Pouncey Anderson (abt. 1704 - 1781)

Born about 1704 in New Kent, Virginia

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Died 1781 at about age 77 in St Martins Parish, Louisa, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Pouncey Anderson was a Virginia colonist.

Pouncey Anderson was born circa 1710, and died before August 18, 1781, in St Martins Par Louisa County, Virginia. (see notes) Louisa County's central Virginia location put it squarely in the path of Revolutionary and Civil War action and other historical events. Pouncey furnished supplies in support of the Continental Army. ^[1]

Pouncey Anderson performed Patriotic Service in Virginia in the American Revolution.

Pouncey Anderson is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A206422.

Pouncey Anderson is honored for his Patriotic Service by the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution as DAR Ancestor #A206422. He furnished supplies in 1780. DAR Records give his place of residence as Hanover county and Louisa county, Virginia. His wife's name is Elizabeth Holland. Applications for membership in the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution have been made by the descendants of their son, Richard Anderson, who married Mary Johnson; and of their daughter, Judith Anderson, who married James Dabney. ^[2]

Will of Pouncey Anderson

Will of Pouncey Anderson of St Martins Parish 28 Jan 1781 Rec. 13 Aug 1781 Wife Elizabeth Son Richard, Michael, children of my daughter Judith Dabney.

To my daughter Judith Dabney 260 acres purchased of Owen Dabney on Taylors Creek.

To my great grandaughter Ann Anderson Johnson d/o Christopher and Elizabeth Johnson.

To grandchildren, children of Richard and Mary Anderson: Frances, Mary, Judith, Richard, Christian (grandaughter) and Jane Anderson.

To children of Michael and Sarah Anderson my grandchildren: Thomas, Ann, Pouncey, Wm Reuben, Edmund and Richard Anderson.

To children of James and Judith Dabney my grandchildren: Elizabeth Johnson, Cicely Dabney, Ann Anderson Dabney, Wm Dabney, Mary and Charity Dabney.

Exors: wife Elizabeth Anderson and sons Richard and Michael Anderson and son-in-law James Dabney. Wit: Nathan Sims, Mary Sims and Samuel Dabney.^[3]

Researchers Notes

In May, 1726, St. Martin’s Parish was formed, to include “All that part of St. Paul’s Parish lying in the fork of the Pamunkey (made by the junction of the North Anna and the South Anna rivers) together with all that part of the original parish lying north-west of Stone Horse Creek, which flows north-east into the South Anna.”

In 1742, Louisa County was formed from Hanover County. It was here that the historical "The Chapel in the Forks" was built. "We are forced to make many assumptions about the construction of Fork Church because the St. Martin’s Parish records do not survive." http://www.theforkchurch.org/About_Us/History/Parish_History_Notes_2/

Sources

1. ↑ ABERCROMBIE & SLATTEN, VA REV PUB CLAIMS, VOL 2 PP 462, 492
2. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/), "Record of ANDERSON, POUNCEY", Ancestor # A206422.
3. ↑ Louisa Co VA Will Bk 2 pg 379

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LK7V-MSX

• Sketch of the Dabneys of Virginia Author: Dabney, William Henry 1817-1888. Publisher: Chicago, Press of S. D. Childs & Co. Page: 95

• Descendants of Anthony Pouncey (1700?-1767): A Genealogy of the Pouncey Family in the United States from 1634 to the 21st Century