virginia176,72,613
Death 1753, Cumberland County, Virginia85,613
Father Melchizedeck (Mel) Richardson Jr. (1648-1701)
Mother Elizabeth Branch (~1668-)
Spouses
1Mary Curd 85
Birth ca 1705, Henry County, Virginia176,85
Death 3 Oct 1791, Charlotte County, Virginia1356,85
Father Edward Curd Sr. (ca1680-1742)
Mother (unknown) (1st w o Curd, Edward Sr) (ca1680-)
Marriage1760, Henrico County, Virginia, St. John’s Church1357
Children

1. Isham (ca1725-ca1789)
2. John (~1733-~1766)
3. Elizabeth (~1735-)
4. Mary (~1737-)
5. Martha (~1739-)
6. Ann (~1741-ca1829)
7. Sarah (~1743-1813)
8. Susannah (~1745-)
9. Agnes (1743-1818)
10. Frances (~1749-ca1795)

Notes for John Richardson Cumberland County, Virginia, Will Will Book. 1 Page. 73, made 22 Jun 1753, probate 24 Sep 1753. (Ref 1 & 2)
Will of John Richardson of Cumberland County, Virginia
In the name of God amen, I John Richardson of the County of Cumberland being through the abundant Mercy of God though weak in body yet of a sound & perfect understanding & memory do constitute this my last Will and Testament and desire it may be rec'd by all as such, Imprimis I most humbly bequeath my soul to God my Maker beseeching his most gracious acceptance of it; through the all sufficient Merits & Mediation of my most compassionate Redeemer Jesus Christ who give himself to be an atonement for my sins & is able to save to the utmost all that come unto God by him being he ever liveth to make intercession for them, & whom I trust will not reject me a returning penitent sinner when I come to him for mercy in this hope & confidence I render up my Soul with comfort humbly beseeching the most blessed & glorious trinity one God most holy most merciful & gracious to prepare me for the time of my dissolution & then take me to himself into the peace and rest and incomparable felicity which he has prepared for all that love & fear his Holly Name Amen Blessed be God Imprimis I give my body to the Earth from whence it was taken in full assurance of its resurrection from thence at the last day as for my burial I desire it may be descent without pomp or state at the desire of my Executors hereafter named who I doubt not will manage it with all requisite prudence, as to my worldly estate. I will & positively order that all my lawful debts be paid.

Item. I give and bequeath to my son, Isham Richardson, the plantation whereon I now live and five hundred acres of land which is the survey whereon the plantation is to him and his heirs forever.

Item. I Give and bequeath to my son Isham Richardson, all land I own on Hodnetts Creek in Albemarle County except sixty six acres on the South side of the said Hodnetts Creek being Little Willises, which belongs to John Gannaway, Junr and it is my desire that my son, John Richardson may have two acres of the said land on the South side of said creek which is intended to build a mill on that he and his brother, Isham Richardson, may be partners in the said mill, which I give to him and his heirs forever & the remainder part to the said Isham Richardson and his heirs forever.

Item. I Give and bequeath to my son John Richardson eight hundred acres of land lying on Cub Creek in Lunenburg County to him and his heirs forever.

Item. I Give and bequeath to my daughter Eliza Richardson, three hundred and twenty acres of land lying on Lickinghole Creek in Goochland County to her and her heirs forever.

Item. I Give and bequeath to my daughter Mary Richardson three hundred acres of land joining the land I now live on, to her and her heirs forever.

Item. I Give and bequeath to my daughter Martha Richardson, one hundred and fifty acres of land lying on Mill Creek in Goochland County, to her and her heirs forever.

Item. I give and bequeath to my said daughter Martha Richardson forty pounds current money which is to be paid her by my son Isham Richardson, to her and her heirs forever

Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter Ann Richardson two hundred acres of land on Buffelow River in Amelia County at the upper end of my land, to be laid off in regular form length ways across the river.

Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter Sarah Richardson two hundred acres of land joining the above mentioned lands.

Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter Susanah Richardson two hundred acres of land joining the same.

Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter Agness Richardson two hundred acres of land joining the same.

Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter Frances Richardson the remainder part of the said Tract of Land to them and each of them and their heirs forever.

Item. I give and bequeath to my son Isham Richardson one Negro woman named Cate, one feather bed and furniture to him & his heirs forever.

Item. I give and bequeath to my son John Richardson one Negro Girl named Hannah and one feather bed and furniture to him & his Heirs forever.

Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter Eliza Richardson one feather bed and furniture to her and her heirs forever.

Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter Mary Richardson one feather bed and furniture to her and her heirs forever.

Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter Martha Richardson one feather bed and furniture to her and her heirs forever.

Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter Ann Richardson one feather bed and furniture to her and her heirs forever.

Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter Sarah Richardson one feather bed and furniture to her and her Heirs forever.

Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter Susanah Richardson one feather bed and furniture to her and her heirs forever.

Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter Agnes Richardson one feather bed and furniture to her and her Heirs forever.

Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter Frances Richardson one feather bed and furniture to her and her heirs forever.

Item. I lend to my Beloved Wife Mary Richardson all the remainder of my Estate during her life and after her decease to be equally divided among my children.

And it is my desire that my beloved Friends John Gannaway, Obadiah Woodson, and Charles Anderson be Executors of this my last Will & Testament, In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 22d day of June 1753.

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John X Richardson L. S.
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Cumberland Sc.
At a Court held for Cumberland County Sep’r 24th 1753.
The within last Will and Testament of John Richardson dec’d was presented in Court by Obediah Woodson and Charles Anderson two of the Executors therein named who made oath thereto according to Law, and being proved by the Witnesses thereto was ordered to be recorded, and on the motion of the said Executors Certificate was granted them for obtaining a probate thereof in due form. John Gannaway the other Executor therein named refused to take upon himself the burden of the Execution thereof.

Teste
Thompson Swann C.C.C.

Carol O. Henshaw Debuty Clerk,
Circuit Court, Cumberland County, Virginia

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This article taken from Cumberland County Virginia and Its People published in 1985 by the Cumberland County Historical Society. Found on pages 181, 182.

The Richardsons are an old Farmville, Virginia family that has roots extending back into Cumberland County of the Colonial era. The following synopsis is based on a genealogical article of 36 pages, entitled: John Richardson Of Cumberland County, Virginia, And Some Of His Descendants compiled and written by the late Dr. Kirk Richardson, M.D. of Richmond and by Mrs. Anne Richardson Sclater of Roanoke, and published by The Virginia Historical Society in Richmond in 1937-38 in its journal: The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography.

The first of the family in Cumberland was John Richardson of Goochland his wife Mary Curd of Henrico. In 1751 John Richardson, already of Cumberland, bought 800 acres on the North branches of the Appomattox River on both sides of Dry Creek joining Richard Randolph's line, (at "Bizarre"). D.B. 1 p. 337. By his Will, probated in Cumberland in 1753, he gave over 3,000 acres of land, in 5 counties, to his 2 sons and 8 daughters. To his son Isham Richardson he gave his 500 acre plantation on which the testator lived Cumberland County. To his son John Jr. (d. 1767) he gave 800 acres on Cub Creek in what is now Appomattox County. John, Jr. married Sarah Cook (sister to Elizabeth Cook who married Colonel George Hooper of the Revolution) and had John, III (1756-1822) who married Rebecca Davis and had 12 children, including: Captain John Davis Richardson, Temple David Richardson, and Hillery Goode Richardson.

This article will follow these three sons: Captain John David (sic Davis) Richardson (1779-1855) of Charlotte County, married Elizabeth Spencer; also of Charlotte, and had 10 children. Their home still stands, a 2 story, brick, plantation house, then called "Rock Heath", now called "Maple Roads", in Charlotte County, near old Briery Presbyterian Church just across the line in Prince Edward County. He and his wife were buried on his 1,483 acre plantation. Captain Richardson served in the War of 1812 and represented Charlotte County for 28 years in the Virginia House of Delegates. They had 5 sons and 5 daughters. One son was The Reverend Doctor William Temple Richardson, D.D. (1820-1895), first Minister of the Presbyterian Church in Waynesboro, Professor at Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, and co-Editor of The Central Presbyterian Magazine. One daughter of Captain Richardson was Maria Richardson who married Edwin Edmunds. Their plantation home was "Rotherwood" on the outskirts of Farmville. The present owner of "Rotherwood" lives in Richmond and owns Fox's 1828 portrait of Captain John D. Richardson.

Temple David Richardson (1795-1872) of Appomattox County, married twice and had 17 children: 1st to Martha Spencer of Charlotte County (a first cousin to his brother Captain John's wife Elizabeth Spencer). By Martha, Temple had 6 sons and 7 daughters, including Confederate Colonel and Judge Robert Alexander Richardson (1827-1895) of Marion, of The Supreme Court Of Appeals Of Virginia. Temple married 2nd Elizabeth Austin Rives of Buckingham County, the widow of Lionel Elcan Hooper. She was a first cousin to U.S. Senator William Cabell Rives, Minister (Ambassador) to France. By Elizabeth, Temple had 2 sons and 2 daughters: Anne Rives Richardson who died in infancy, James Leach Richardson, George Richardson and his twin sister, Mrs. Henrietta Alice "Lily" Richardson Gravely. Mr. Jim Richardson (who died 10 Feb. 1921, age 69), Mr. George Richardson (who died 9 Oct. 1946, age almost 91), and their two older half-brothers: Confederate Major Henry Rives Hooper (Clerk of Courts) and Congressman Benjamin Stephen Hooper were four well known Farmville merchants after the War of 1861-65. Although George Richardson owned a farm in Cumberland (2 miles North of Farmville and on the West side of Route 45), he never used it as his residence. His home was 304 Buffalo Street (across from Longwood College's Rotunda). George Richardson married Alice E. Holman, a Cumberland County native, and they had 5 daughters and 2 sons: George Fox's 1828 portrait of Captain John Davis Richardson

Richardson, Jr. (who died 21 Apr. 1965, age 74) a prominent lawyer in Bluefield, the father of 2 lawyer sons and the grandfather of a lawyer grandson; and Walter Joyner Richardson (who died 25 Oct. 1973, age 81) also a Farmville merchant. Temple D. Richardson's 2 story, frame, plantation home, "Turkey Ridge", burned in 1927. The farm was a part of his father's "Cub Creek" plantation. Both homes stood about 8 miles East of Appomattox Court House, about 8 miles West of Pamplin, and about 3 miles Southeast of the village of Evergreen. Temple and his first wife, Martha Spencer, are said to have been buried on his plantation. His second wife, Elizabeth Rives, was buried in the Hooper Square in Westview Cemetery in Farmville. Hillery Goode Richardson (1803-1861) of Prince Edward County, married Lucinda Clark also of Prince Edward. They had 8 children: 7 sons and 1 daughter. By his Will, Hillery disposed of over 3,000 acres in 3 plantations: "Cumberland", "Old Mansion" (also known as "Middlesex") at Farmville, and "Haymarket" also at Farmville. Hillery and Lucinda were buried at "Haymarket". They are remembered by their two oil portraits, now "lost" to this writer. (If any reader knows of their present location, please notify Dr. Hopkins M . Sclater, J.D. or his Mother - Mrs. Anne Richardson Sclater, both of 2723 Crystal Spring Avenue, S.W., Roanoke, Virginia 24014.) A grandson of Hillery and Lucinda was Dr. Edward H. Richardson (who died 15 January 1971, age 93). He was a noted Baltimore surgeon with the Johns Hopkins Medical School. In his book, A Doctor Remembers, he recalls his happy youth on "Haymarket" plantation!

Dr. J. Kirk Richardson, M.D., co-author with my Mother of the 1937-38 article on the Richardson Family, was a great-grandson of Hillery and Lucinda. More information on the Richardsons will be found in articles by Hopkins m Sclater to be published in a book on the Spencer Family Of Charlotte County by Luther Burchinal. Also, Sclater and Mrs. Ellen Mercer Clark Maxwell have written a booklet, "Maple Roads" (formerly "Rock Heath"), Captain John D. Richardson's plantation, published in September 1980 by the Charlotte County Branch of the Association For The Preservation Of Virginia Antiquities (A.P.V.A.)

For the most part, the Richardsons were Presbyterians. From her childhood, Mrs. Anne Richardson Sclater remembers her father, George and his cousins Eugene and Horace worshiping in the 1828 Farmville Presbyterian Church. Their first cousin, Dr. William Temple Richardson, D.D., was a Presbyterian Preacher in Waynesboro. The tombstones at his boyhood home, "Rock Heath", in Charlotte County, still testify to the Christian Faith of his parents, Captain John David Richardson and Elizabeth Spencer. The Richardson Bible of the Captain's brother, Temple Davis
Richardson, is now owned by a descendant in Florida. Temple's son George Richardson of Farmville, was a Presbyterian Elder and Superintendent of the Sunday School. George Richardson, Jr. of Bluefield taught the Men's Bible Class in Westminister Presbyterian Church for about 30 years. George, Senior's daughter, Anne Richardson Sclaterscatter, was active on the local, presbyterian and synodical levels of the Southern Presbyterian denomination. Her husband, R. Hopkins m Sclater, was a Presbyterian Elder; and their son, Hopkins M. Sclater, compiled a History of Second Presbyterian Church (1891-1966) of Roanoke, with A Synopsis Of Our Presbyterian Heritage, abstracted from Dr. Walter L. Lingle's 1928 book: Presbyterians - Their History and Beliefs.

A number of Temple Davis Richardson's descendants have become Lawyers: his son Judge Robert A. Richardson, Temple's grandson George Richardson, Jr., George Richardson, III and brother Robert M. Richardson, R.M.R.'s son J. Peter Richardson, and George, Junior's nephews Hopkins m M. Sclater and E. Preston Lancaster, Jr.

While John Richardson, Jr. (who died in 1767)'s branch of the family did not remain in Cumberland County, it did not move far away immediately: merely to Charlotte County, to Appomattox County, to Prince Edward County, and to Farmville - the shopping center for all four. The good soil of these Southside Virginia counties has nurtured his numerous, good looking and intelligent offspring, even down to our present decade of the 1980s. By Dr. Hopkins M. Mallory Sclater, JD. (pronounced Slaughter), primarily from the 1937-38 Richardson Family article by: Dr. J. Kirk Richardson, M.D. and by Mrs. Anne Richardson Sclater. Hopkins M. Sclater is her only child. She is a worthy 94 year old daughter of the widely known, and highly regarded, George Richardson (9 December 1855 - 9 October 1946) of Farmville, Virginia. The writer's Father, R. Hoskins Sclater (1884-1973), was a native of Hampton, Virginia, and was a Lawyer. The three Sclaters moved to Roanoke in 1927. The writer's Mother has also done extensive research on her husband's family of Tidewater Virginia, which includes the names of: Hoskins, Simkins, Petyon, Beverley, Whiting and Lowry. April, A.D. 1983; Pages 4 & 5 herein, are slightly revised, from my original draft, of Saturday, 25 September, A.D. 1982.

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Reference (1) The will was copied from Mama’s Ancestors, page 80-83, compiled by Mrs. Agnes E. Smyth, now deceased. I have a copy of the book on file.

(2) A summary of the will is found in Abstracts of Cumberland County, Virginia, Will Books 1 and 2, 1749-1782, by Katherine Reynolds, 975.5615 R463A, found at the St. Louis County Library, 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd.
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