John Spillman

born abt. 1752, son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Thomas) SPILMAN.

John SPILMAN married 15 November 1771, at King George County, Virginia to Elizabeth BROWN, dau. of Thomas and Sarah BROWN and sister of Mary BROWN who married, 1775, to William SPILMAN. At the time the two BROWN sisters married, the BROWN family were living in King George County, Virginia, but as a result of a boundary change in 1777, the BROWNS found themselves in Stafford County without ever having moved. Their home was not far from the town of Falmouth and in 1779, a deed of record places them at Fredericksburg in Spotsylvania County across the river from Falmouth. - Melville, Malcolm L. THE SPILMAN PAPERS (Forestville, California 1965), p.20; VIRGINIA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY, Vol.22, p.310.

On 25 June 1805, John and Elizabeth SPILMAN, of Culpeper County, sold land deeded to them by Thomas BROWN in 1772, to Leonard and Thomas COOK of Alexandria, Virginia. The deed was signed by John and Elizabeth SPILMAN and witnessed by James WITHERS, John WITHERS, George SUDDITH, Conway SPILMAN, and William SPILMAN. - Orange County Deed Book 23, p.498; Melville, Malcolm L. THE SPILMAN PAPERS (Forestville, California 1965), pp.20-21.
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On 12 April 1826, John STANARD, Marshall of the Court, reported that "all the portions (of the estate of Thomas BROWN) have been paid except those of John SPILMAN and wife [Elizabeth nee BROWN], and Henry LEWIS and wife [Cynthia "Soytha" nee BROWN], which has never been applied for but is held by me and ready to be paid to them or to any person who may be duly authorized by them to receive it." - Superior Court of Chancery, Fredericksburg District, Virginia.