Maj. John Snelson

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Maj. John Snelson

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Eccleshall, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
Death: 1780 (75-76)
Buckingham, VA, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Charles Snelson and Elizabeth Snelson
Husband of Elizabeth Snelson
Father of Thomas John Snelson
Brother of Catherine Smith and William Snelson

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About Maj. John Snelson

   christened April 9, 1704

CHRONICLES OF THE Scotch-Irish Settlement IN VIRGINIA EXTRACTED FROM THE ORIGINAL COURT RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY 1745-1800
DEED BOOK NO. 10.
ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
page 385
Page 379.--6th January, 1762. John Snelson, of Hanover, merchant, and Robert Donald, late of County of Hanover, merchant, by Thos. Buchanan, John McDowell, of Hanover, Peter Belshus, of Louisa, merchants, to Robert Breckinridge, 265 acres conveyed by mortgage by John Hays, of Albemarle, 4th April, 1751, mortgage foreclosed by decree of General Court, 15th October, 1756, £40 paid for use of Snelson and Donald, on Roanoke; cor. to survey made by John Smith. Teste: Francis Smith, Stephen Willis, Francis Smith, Jr., Wm. Anderson. Proved by witnesses. Delivered: Maj. Robert Breckinridge, 9th February, 1771.

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Maj. John Snelson's Timeline

1704
April 9, 1704
Eccleshall, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
1729
1729
England
1780
1780
Age 75
Buckingham, VA, United States