John Foley O'Bannon Sr. (1710 - 1774)

Born 1710 in Washington Parish, Westmoreland County, VA

Husband of Sarah (Barbee) O'Bannon — married 1748 in Washington Parish, Westmoreland, Virginia

Descendants

Died 28 Mar 1774 at about age 64 in Salem, Fauquier County, VA

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Biography

John Foley O'Bannon Sr the son of Bryant Boru O'Bannon and Zena Sarah Isham was born about 1710 in Washington Parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia Colony.

In 1730 John married Sarah Barbee the daughter of Margaret Williams and Thomas Barbee, who was first married to James Foley.

John and Sarah had 12 children.

John died March 28, 1774 in Salem, Fauquier County, Virginia.

Timeline

1710 Born in Westmoreland County, Virginia

Source: Page: Barbee Crossroads http://members.aol.com/BarbeeJK/Andrew.html

Source: Title: Descendants - O'Bannon - 1994 Author: Paul O'Bannon Publication: bef 1994 Page: # B

Source: Title: LDS IGI Author: Church of the Latter Day Saints Note: Church of the Latter Day Saints International Genealogical Index Page: Batch 8486405, SD 1395909, Sheet 46

Source: Title: LDS AFN Author: Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints Publication: Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998 Call Number: Ancesteral File V. 4.19. Note: Family History Library, 35 N. West Temple St., Salt Lake City UT. 84150, USA. Page: 9KTL-DL

1730 Marriage to Sarah Barbee in Virginia

Husband: John O'Bannon

Wife: Sarah Barbee

1730 Birth of son William OBannon

1735 Birth of son John O'Bannon Jr

1741 Birth of son James O'Bannon

1742 Land Contract in Prince William (later Fauquier Co.), VA.

Date: 14 JUL 1742

Source: Page: Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants 1694-1742, Gertrude E. Gray, 1988 Data: Text: p. 144, E 465, John O'Banion of Prince William County was granted 189 acres in said county, adjacent to Captain Skinker along (under Pignut Ridge on the south side) Piqnut Ridge. It was surveyed by John Warner. Also see Northern Neck Grants E, 1736 - 1742, p. 465 (Reel 291), a recorded survey is available at Northern Neck Grants E, 1736 - 1742, p. 449 (Reel 291). Also see Fauquier Co., Book 23, p. 82 for subsequent transaction re. same land and Presley N. O'Bannon to Thomas O'Bannon, grandsons of the instant John

1743 Birth of son Joseph O'Bannon

1745 Birth of daughter Sarah O'Bannon

1745 Birth of son Andrew O'Bannon

1750 Birth of son Bryant O'Bannon

1751 Birth of son Samuel O'Bannon Sr

1751 Birth of daughter Catherine O'Bannon

1757 Birth of son Thomas O'Bannon

1758 Birth of son George O'Bannon

1759 Birth of son Benjamin O'Bannon

1766 Land Purchase on 2 June 1766 John (called John O'bannon, Sen'r. of the Parish Hamilton) bought two tracts of land from Alexander Farrow. On 22 Oct 1770 he sold 100 acres of the tract to James Nelson. John was appointed to the first vestry of Leeds Parish when it was formed from Hamilton Parish in 1769. (Sundberg and Gott).

1770 Indenture BET 22 AND 23 OCT 1770 in Fauquier Co., VA.

Source: Page: Fauquier Co., Va. - Minute Book Abstracts (1769-1771), Ruth & Sam Sparacio, The Ancient Press, 1996, p. 79 Data: Text: Minute Book, 1768-1773, p. 254: John O'Bannon and wife Sarah of one part and James Nelson of the other part with a memorandum of Livery of Seisin and Receit thereon endorsed. This matter is also referenced in Fauquier Co., Deed Book # 4 1770-1772, p. 66 and involved lands by the Waggon Road Corner and the consideration was in the amount of 70 lbs. on 22 October 1770

1770 John was a Witness agains Elias Edmonds in Fauquier Co., VA.

Date: 23 OCT 1770

Source: Page: Fauquier Co., Va. - Minute Book Abstracts (1769-1771), Ruth & Sam Sparacio, The Ancient Press, 1996, p. 79 Data: Text: Minute Book 1768-1773: on the motion of John O'Bannon, it is orderd that Alexander Farrow pay him seventy five olbs. of tobacco for three days attendance as a witness for him against Elias Edmonds

1770 John is an Appraiser

Date: 23 OCT 1770

Place: Fauquier Co., VA.

Source: Page: Fauquier Co., VA., Minute Book Abstracts (1769-1771), Ruth & Sam Sparacio, The Ancient Press, 1996 Data: Text: p. 81. John O'Bannon, Samuel Grigsby and Henry Payton as apprasiers, recommend road from Nelsons olf field to Chinns Road to John Kincheloes plantation. (See Fauquier Co., VA., Minute Book 1768-1773, p. 256)

1771 John O'Bannon (as Sr.) with Henry Peyton, Samuel Gribsby and James Foley ordered by the court to appraise the estate of James Nelson deceased

Date: 23 SEP 1771

Place: Fauquier Co., VA.

Source: Page: Fauquier Co., Va. - Minute Book Abstracts (1769-1771), Ruth & Sam Sparacio, The Ancient Press, 1996, p. 42 Data: Text: Minute Book 1768-1773, p. 337:

1771 John was sworn as a Juror on grand jury

Date: 25 NOV 1771

Place: Fauquier Co., VA.

Source: Page: Fauquier Co., Va. - Minute Book Abstracts (1768-1773), Ruth & Sam Sparacio, The Ancient Press, 1996 Data: Text: p. 62. John O'Bannon Sr. et. al. sworn on grand jury. (See Fauquier County Minute Book 1768-1773, p. 364

1773 John's Will written

Date: 18 NOV 1773

Place: Fauquier Co., VA.

Source: Page: p. 9 - 11 Data: Text: See Fauquier Co., VA.: Will Book 1, p. 234

1774 John's Death

Date: BEF 28 MAR 1774

Place: Fauquier Co., Virginia

Source: Title: Public Member Trees Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Sarah Barbee, Author: Ancestry.com Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: #R1

1774 Burial

Date: AFT 28 MAR 1774

Place: Fauquier Co., VA. - O'Bannon Cemetery

Source: Page: Fauquier Co., VA.: Tombstone Inscriptions, Vol. 2, N. Baird, C. Jordan, J. Scherer - ISBN 0-7884-1626-X Data: Text: p. 154. "O'Bannon - Glasscock Cemetery - located on Rt. 698, (O'Bannon Rd.) near Orange Co., Hunt Kennel on 'Chetwood', back of garage at the old house some distance behind present dwelling". Visited summer of 1990, gravesite located near clump of trees in middle of field

1774 Will Probate

Date: 28 MAR 1774

Place: Fauquier Co., VA.

Source: Page: Book of Abstracts of Fauquier Co.,Va. Wills, Inventories & Accts. 1759-1800; John Gott Data: Text: See Fauquier Co., Virginia: Will Book 1, pg. 234

18 November 1773 - Will of John Obanon Sr.

In the Name of God Amen the eighteenth day of November Anno Domini One thousand seven hundred and seventy three I John Obanon Senr. of the County of Fauquier planter being sick and weak in body but of sound & perfect memory and mind and calling to mind the uncertaintly of the Transitory life do by these presents make & Ordain this my last will and Testament Imprimus. I give my soul into the hands of almighty God who gave it and my body To Earth to be buried in a decent and Christian manner at the descrition of my Execurtors and as touching what eartly Estate it hath pleased God to help me with I despose of in the following manner & form Vide. Item my will and desire is that my beloved wife Sarah have the use & benefit of the plantation whereon I now live with the stock of all kinds (Except my riding horse) my further will & desire is that my said wife have the use of all my household furniture with the Plantation utensils for & during her natural life. Item, I give and bequeath to my loving son William the Plantation and lands on the East side of the Pignutt Ridge it being the same whereon he formerly lived to him & his heirs for ever also one negroe woman named Jean and all her children born since she has been in his posssession in lieu of a legacy left him by his Grand Father Bryant Obanon the said Lands containing One hundred & Eighty nine acres be the same more or less. Item I give and bequeath to my loving son John one negroe boy named Tom to him & his heirs forever. Item I give and bequeath to my loving son James a good suit of Cloaths to be purchased out of my Crop. Item I give and bequeath to my loving son Thomas one suit of cloaths to be also purchased as them of James's. Item I give and bequeath to my loving son Samuel the following tract of Land. Vize. Beginning at Nelsons third corner and (?unding) on the lines of the said Nelson the Rev. Wn. Scott & Gideon line one hundred and fifty yards above (? ford) on Broad Run then a straight line to the Begining containing one hundred & thirty Acres more or less to him and his heirs forever. I also give and bequeath to said son Samuel one negroe girl called Hannah to and his heirs forever with her Increase. Item I give and bequeath to my loving son Andrew in lieu of all legacies bequeathed him by his Grand Father Bryant Obanon One negroe man named Frank to him & his heirs forever. Item I give and bequeath to my loving son Joseph in lieu of Fifty pounds part of a legacy left him by his Grand Father Bryant Obanon one negroe boy named Moses to him and his heirs forever. Item I give and bequeath to my loving son George in full of all legacies left him by his Grand Father Bryant Obanon one negroe man named James to him and his heirs forever. Item I give and bequeath to my loving son Bryant my Riding hores Saddle and Bridle. Item I give & bequeath to my loving son Benjamin a new saddle and bridle. Item I give and bequeath to my loving daughter Sarah Foley a negro boy named Will now in her Possession to her and her heirs forever. Item I give and bequeath to my loving daughter Caty Nelson one negroe girl named Jude now in her Possession to her and her heirs forever. Item I give and bequeath to my son Bryant in lieu of his dividend of his Grand Fathers Estate after the death of his mother the plantation whereon I now live to contain One hundred Acres to him & his heirs forever. Item I give and bequeath to my said son Benjamin in lieu of his dividend of his Grand Fathers Estate the remainder of all my lands not yet bequeathed but not be possessed therewith til after the death of hisn Mother and them to him & his heirs forever. Item my will and desire is that after the death of my said Wife all my negroes not being named in this will together with the live stock household furniture & plantation utensils be equally divided between by then surviving sons and my further will & desire is that my wife during her natural life have the use & benefit of the negroes which are not otherwise bequeathed by this will and my furthor will & desire is that if any of my sons refuse to Make the Segaues or legacy by this will devised them in lieu of their dividend of their Grand Fathers Estate that then in such Case such son or sons shall only receive one shilling sterling instead of the legacies divided them by the will and the legacies so forfeited by equally divided between such of them who abide by the legacies left them by this will. & I do appoint and Constitute my loving son William, Samuel & John Executors of this my last Will & Testament revoking annulling & disallowing all and every former will and wills Testament and Testaments ratifying and confirming this my only last will and Testament in full confirmation whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written. John Obanon L.S., Pronounced Signed and Sealed in presence of

Thomas Elliott, Benjamin Elliott, John Moffett

• At a Court held for Fauquier County the 28th day of March 1774 This will was proved by the Oaths of Thomas Elliott, Benjamin Elliott and John Moffett Witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded and on the motion of William Obanon who made Oaths and Executed and acknowledged bond as the Law directs certificate is Granted him for Obtaining a Probate thereof indue form. Peter H. Brooke Cl.
• A photocopy of the above will was obtained from the Library of Virginia, 800 E. Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23219, Microfilm Reel No. 31, Fauquier County, Will Book 1, 1759 - 1783, pp. 237 - 239.

Slaves

Unless otherwise noted, these were identified in his will:

• Jean (bequeathed to son, William)
• Tom (bequeathed to son, John)
• Hannah (bequeathed to son, Samuel)
• Frank (bequeathed to son, Andrew)
• Moses (bequeathed to son, Joseph)
• James (bequeathed to son, George)
• Will (bequeathed to daughter, Sarah Foley)
• Jude (bequeathed to daughter, Caty Nelson)

Note

Note:

• Between 1769 and 1771, a John O'Bannon appears in the Fauquier Co., VA. Minute Book 1769-1771 at least fourteen times. It may be either John (b. 1710), John (b 1734-1741) or John (b. 1749) Which of these John O'Bannon's is referenced in these records needs additional investigation.

Note: [flager.ged]

• The location of John's birth is believed to be in Virginia. Some sources suggest that it was near Salem, in Fauquier Co., Virginia. Whether of not it was in Westmoreland, Richmond, Stafford or Fauquier county is yet open to verification. Some have suggested incorrectly that it was in Frederick County, Virginia. John was a farmer in the vincinity of Pignut Ridge located in Fauquier County, Virginia. From his fathers will of 1760, he inherited 212 acres of alnd, a pistol, an unbroken horse and a Negro named Indy (her increase 'to be totallyexempt from outdoor labor'). Public records indicate that he already owned 189 acres of land which he purchased in 1742, lying on the south side of Pignut Ridge. He is also known to have been a member of the first Vestry of Leeds Parish. (Ref: Fauquier Co., VA. Tombstone Inscriptions, Vol. 2, N. Baird, C. Jordan, J. Scherer, p. 154).
• John Gott's information (letter: 22 April 1992, has some doubt about John's year of birth as 1710). The location of the cemetery where John's grave (possibly with a stone - dating his birth as 1710 per Paul O'Bannon ltr: 18 January 2002, but essentially unmarked) is believed to be located is on the north face of Pignut Ridge near the New York Kennel Club and just south of O'Bannon Lane.

Sources

• Google Books, Fant Genealogy by Alfred E. Fant, Page 34; refer below to No. 1
• Source: Page: Email - Paul O'Bannon to Fred Lager: 18 Jan 2002
• Source: Title: Public Member Trees Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Sarah Barbee, Author: Ancestry.com Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: #R1
• Source: Title: LDS AFN Author: Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints Publication: Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998 Call Number: Ancesteral File V. 4.19. Note: Family History Library, 35 N. West Temple St., Salt Lake City UT. 84150, USA.
• Source: Title: LDS IGI Author: Church of the Latter Day Saints Note: Church of the Latter Day Saints International Genealogical Index
• Source: Title: Virginia State Records
• Source: Title: flager.ged
• Source: Title: Descendants - O'Bannon - 1994 Author: Paul O'Bannon Publication: bef 1994
• Source: Title: Descendants - O'Bannons of Southeast Missouri Author: Thomas S. OBannon & Alice Herzog Publication: Anundsen Publishing Company: Decorah, Iowa: 52101 Note: Copy in Records of Fred L. Lager
• Ancestry.com: http://records.ancestry.com/William_O_Bannon_records.ashx?pid=15248702
• The Descendants of Bryan O'Bannon:

Acknowlegements

• OBannon-21 was created by Terry Killham through the import of Killham Family Tree.ged on Nov 9, 2014.

• WikiTree profile O'Bannon-200 created through the import of Sandysthree_2009-05-22_2009-08-21_2009-12-22_2010-01-17_2010-10-04.ged on Jun 21, 2012 by Sandy Johnson. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Sandy and others.

• Wikitree profile O'Bannon-338 created through the import of carl&elaine_(grove)_rhodes-10-2-2010.ged on 09 March 2011. User ID: 9DCA727A42944EC5BF0CBDA7891443EC3750, Data Changed: Date: 29 Apr 2009 Time: 22:35, Prior to import, this record was last changed 22:35 29 Apr 2009.

• Google Books, books.google.com, eBook: Fant Genealogy by Alfred E. Fant (1975), Pages 33 & 34, Family History Book, Preview Fant Genealogy Pages 33 & 34, Pages displayed by permission of Рипол Классик. Copyright.