John Metcalf Jr (abt. 1724 - 1799)

Born about 1724 in Long Branch, Fauquier Co, Virginia

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Descendants

Died 8 May 1799 at about age 75 in Robertson, Kentucky

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Biography

Soldier, Revolutionary War. 1776 and 1787. Captain of the troops in Fauquier Co., Virginia during the Revolutionary War. At the first call for troops in the Revolutionary War, John Metcalfe, 2nd raised a company of volunteers from Fauquier County, Virginia. He served throughout the war.

--- Revolutionary Soldiers of Virginia, Eckenrode, vol. I, p. 306;

--- Historical Records of Virginia, Gwathmay, p. 546

--- Metcalfes of Fauquier, in Colonial Families of the Southern States and D.A.R. application of Donna Gash, national no. 75123

Marriage

Husband: John Metcalfe

Wife: Diana Watkins

Marriage:

Date: 1723

Place: Virginia^[1]

Reference: M1089

Child: John Metcalf

Child: Elizabeth Metcalf

Child: Susan Metcalf

Child: Martha Metcalf

Child: Sallie Metcalf

Child: Christopher Metcalf

Relationship to Father: Unknown

Child: James Metcalf

Relationship to Father: Unknown

Child: Mary Metcalf

Relationship to Father: Unknown

Child: Nancy Metcalf

Relationship to Father: Unknown

John was born about 1724. He passed away in 1799.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S40 Data: Text: This is the date and place indicated for the marriage of John Metcalfe and Dianna Guatkins or Gwatkins in the I.G.I. I am assuming that this is the same person as Diana Watkins.

• Source: S40 Abbreviation: International Genealogical Index Title: International Genealogical Index

• Captain John Metcalfe b. Fauquier Co., Va. 1725 died May 8, 1799, Robertson Co., Ky (American Monthly Magazine No. 19, page 263, year 1901)

From the notes of Chris Kraft:

SOURCES:

(1) "A Study of Metcalfs, Andrews & Smith," by Clayton G. Metcalfe (Enterprise, AL: 1979) p.31-40. Cites: (a) Letter written by Bela M. Hughes of Denver, CO, 13 May 1896, citing information derived from his mother Rhoda Metcalfe Hughes and his uncle Thomas Metcalfe "many years ago" and carefully preserved.

(2) Carolyn Davidson Carey, Greenwood Village, CO. Cites: (a) "Colonial Families," by Hardy. (b) D.A.R. records, Metcalf and Pickett.

(3) "Two Centuries in Elizabethtown and Hardin County, Kentucky," by Daniel D. McClure Jr. (1979) p.399-400. FHL book 976.9845 H2m. Cites: (a) "History of Kentucky," Vol. II, by Collins. (b) "A Corner of Celebrities," by Elizabeth Trabue (Louisville, KY).

(4) "Kentucky Vital Statistics," Record of Wills, Mason Co., KY 1791-1823, Vol. 2, p.38-39. FHL #976.932 s2b. Will of John Metcalfe.

(5) "Governors of Kentucky 1792-1942," by G. Genn Clift, p.33-34. FHL #976.9 D3c.

(6) "Deed Abstracts of Prince William County, Virginia," by Ruth & Sam Sparacio (1989 ) Bk M p.82-85. FHL 975.52732 R2s.

(7) Tracy Hancock, Fairfax, VA (2000). Cites: (a) Loudoun Co., VA Will Bk B, p.36-39, 68-71. (b) Loudoun Co., VA titheables. (c) "Fauquier County Court Records," by John K. Gott (1993). (d) "Legends of Loudoun," by Harrison Williams, p.79. (e) Fauquier Co., VA Court Minute Books 1764-1767, p.327; 1768-1773, p.131, 294, 320. (f) Loudoun Co., VA Court Order Bk B, p.365. (g) "The Tax Man Cometh. Land and Property in Colonial Fauquier Co., VA. Tax lists from the Fauquier County Court, Clerk's loose papers. 1759-1782," compiled by Joan W. Peters (Willow Bend Books, 1999). (h) Prince William Co. Court Order Book 1755-1757, p.85. (i) Loudoun Co., VA Deed Book H 1770-1772, p.474-477. (j) Fairfax Co., VA Court Order Bk 1754-1756, p.323. (k) "Prince William Co., VA Court Order Book 1761-1763, Abstracts," p.79, citing p.144 of Court Order Book. (l) Kentucky Historical Soc., Vol. 30, citing Survey Book 9, p.256a, 258, and Grants Book 15, p.35-36. (m) Prince William Co., VA Court Order Book 1754-1755. (n) Loudoun Co., VA Will Bk C, p.119-121. (o) Fauquier Co., VA titheables, microfilm at Warrenton, VA library. (p) "Fauquier Co., VA Court Minute Books," by Sparacio. (q) Morgan Edwards' 1772 Virginia Notebook. Edited with Notes and Comments by John S. Moore. pp867-868. (This page is from a stack of papers in a folder at the Thomas Balch Library in Leesburg, VA.)

(8) Fauquier Co., VA Land Records, Drawer A, 1807-040 Chancery Suit, Charles Metcalfe, assignee of Dianna Metcalfe, vs. Jeremiah Moore. Fauquier Co. Courthouse loose papers.

(9) "Genealogy for Fiske, Metcalfe, Shackleford, et al," researched for Pebble May (Fisk) Flood by unidentified genealogist (ca. 1925), copy in possession of David Wilma, Seattle, WA (2000). Cites: (a) "House of Burgess Journals, 1761-1765" p.128. (b) "American Monthly Magazine," No. 19 (1901) p.263.

(10) James Metcalf estate bond, Fauquier Co., VA, M5-270, 28 Oct 1776. Fauquier Co. Courthouse, loose papers.

(11) Christopher Metcalf estate bond, Fauquier Co., VA, M5-280, 24 Mar 1777. Fauquier Co. Courthouse, loose papers.

(12) Mason Co., KY Wills, Book B, p.29. FHL film 281,822. Will of John Metcalfe.

(13) "Prince William County Minutes Books," by Ruth & Sam Sparacio (1988) Vol. 1, p.3, 49; Vol. 2, p.10, 24, 34, 50, 52, 90, 99, 115. FHL book 975.52732.

(14) Prince William Co., VA Circuit Court Archives, Order Book 1759-1761, p.249.

(15) "Magazine of Virginia Genealogy," Vol. 26 No. 4 (Nov. 1988, VA Genealogical Soc.) "Broad Run Baptist Church Records."

(16) "The Genealogical Record" (The Houston Genealogical Forum) "Minutes of the Broad Run Baptist Church near Warrenton, Fauquier County, Virginia, 1762-1872," comp. by Robert L. Kite, p.27-36. FHL book 975.5275 K2m.

(17) "Various Deed Extracts, #1 - Bourbon Co., KY," by Judy Wright (USGENWEB, 1998. Cites: (a) Bourbon Co., KY Deeds, Bk B, p.24. (c) Bk 6, p.136.

(18) "Mason County, Kentucky Abstracts," by Florence Nelson Young. FHL book 976.9323 R28m. Cites: (a) B:177. (b) B:276. (c) B:258.

(19) "Fauquier County, Virginia Deeds," by John K. Gott. FHL book 975.5275 R2g. Cites: (a) Bk 6, p.179, 201-205. (b) Bk 7, p.315-317, 509-512.

(20) "The 1787 Census of Virginia," by Netti Schreiner-Yantis and Florene Speakman Love (Springfield, VA: Genealogical Books in Print) FHL book 975.5 ?? R4sn. Cites: (a) Fauquier Co. Personal Property Tax List C, 1787.

(21) "Flatboating on the 18th Century Ohio River," by Richard Smith posted at http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvpleasa/rawson, 2001). Cites: (a) "Simon Kenton, His Life and Period, 1755-1836," by Edna Kenton (Garden City, NY: Country Life Press, 1930; rpt. Salem, NH: Ayer Co. Publishers, 1993) p.166-167.

(22) "Mason County, Kentucky Taxpayers, 1790-1799," p.98, 99. FHL book 976.9323 T48t.

(23) "Fauquier Families 1759-1799," by John P. Alcock (1994) p.33, 205, 244. FHL 975.5275 D2a. Cites: (a) Minute Bk 8, p.81. (b) Minute Bk 6, p.114. (c) Minute Bk 7, p.368.

(24) "The Journals of the House of Burgess, 1619-1776," Journal 1761-1776, p.128. FHL film 1,486,521.

(25) "Fauquier County, Virginia Legal Documents," by D.A. Buck (1998) Vol.1, p.6, 11, 54, 60. FHL Bk 975.5275 P28b. Cites: (a) Bk 1, p.184, 218, 279, 404.

(26) "Metcalfe and Related Families History Records," comp. by Annie Walker Burns (Lucy Kate McGhee, 7 Apr 1965) p.1Y-2Y. FHL film 874,731, item 3. Cites: (a)"Metcalfe Family and Pickett Family of Virginia and Kentucky," by Mrs. Harry Miles and Ann Summers (Limestone, KY Chapter DAR, Maysville, KY, 1953).

(27) "The Virginia Genealogist," Vol. 32 (1988) p.135. "Ledger C of the Dumfies store of John Glassford and Company Covers the Year 1760."

(28) Will of Joseph Moren, Loudoun Co., VA Will Bk A, p.237-239.

(29) Fauquier Co., Virginia Marriage Bonds and Returns, No. 1, 1759-1800, p.188. FHL film 31,633.

(30) "Genealogy of the Metcalfe Family," by Henry Clay Metcalfe (Carlisle, KY, 1903). Mss. File 2067, Kentucky Historical Society, Frankfort, KY.

(31) "Old Kentucky Entries and Deeds, A Complete Index...," by Willard Rouse Jillson (Filson Club Pub. No. 34; rpt. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1978) p.129. Cites: (a) Bk 3, p.157, 277. (b) Bk 4, p.218.

(32) Virginia land grants in Kentucky. Kentucky Historical Society.

(33) "Metcalfe Lineages," by Howard H. Metcalfe (2nd ed., 1994) p.358-374. FHL book 929.273 M565mhh. Cites: (a) "Ledger-Independent," Maysville, KY, 16 Jun 1969, citing unnamed source book, p.167. [NOTE: This would be source 21a.] (b) Fauquier County Bicentennial Committee, "Fauquier County, Virginia, 1759-1959," quoted in "Mason County Genealogical Society Newsletter," Vol. X, No. 2 (1992) p.31-34. (c) "The Public Ledger," Maysville, KY, 6 Feb 1933.

(34) Letter from Charles Metcalfe to his daughter Kate Lacy, dated Edgefield Junction, 24 May 1868.

(35) "Line of Governor Thomas Metcalfe and Others," compiled by Mrs. George Whitfield Metcalfe of Hopkinsville, KY (Bourbon Co., KY Genealogical Soc., http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kybcgs/family/ff-metcalfe.htm, contributed by Kellie Scott). [NOTE: Mrs. Lalla Courtney Tuttle Metcalfe d. 1955.]

(36) Richard C. Metcalfe. Cites: (a) "Shooting of Sallie Metcalfe," "Kentucky Historical and Genealogical Magazine," Vol. 1, No. 1 (May 1899), citing 1851 interview with Horrace Ransdal. (b) "The Morning Herald," KY newspaper, 7 May 1899. (c) Deposition of Simon Kenton, 1814, p.563 (http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ky/state/court/collins.txt). (d) Records copied from family Bible by Robert Baylor Metcalfe, 1849, into his diary, copy by his wife in possession of his daughter Mrs. Maude Metcalfe James, transcribed by Madeline Eloise Metcalfe.

(37) "3rd Virginia Regiment" (Answers.com, http://www.answers.com/topic/3rd-virginia-regiment, 2007). Cites: (a) "Encyclopedia of Continental Army Units," by Fred Anderson Berg (Stackpole Books, 1972) p.125.

VITALS:

Birth: (3,36d) s/o John METCALF/Dianna G. WATKINS. (1a) s/o John METCALFE. (9a,24) s/o John METCALFE/Diana. (30,33) s/o John METCALFE/Diana WATKINS or GUAKINS. (35) s/o John METCALFE/Diana WATKINS. (1,3,5) ca.1724. (30,35,36d) 1724. (9) 1725. (1a) 1780. [NOTE: Son Thomas was b. 1780.] (3) Loudon Co., VA. (1a,9,30,35) Fauquier Co., VA. (36d) In the vicinity of Leesburg, Loudoun Co., VA. [NOTE: Leesburg was founded 1758. Loudoun Co. was formed from Fairfax Co., 1757; which had been formed from Prince William Co., 1742; which had been formed from Stafford and King George Cos., 1731. Fauquier Co. formed from Prince William Co. 1759.]

Marriage to Sabina or Sybil FARROW: (9,33) (3a,9b) Sally. (5,30) Sabina FARRAR of MD. (1a) Sabina FARROW of MD. (35) Sabina FARRAR. (1) ca.1745. [NOTE: If Sybil was b. ca. 1738, she would have been only age 7 in 1745.] (1) Probably Fauquier Co., VA.

Marriage to Mary O'BRIEN: (1,3a,9,33) (2) O'BRYAN, O'BRIEN, or O'BANNON. (1a,30,35) Mary O'BRIEN of VA. [NOTE: John METCALFE's 1st wife Sybil was living 28 Oct 1776, and John had son Thomas by wife 3rd wife Rhoda 20 Mar 1780. Census records & her tombstone put Hannah METCALFE's birth to 2nd wife Mary between 1772 and 1776. If all births were legitimate and John had wives Sybil, Mary and Rhoda in that order, Sybil would have had to have died in Nov or Dec 1776 or 1777, and John married Mary in 1777 or early 1778 and had daughter Hannah in 1778 or early 1779, then married Rhoda by early to mid 1779. If Hannah was born between 1772 and 1776, she was probably illegitimate or born to wife Sybil.]

Marriage to Rhoda DENT: (1a,3a,5,30,33,35) Widow of Eli CHINN. (5,33) Sarah "Sally" (DENT) CHINN. (7a) Although she had children by Eli CHINN, Rhoda was never married to him. (36a) Sally.

Death: (1,9,30) 8 May 1799. (1a,5) 1799. (1,9) KY. (1) Age 75. (12) Will dtd 15 Apr 1799, proved 22 Jul 1799. Mason Co., KY. (1a,30) Nicholas Co., KY. (9) Robertson Co., KY. (26a) At the home of his son John.

Burial: (5) Buried on his farm in Nicholas Co., KY. (9b) Capt. John METCALFE and wife Sally buried in the old cemetery in Jefferson, 12th St., Louisville, KY, now known as Baxter Square, he being a Rev. soldier. (30) His remains and those of his last wife were removed to Carlisle Cemetery in 1889. [NOTE: His wives Sybil and Mary probably died and were buried in VA, and his wife who d. in KY was Rhoda. Someone probably mistook his daughter-in-law Salley PICKETT METCALFE for his wife. Source 26a says that Sally was buried "by the side of her grandfather on the old farm, until W.P. BRUCE moved the bones to Carlisle, KY Cemetery." If she was instead buried beside her father-in-law, who would have been her children's grandfather, and then BRUCE moved both their graves so they again were side by side, this may account for the confusion. There is no grave for either John or Sally in Carlisle Cemetery Records. Perhaps BRUCE thought John ought to be buried in a more public cemetery among Revolutionary Soldiers, and mistook Sally's grave for that of his wife because of its location and so had it moved, too.]

TIMELINE:

(13) 1752, 28 May: Case of Samuel JACKSON vs. John RANDOLPH, Prince William Co., VA court. Jurors: John METCALF, Lewis RENO, William BAYLIS, John BUCHANAN, Richard HAZELRIG, Thomas FAULKNER, William RUSSAW, William BRIDGES, Francis RENO, Charles CHINN, John LINN and John BLAND.

(13) 1752, 25 Aug: Case of Charles CARTER Esq. vs. Joseph HUNDALL, for trespass, Prince William Co., VA court. Jurors: John METCALF, Thomas HART, William THORN, Francis JACKSON, Simon LUTTREL, Isaac FARROW, Henry HAMPTON, William BAYLIS, John RANDOLPH, Joseph THURMAN, John LINTON, Allan MACRAE.

(13) 1753, 25 Jun: Witnesses Sarah TACKET, John METCALF and William TACKET proved the will of Philemon WATERS in Prince William Co., VA court.

(13) 1753, 27 Jul: Humphry POPE, John METCALF, Edward GWATKINS served on jury, Prince William Co., VA.

(7m) 1754, 28 Jan: John METCALF and William THORN gave bond to John SUMMERS & Elizabeth his wife for their faithful administration of the estate of John FARROW, deceased, Prince William Co., VA.

(13) 1754, 25 Mar: Administration of the estate of John FARROW deceased was granted to John SUMMERS and Elizabeth his wife, they having executed bond with John METCALF and William THORN, Prince William Co., VA.

(13) 1754, 29 May: Mary EDWARDS appointed guardian to James MURPHEY, orphan of William MURPHY, deceased, who with John METCALF and William HAGGARD acknowledged a bond for the same, Prince William Co., VA.

(13) 1754, 24 Jun: Edward GWATKINS, John METCALF, Thomas RENO and Nicholas NOLAND or any three of them were appointed by the Prince William Co., VA court to inventory and appraise the estate of William GALLAHUE deceased.

(13) 1754, 25 Nov: Edward and Susanna WILLIAMS, orphans of William WILLIAMS deceased, chose John ANDERSON for their guardian, who with John METCALF, William BAYLIS and Thomas MACHEN entered into bond, Prince William Co., VA.

(7j) 1754/6: [NOTE: Exact date not noted.] John METCALF, an evidence for Drummond WHEELER against Nathaniel SMITH, Fairfax Co., VA court, was paid 225 pounds of tobacco for having attended 9 days.

(13) 1755, 27 Jan: John METCALF served on a Grand Jury, Prince William Co., VA.On same date, Edward GWATKINS, John METCALF, Isaac FARROW and William MORE or any three of them were appointed by the Prince William Co. court to inventory and appraise the estate of Lewis RENO.

(13) 1755, 26 May: Edward GWATKIN, William HAGGARD, John METCALF and John LYNN or any three of them appointed by Prince William Co., VA court to inventory and appraise the estate of Walter SCAILS deceased.

(13) 1756, 22 Mar: The last will and testament of James BLAND deceased was presented in Prince William Co., VA court by Mary BLAND and Benjamin BLAND, the executors therein named, who made oath thereto according to law, and proved by the oaths of John METCALF, Edward GWATKINS & Margaret GWATKIN.

(7h,13) 1756, 25 May: (7h) On the petition of John METCALF heirs excused from paying county or publick levey for the future, Prince William Co., VA. (13) On the petition of John METCALF, he is excused from paying county or public levy for the future, Prince William Co., VA. [NOTE: It makes sense that the heirs of John METCALF who d. 1751 would be excused from paying levys. If it was his son John METCALFE, had he moved to Loudoun Co.?]

(13) 1756, 22 Nov: The last will and testament of Sarah TACKETT deceased was presented to the Prince William Co., VA court by William TACKETT the executor therein named and proved by oaths of William FARROW and John METCALF, witnesses thereto.

(7b) 1758: John METCALFE on list of Cameron Parish, Loudoun Co., VA titheables in his own household. Listed adjacent to William ATTERBURY.

(7) 1758, 9 Aug: John MEDCALF gave evidence for Benjamin CHANDLER against Craven PEYTON, Loudoun Co., VA court.

(2,5) Of "Longbranch", Fauquier Co., VA. [NOTE: Fauquier Co., VA formed from Prince William Co., VA, 1759. Long Branch was a stream off the Little River.]

(7,23) 1759: John METCALFE taxed as an Overseer in George LAMKIN's Northeast District, Fauquier Co., VA. (23) This district was the northernmost of the three Fauquier Co. districts. An overseer was a person responsible for the operation of a plantation of an absentee owner.

(7) 1759, 16 Nov: John MEDCAP and James SPENSER securities for bail for John NEAVEILL Jr., Loudoun Co., VA court, case of Robert Dreghorn & Co. of Great Britain, plaintiffs, vs. John NEAVEILL Jr. of Prince William Co., VA.

(27) 1760: John METCALF was on the ledger of the Dunfries, VA store of John Glassford and Company. Also on the ledger were James BLAND, James BRYANT, Abraham, Isaac and William FARROW, Charles and Edward WATKINS, James and John MERCER, Elizabeth, James and Mrs. Dinah METCALF, Charles OBRYAN (also as John alias Charles OBRYAN), and Martin and William PICKETT Jr.

(14) 1761, 24 Mar: Isaac FARROW, Abraham FARROW, John FARROW, John METCALF and Sybill his wife were complainants in a chancery suit against John WIGGINTON, defendent, Prince William Co., VA. On motion of the compainants further time is given to them until the next court to file their bill.

(6) 1761, 11 May: For the election of Burgesses in Prince William Co., VA, John METCALF was listed in the pol for Colo. John BAYLIS and again for Colo. Henry PEYTON. [NOTE: Did the same John METCALF vote twice, or were there two that voted?]

[1761]: (9a) 1761-1765: (9a,24) In the VA House of Burgesses, "It further appeared to your Committee that John METCALFE, who voted for the Petitioner, held 150 acres of land, which had been leased by William SPILLER to his father John METCALFE, his Heirs, Executors, Administrators and Assigns, by Lease bearing Date the 27th Day of November, 1738, to hold to him, his Heirs, &c., for the natural lives of the said John the Father, his Wife Diana, and the said John the son: That the said John METCALFE the elder died some Time in the Year 1751 intestate, and that the said John METCALFE the Son hath ever since resided on the said Land, together with his Mother, who always paid Quitrents for the same. Resolved, that it is the Opinion of this Committee that the said John METCALFE had a good right to vote for Burgesses at the said Election. [NOTE: Likely referred to the above election of 11 May 1761.]

(7b) 1761-1766: John and James METCALF worked for James MERCER as his overseers on his mill on the Little River, Loudoun Co., VA. [NOTE: Harold Davey cites deeds showing that in Aug 1740, Thomas OWSLEY deeded to Valentine PAYTON 711 acres in Prince William Co. on Goose Creek and its branches, granted to OWSLEY by Proprietor's deed 14 May 1740. In Jun 1763 Craven PEYTON and Ann his wife deed to George and James MERCER 350 acres of land in Loudoun Co. on Little River which Craven inherited from Valentine, who bought it from Thomas OWSLEY in 1740.]

(7b) 1762: John and James METCALFE tithable in James MERCER's quarter, Loudon Co., VA.

(7k) 1762, 6 May: Prince William Co., VA County Court suit, METCALF vs. RALLS, continued between the parties until next court. John METCALF having attended three days as a witness in the suit depending in this court between Benjamin HAMRICK and John RALLS, the court ordered John RALLS to pay him for the same also for once traveling from Fauquier County to this court 40 miles. Other witnesses in the suit were John SIAS, mill owner in Fauquier Co. and Richard HAILEY.

(7e) 1762, 28 Oct: Fauquier Co., VA court ordered John RUST to pay John METCALF 25 pounds of tobacco for testifying for him.

(7) 1763, 12 Aug: In the case of Robert Dreghorn & Co. vs. John NEAVILL, Loudoun Co., VA court, John METCALF & James SPENCER gave security. Case continued until spring court. (Last record of this case.)

(15,16) 1763, 13 Nov: John METCALFE was added to membership by baptism, Broad Run Baptist Church near Broad Run in Fauquier Co., VA. Later dismissed to Loudoun. (7) The first Broad Run Baptist Church was between Buckland and New Baltimore. [NOTE: Source 7d states that David THOMAS and Joseph METCALF represented Broad Run church at the first convention of VA Baptist Association in Ketocton in Loudoun, 1765. Could Joseph really be John?]

(7f) 1765, Apr: John METCALF plaintiff in Loudoun Co., VA suit against Samuel WINN, defendant, discontinued for want of prosecuting. WINN paid 40 pound fee, and John METCALFE signed for it in the clerk's fee book. (7) Samuel WINN at that time was a planter in Loudoun Co.

(7g,23) 1766: Tax for John MADCALFE charged to James MERCER's Quarter (plantation of absentee owner), Gilson FOOTE's Southern District, Fauquier Co., VA tax list. (7) James MERCER was also counted in Loudoun Co., and he petitioned the court to have his tax removed there for that year. He was an attorney living in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania Co., in 1766. John METCALFE was his overseer.

(7e) 1767, 27 Oct: The Fauquier Co., VA Court ordered that John SIAS, George BERRY, John METCALF and John LAWSON or any three of them view the most convenient way for a road from George BERRY's to the road intended to be cleared by the county of Loudoun.

(7q) 1768, Mar: Little River Baptist Church (Regular) [now at 40385 Braddock Road, Aldie, VA] was begun. "So called from a branch of Goose-creek (and that empties into the Potowmak) near to which the meeting house is, in Cameron parish, Lowden county, 212 miles nbw from Williamsburg and 230 ssw from Philadelphia. It consists of 5 branches; one near Little-river where is a house 25 feet by 20, built in 1767 on land given by Wm WEST; another at Goose-creek; another at Shenadore; Bull-run another; another at Monacacy in Maryland in each of which places is a meeting house. The families about whereof 362 persons are baptized and in com[munion] which is celeb[rated] once a quarter in each branch viz 5. Ruling elders, laying on of hands, and devoting children admitted. No estate. Salary 70 1. The minister, Rev. Richard MAJOR, whos[e] assistants John LEWIS, Jeremiah MOORE, Eli CLEVELAND. They began, Mar. 1768 from Broad-run (whereof they had been a branch) the names are, Rev. Richard MAJOR & w[ife], John METCALF, Wm PICKETT & w[ife], Wm BARCLAY & w[ife], John LEWIS & w[ife], James SPENCER, James PAUL, John HOLMES, Benj. CHANDLER, Mary BRYANT, John SHIPPY. Remarkables {1} Met with opposition from the presbyterians and mocking {2} Musick heard twice by Mr. HUTCHINSONs family abo[u]t a year [a]go."

(7e) 1769, 28 Aug: The persons appointed to view the road from George BERRY's to the road cleared by Loudoun Co. returned their report to the Fauquier Co., VA court, stating that the road should be taken out of the road just below George BERRY's going thence by the plantation of Jeremiah OWINS & following a small path till it comes opposite the head of the Long Branch, thence fown the Branch till it gets below the Mountains, then a straight course to a large Spanish Oak in or near the county line on the road side cleared by Loudoun County. Signed John SYASS, George BERRY, John METCALFE. John METCALFE appointed as a surveyor, and it is ordered that he with the tithes that shall be appointed by John MOFFETT, Gent., do clear and keep the same in repair.

(28) 1769, 14 Nov: Joseph MOREN of Loudoun Co., VA wrote his will. Gives to daughter Peggy bed & furniture with one horse & saddle & one cow calf if she goes to and with the consent of her mother & uncle John METCALFE. Names friends John METCALFE and William PICKETT to be overseers. Wits. John METCALFE, James METCALFE, William PICKETT.

(28) 1770, 12 Mar: John METCALFE and William PICKETT appointed executors of the will of Joseph MOREN, security Elijah CHINN and James METCALFE, Loudoun Co., VA.

(7e) 1771, 23 Apr: The Fauquier Co., VA Court ordered that John METCALF, James METCALF, George SULLIVAN and Thomas HUGHES or any three of them appraise the estate of Benjamin BALLARD, dec'd.

(25a) 1771, 24 Aug: John METCALFE, Thomas HUGHES and George SULLIVAN inventoried the estate of Benjamin BLAND, reported to Fauquier Co., VA court 26 Aug 1771.

(7e) 1771, 26 Aug: On the motion of John METCALF, the Fauquier Co., VA court ordered that Levin POWELL and Thomas CHINN, executors of the estate of Elijah CHINN, dec'd, pay him 25 pounds of tobacco for one day's attendance as a witness for them against Benjamin COOKE.

(25a) 1771, 11 Dec: Silas ROSE, Isaac GREEN, John LEARY, John METCALF & Wm. KENTON witnessed the will of Robert STEPHENS of Loudoun Co., VA, proved in Fauquier Co. 25 Oct 1773.

(7i) 1772, 2 Mar: John METCALFE, William BARKLEY, William HUTCHISON, Edward TURNER, and Samuel WYCKOFF witnessed a deed from Samuel WYCKOFF of Camerson Parish to John LEWIS and Joseph HUTCHISON in trust for the Denomination of Anabaptists, for the use and purpose of erecting and building a meeting house, part of a tract of land whereon the said Samuel WYCKOFF now lives, lying on the Main Road opposite to Joseph HUTCHSON's Plantation, Loudoun Co., VA. [NOTE: (7) 1769, 2 Sep: William WEST deed to Benjamin HUTCHISON, John SMARR, John SHIPPEY and William BERKEY as trustees for the Public good, for 1 shilling, 1/2 acre of land in the forks of the roads leading to Williams' Gap in the Blue Ridge and to Leesburg, with the present meeting house for the worship of Almighty God, the Baptist profession to have the preference in every respect to preach in the said house now built or any other that shall be built, then shall and may be lawful for the said WEST to reenter and the same to hold as if these presents had never been made. Wits. Joseph HUTCHISON, John LEWIS, Ambros FOX, John HADDOCKS, John HALL, Richard MAJOR. Recorded 13 Mar 1770, Loudoun Co., VA Deed Bk G, p.420.]

(7a) 1773, Apr: Division of Elijah CHINN's estate, Loudoun Co., VA. A list of bonds and accounts to be paid by Mr. Thomas CHINN, one of the executors, to Christopher METCALF, James METCALF, John METCALF, and Rhoda DENT. A List of bonds and accounts to be paid by Mr. Leven POWELL, the other executor, to Nicklas O'BRYAN and Bryant GRAYNER. The amounts were a few shillings each. Joseph FARROW, William and Mary DENT also paid legacies.

(7p) 1773, 25 Oct: Will of Robert STEVENS, dec'd, proved by oaths of John METCALF and William KENTON, witnesses, Fauquier Co., VA.

(19a) 1775, 27 Apr: John METCALF, John OREAR, Sanford CARRELL, and Josiah FISHBACK witnessed a deed from John HATHAWAY and Sarah his wife of Leeds Parish to Joseph BLACKERBY, Fauquier Co., VA, for 200 acres of land on head branch of Little River, part of land granted by the proprietors to Mr. John CLARK, bounded by CHINN's line, line of original survey, BARTLETT's line. [NOTE: "Virginia Will Records, Notes from Records of Old Chancery Court, Fredericksburg, VA," p.121: In 1807, Sarah CLARK, widow of John CLARK of Fauquier Co., brought suit in Chancery. She is mentioned as having been formerly Sarah METCALF, spinster, having later married John CLARK while both resided in England. Mentioned as first living in Watling Street, London, during the 22 year of the reign of George III. This is would mean she lived there in 1782.]

(7p) 1775, 28 Aug: On the motion of William Pickett SANFORD, the Fauquier Co., VA court ordered that William KENTON, William BARKLEY, John METCALF and Peter BRYANT or any three of them view a way for a road from Kenton's Corner to the North Thorowfare of the Bull Run Mountains and report the conveniences and inconveniences attending the same to the court.

(19a) 1775, 20-21 Oct: John RUST, James METCALF and John METCALF witness a deed of lease and release from Charles RECTOR and Elizabeth his wife of Leeds Parish to Thomas OWSLEY of Loudoun Co., Fauquier Co., VA.

(25a) 1775, 23 Oct: Joseph BLACKABY, John METCALFE & George SULLIVAN inventoried the estate of James CHAMBERLAYNE, Fauquier Co., VA.

(7p) 1775, 28 Nov: The persons appointed to view the road petitioned for by William Pickett SANFORD returned their report to the Fauquier Co., VA court. William BARKLEY, John METCALF and William KENTON have viewed the way from William KENTON's corner to the Loudoun line at the North Thorowfare of Bull Run from Kenton's Corner on the line between COMBS and MUCCABEY to the Devil's Bed Branch, thence up the Grassy Ridge to the corner between OBRYANT and MERCER, thence on the south side of Richard GRIFFIN's and OBRYANT's Old Place to Edmund COLLINS, thence down the branch and across Spencer CLACK's [CLARK's?] Old Fields to the county line by SAMUELS and do find it may be good and convenient road without damaging any man's plantation. Ordered that the said road be established according to the report. William Pickett SANFORD appointed surveyor of the said road and it is ordered that he with the tithes that shall be appointed by Charles CHINN, Gent., do clear and keep the same in repair.

[ca. 1776]: (9,30) At the first call for troops in the Revolutionary War, he raised a company of volunteers in Fauquier Co., VA and was elected their captain. (9) Served 8 years throughout the war. (3,5,35) A Captain in the Revolutionary War. (2,5) Raised a company of men in Fauquier Co., led them, and apparently supplied them during the Revolutionary War. (30) Captain, VA line, during the entire war. (36b) Capt. John METCALFE of Col. Thomas MARSHALL's artillery Regiment. (37a) 1775, 28 Dec: The 3rd VA Regiment was raised at Alexandria, VA for service in the Continental Army, Col. Hugh MERCER, commander, who was quickly promoted to brigadier general. Its 2nd commander was George WEEDON, who was also promoted to brigadier general within a few months. WEEDON was succeeded in command by Col. Thomas MARSHALL. The regiment saw action in the New York Campaign, the battles of Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth and the Siege of Charleston. Most of the regiment was captured at Charlestown, SC on 12 May 1780 by the British and was formally disbanded 15 Nov 1783. James MONROE, Thomas HELM and John MARSHALL served as lieutenants.

(3) Was "an acquaintance of George WASHINGTON."

(7c,p,10) 1776, 28 Oct: (7c,p) John METCALF was granted a certificate for obtaining letters of administration on the estate of James METCALF, deceased, Fauquier Co., VA. (10) Sibay METCALF, John METCALF, and William PICKETT SANFORD gave bond to the Fauquier Co., VA court for 500 pounds current money for Sibay METCALF and John METCALF as administrators of all the goods, chattels and credits of James METCALF deceased. Signed by John METCALFE, Sibay METCALF, and William PICKETT SANFORD.

(7c,p,11) 1777, 24 Mar: (7c,p) John METCALF granted certificate for obtaining letters of administration of estate of Christopher METCALF, deceased, Fauquier Co., VA. Wits. Nathaniel WEEDON. (11) John METCALF and Nathaniel WEEDON post bond to the Fauquier Co., VA court for 500 pounds for John METCALF as administrator of all the goods, chattels and credits of Christopher METCALF deceased. Signed John METCALFE, Nath. WEEDON.

(7g,23) 1778: John METCALF taxed in Thomas KEITH's Northeast District, Fauquier Co., VA, for 1 titheable.

(7p) 1779, 22 Nov: The Fauquier Co., VA Court ordered that James STEWART, John METCALF, Ambrose BARNETT and James HATHAWAY or any three of them appraise the estate of James SCOTT, Gent.

(25a) 1780, 28 Aug: Thomas DIGGES, John METCALFE & James HATHAWAY report to the Fauquier Co., VA court the appraisment of the estate of James SCOTT Jr.

(19b) 1780, 27 Nov: Charles METCALF, John METCALF, Joseph NELSON and Thomas GLASCOCK witnessed a deed from Joseph BLACKERBY and Judith his wife of the parish of Leeds to John CANTWELL, Fauquier Co., VA.

(36a) 1781, 20 Jan: Horrace RANSDAL sent a dispatch dated Elk Run, Fauquier Co., VA, to Gen. George WASHINGTON, "General ARNOLD with 1,800 men is now encamped encamped three miles from this spot. They continue to exercise the most unheard of cruelty indiscriminately on men, women and children, and wantion destruction of every kind of property. All eyes are turned to you for vengeance. It was only yesterday that Sallie METCALFE was shot from her horse by a British sentinel, whilst she was endeavoring to make her escape. She is the wife of Captain John METCALFE with whom you are well acquainted." In an 1851 interview, Horrace stated that "Sally METCALFE recovered from the shot, and with her husband, she afterward moved out with Col. Tom MARSHALL to Kentucky in 1783."

(7g,o,23) 1782: John METCALFE listed in Fauquier Co., VA titheables. (7g) Fauquier Co., VA titheables for 1782, Charles CHILTON's property tax list, McClanahame MOORE (1 tithe), William METCALFE (1 tithe), John METCALFE (1 tithe & negroes Sall, Guy, Mary, Kate, Dick, Kate), George ROGERS Sr., George ROGERS Jr., & Edward ROGERS. (7o) Taxed for 1 white male over 21.

(7p) 1782, 23 Nov: On the motion of John METCALF, who made oath and executed and acknowledged bond as the law directs, the Fauquier Co., VA court granted him a certificate for obtaining Letters of Administration of the estate of Benjamin BLAND, deceased, unadministered by Mary BLAND, late administratrix. A Grand Jury of Inquest was sworn for the body of this county, who having received their charge withdrew to consider their presentments. (Outcome not indicated.) (23a) 1782, Nov: John METCALF appointed administrator of the estate of Benjamin BLAND, replacing Mary BLAND, late administrator, Fauquier Co., VA.

(19b) 1782, 30 Nov: Charles CHILTON, John METCALFE, William STEWART and John KENNEDY witnessed a deed from Wharton RANSDELL Jr., son & heir of William RANSDELL late of Fauquier Co., dec'd, & Mary RANSDELL, widow, to Thomas DIGGES, Gent., Fauquier Co., VA. Proved by oath of CHILTON & STEWART, 28 Apr 1783, and by John KENNEDY, 26 May 1783.

(7o,23) 1783: John METCALFE listed in Fauquier Co., VA titheables. (7o) Taxed for 1 white male over 21, 4 negroes under 16, 2 cattle, 4 horses.

(7p) 1783, 26 Mar: In case of Thomas MASSEY vs. John APPERSON, Fauquier Co., VA, on the jury were John FISHBACK, James FLEMING, Thomas METCALFE Jr., Alexander THOMPSON, James JONES, Epaphroditus TIMBERLAKE, John BRYAN, John METCALFE, William MONTGOMERIE, Thomas JAMES, Enoch JAMES, William JONES. [NOTE: Not sure who Thomas METCALFE Jr. is.]

(7p,23b) 1783, 26 May: (7p) Thomas CHINN filed suit against William KENTON and John METCALF, Fauquier Co., VA Court, for debt. James WINN became special bail for the defendants. They the said defendants, by Cuthert BULLTT, their attorney, prayed Oyer of the Writing in the Declaration mentioned and to him is granted, &c. [NOTE: Oyer is the reading to a defendant upon his demand the writ upon which the action is brought.] (23b) William KENTON and John METCALFE were codefendents in Fauquier Co., VA court.

(7p) 1783, 30 Jul: Case of Joseph HUDNELL vs. Charles WILLIAMS, in trespass, Fauquier Co., VA court; on the jury were John METCALF, Joseph SHARP, Thomas NELSON, William WHITE, James WADDELL, John MOREHEAD, Moses BAILEY, Augustin LOVE, Frances MILLER, William NORRIS, Samuel PHARRIS, Obadiah PETTITT. (7p) Also on same date, John METCALF and Charles METCALF were jurors in the case of Deskin TEBBS vs. Robert ASHBY. Also on same date, John METCALF, plaintiff, suit against John PRAYL, defendant. On a petition of judgement is granted the plaintiff against the said defendant for 3 pounds 17 shillings and 6 pence with his costs by him in this behalf expended.

(7p) 1783, 31 Jul: John METCALF and Augustine LOVE were on jury in case of Ambrose BARNETT vs. Robert ASHBY, Fauquier Co., VA court.

(7p) 1783, 31 Aug: John METCALF and Augustine LOVE were on jury in case of Thomas LATHAM vs. John CANTWELL, Fauquier Co., VA.

(33b) 1783, 16 Sep: Simon KENTON (b. 1755 in Hopewell, Fauquier Co., VA) gathered up those relatives and friends who would go and started back to Limestone, Kentucky.

(21a,33a) 1783, Oct: Simon KENTON's party traveled down river from the boat yard in PA to Limestone, Mason Co., KY. The party included 41 persons, including Mrs. Mark KENTON with a Negro woman and child; Nancy KENTON and child; William KENTON, wife and 6 children and a negro girl; Thomas LAWS and his wife, 4 OWENS boys and girls and 2 LAWS girls; Elijah BERRY, wife, 2 children and a Negro man; James GREATHOUSE and wife and 3 children; JOHN METCALF, father of Gov. METCALF; John GRIFFITH; John McGRAW and wife; and Simon KENTON and a Negro woman. 19 horses came with them from Fauquier Co., VA. They carried their livestock, sundry supplies, including corn, flour and salt, and the BERRY's cat aboard a rectangular "Kentucky flatboat" which was "much larger than the usual thirty or forty foot one." At one end were stock pens, at the other was the roofed cabin with its fireplace for warmth and cooking. When they stopped to take on firewood, Simon hunted and returned with turkeys, deer, and once, a bear. (33a) P.C. KENTON was also in the party. (36a) In an interview in 1851, Horrace RANSDAL stated that "Sally METCALFE recovered from the shot, and with her husband, she afterward moved out with Col. Tom MARSHALL to Kentucky in 1783."

(7p) 1783, 28 Oct: James LEITH, Assignee of Cuthbert HARRISON, plaintiff against Thomas NEAVILL and William STEWART, defendants, in debt, Fauquier Co., VA court. The defendants did not appear and were in default. Therefore it is considered by the court that the order of the last court against the defendants and John METCALF, their security, be confirmed and that plaintiff recover against defendant and his security 370 pounds current money of VA, judgement to be discharged by payment of 5 pounds 17 shillings 8 penny with interest thereon to be computed at 5 percent per annum from 30 Sep 1780 until paid and costs.

(33a) 1783, 1 Nov: The Simon KENTON party landed at Limestone, KY. (33b) The Indians were showing alarming activity around Limestone, and Simon KENTON decided it best to push farther on and they stopped at Kenton's Station. (3) This would indicate the trip took 6 weeks and 4 days. (36c) Simon KENTON deposed, 15 Aug 1814, that in the fall of 1783 he landed at Limestone with the intention of settling on the waters of Lawrence Creek, about 1 mile north of Washington, and in company with William KENTON and John METCALFE, came out from Limestone to the spring on said creek, and we called in Lawrence Creek.

(7p) 1783, 25 Nov: William HEALE and John HATHAWAY, Gent., were appointed by the Fauquier Co., VA court to settle John METCALF's account of the administration of the estate of Chrisopher METCALF, deceased.

(7l) 1784, 23 Jan: Land survey No. 7580 for John METCALF, 2,972 acres in Fayette Co., KY on Licking. (33c) Maysville [formerly Limestone, KY] was the crossing place of the multitude of bison on their way to the salt springs, known as Blue Licks, 24 miles to the south. These migrants beat down a wide path known as the Buffalo Trace. And connecting with the other animal paths at the licks, the crossing, when white men came upon the scene, was the natural entrance to the interior of Kentucky. This fact explains why BOONE and KENTON and their less advertised companions were quick to stake out lands at this point for themselves and their clients at the very beginning of the influx of settlement.

(1a) 1784: Sold his farm on Long Branch in Fauquier Co., VA. [NOTE: Date may be questionable. Probably assumed because of the above land survey in Fayette Co., KY. He probably just visited KY and located land but did not move there then.]

(23) 1784: John METCALFE listed in Fauquier Co., VA titheables.

(31a) 1784, 19 Jan: 2,972 acres surveyed for John METCALFE on Licking River, Fayette Co., KY.

(31a) 1784, 14 Mar: 1,520 acres surveyed for John METCALFE on Licking River, Fayette Co., KY.

(7n) 1784, 15 Mar: John METCALF & George MASON security for estate of John KING, Loudoun Co., VA.

(7p) 1784, 25 Mar: Thomas CHINN, plaintiff in suit against William KENTON and John METCALF, Fauquier Co., VA, for debt. The defendants relinquised their former plea and acknowledged plaintiff's action against them. The court ordered the plaintiff to recover against the defendents 14 pounds current money and costs, the judgement to be discharged by payment of 7 pounds with interest thereon.

(7p) 1784, 25 May: John METCALF, plaintiff against James WINN, defendant, Fauquier Co., VA court, in debt. The defendant did not appear and therefore defaulted. The court ordered that the order of the last court against the defendant and John CANTWELL, his security, be confirmed and that the plaintiff recover against the defendant and his said security 8,000 pounds of crop tobacco and his costs, the judgement to be discharged by the payment of 2,650 pounds of like tobacco and cask with interest thereon to be computed at the rate of 5 percent per annum from 26 Aug 1783 until paid and costs. (7p) 1784, 23 Nov: Case of Humphrey BROOKE, administrator of the estate of Samuel BOYD, deceased, vs. Joseph MINTER and John METCALFE, in debt, Fauquier Co., VA court. Defendant MINTER not appearing, the court ordered that judgement be entered for plaintiff against defendant and John WHITE, his security, unless he appear at the next court. Suit discontinued as to the defendant METCALFE.

(7l) 1784, 23 Dec: Land survey No. 7577 for John METCALF, 1,520 acres in Fayette Co., KY on North Fork of Licking. [NOTE: Seems to be the same survey of 14 Mar 1784. This may be date survey was returned, &/or the earlier date may be the date it was ordered.]

(23) 1785: John METCALFE listed in Fauquier Co., VA titheables.

(31b) 1785, 10 Aug: 3,800 acres surveyed for John METCALFE on Eagle Creek, Fayette Co., KY.

(23) 1786: John METCALFE listed in Fauquier Co., VA titheables.

(7p) 1786, 23 May: John METCALFE served on jury for suit of George William FAIRFAX vs. Thomas WATTS, Fauquier Co., VA.

(7p) 1786, 24 May: John METCALFE served on Fauquier Co., VA juries in suits of William ALEXANDER Esq., executor, and Seth HARRISON, executrix, of estate of Cuthbert HARRISON, Gent., dec'd, plaintiffs vs. William GREEN, Simon TRIPLETT, plaintiff vs. John FRENCH, Charles HAMMOND, surviving partner of HAMMOND and HARRISON, plaintiff vs. Ephraim HUBBARD and Ann his wife, Arthur MORSON, administrator of William LOVE, dec'd, plaintiff vs. Enoch ASHBY, and Joseph JANNY, assignee of Hough and Janny, plaintiffs vs. John FIELD, for debt. (23c) 1786: John METCALF Sr. was witness for John METCALF Jr. in suit brought by Jacob REED, administrator of estate of Appolos COOPER. [NOTE: According to source 7p, this suit was on 24 May 1786. Loooong day.]

(7p) 1786, 30 Aug: Served on jury, Fauquier Co., VA.

(29) 1786, 21 Nov: John METCALFE Sr. gave consent for his daughter Bette to marry McClanaham MORE, Fauquier Co., VA. Wits. James HATHAWAY, James McCLANAHAM.

(7o,20,23) 1787: John METCALF Sr. taxed in Fauquier Co., VA. (7o) Taxed for 1 white male over 21, 1 horse, 4 carriage wheels. This is the last entry for John Sr. (20) Taxed for himself, 1 horse, 4 cattle. (23) Taxed in Travers NASH's Northeast District.

(7p) 1787, 28 Mar: John METCALFE served on juries in the Fauquier Co., VA suits of Arthur MORSON, administrator of William LOVE, dec'd, vs. Beede JOHNSON, and Benjamin GLASCOCK, plaintiff vs. William WITHERS. On same date, on motion of John METCALFE, the court ordered that James HATHAWAY pay him 125 pounds of tobacco for 5 days attendance as witness for him against John GREEN.

(7p) 1787, 29 Mar: John METCALFE was juror in Fauquier Co., VA suits of Daniel BRADFORD, plaintiff vs. Samuel PORTER, for debt, and John MOREHEAD, plaintiff vs. Enoch ASHBY..

(7p) 1787, 30 Mar: John METCALFE was on Fauquier Co., VA juries for suits of John GREEN, plaintiff vs. William STEWART and Milly DUNCAN, an infant under age 21, by Charles DUNCAN, her next friend, plaintiff, vs. George CLENDENING.

(7p) 1787, 29 May: John METCALFE served on jury, Fauquier Co., VA.

(7p) 1787, 28 Aug: John METCALFE served on Fauquier Co., VA juries in cases of Anthony McKETTRICK vs. William KENNER; Leven Powell, Son and Company vs. William HAMRICK; William CAR, Gent., assignee of Martin PICKETT, Gent., Sheriff of Fauquier Co., vs. William DULIN, John DULIN and Edward DULIN; Edward DULIS vs. William HEWLETT for trespass assult and battery; and Thomas LEE Senr. vs. John CHURCHILL Sr. in debt.

(7p) 1787, 27 Nov: John METCALFE served on Fauquier Co., VA juries in cases of Messrs. LITHGOW and HARRISON vs. Taliaferro GRIGSBY; William CARR, Gent. surviving partner of William CARR and Thomas CHAPMAN, vs. John Pope WILLIAMS; and Martin PICKETT and Company vs. James HARRIS. On motion of John METCALFE, the court ordered that James HATHAWAY pay him 200 pounds of tobacco for 8 days attendance as a witness for him at the suit of John GREEN.

(23) 1788: John METCALF taxed in Travers NASH's Northeast District, Fauquier Co., VA.

(7l,32) 1788, 20 Aug: (32) John METCALF, assign of James GWATKINS, was granted a tract of 2,972 acres by virtue of part of a Land Office Treasury Warrant number 9574 issued 5 Dec 1781 and survey bearing date 23 Jan 1784, lying and being in the county of Fayette on the waters of Main Licking adjoining Anthony THORNTON survey of 33,750 acres on the west side and bounded as follows: Beginning on the southwest corner of said survey a hickory, ash and Spanish oak trees, thence West 495 1/2 poles to a white oak in the point of a ridge, thence North 920 poles to a white oak and sugartree, thence East 495 1/4 poles to a small white oak in THORNTON's line and with his line South 920 poles to the beginning. Also on the same date, John METCALF, assign of James GWATKINS, by virtue of a Land Office Treasury Warrant number 9120 issued 22 Dec 1781, was granted a tract of land containing 1520 acres by survey bearing date 23 Dec 1784, lying in the county of Fayette adjoining James GWATKINS on the North and Anthony THORNTON on the west and bounded as follows: Beginning on a hickory Northwest corner to GWATKINS' survey, thence North 559 1/2 poles to a white oak and sugratree, thence East 300 poles to the North Fork of Licking passing the same in all 350 1/2 poles to three hickories in THORNTON's line, thence with his line South (?c) crossing the North Fork at 66 poles in all 695 1/2 poles to a small hickory, thence with 350 to the beginning. (7l) John or James METCALF & heirs received grant for 2,972 acres in Fayette Co., KY on Licking, surveyed 23 Jan 1784. John METCALF & Heirs received grant for 1,520 acres in Fayette Co., KY on North Fork of Licking surveyed 23 Dec 1784.

(1,5) Sold the family lands in VA and moved to KY 1783/4. (2) Sold the farm in VA to son John. (1a,3a,35) 1785: Emigrated to KY. (9) 1784: Emigrated to KY. (30) 1782: Emigrated to KY. [NOTE: He served on a VA jury in 1787 and was taxed in VA in 1788. He came to KY in 1783, probably to locate land, but it does not appear he moved there until he received the land grant in 1788. "Life in Black and White Family and Community in the Slave South," by Brenda E. Stevenson (Oxford University Press, 1996; Chapter 1 rpt. "The Washington Post" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/books/chap1/lifeinblackandwhite.htm) states that soil infertility in Loudoun Co., VA contibuted to problems with the economy, which may have contributed to large numbers of settlers from the area emigrating to KY. "Farmers who invested in tobacco cultivation during the eighteenth century routinely used inefficient or few soil conservation methods, systematically mapping land of its fertility. Only occasionally did they allow a field to lie fallow long enough to replenish its vital nutrients, or routinely use fertilizer. 'The value of manure is not known here,' Nicholas CRESSWELL commented in 1777. 'If it is, they are too lazy to make use of it. Their method is to clear a piece of land from the woods, generally put it in wheat the first year, Indian corn the next, and so alternately for six or seven years together.' After that, farmers would complain that 'the strength of the Land is gone ... it is worn out,' and they let it grow into woods again while clearing another tract for cultivation. This kind of negligence carried over to the next generations. Loudoun's nineteenth-century farmers witnessed a steady decline in soil fertility and crop yields land prices continued to rise sharply. The county's economy began to recover by 1840, partially because of changing land-use techniques."]

(1a,5,9) First settled near Russell's Cave in Fayette Co., KY. (35) Went 1st to Fayette Co., KY.

(1a,5) After a few years he sold his Fayette Co., KY land and moved to Nicholas Co., KY near Blue Licks. (5) He bought more land and resided with his family here until his death. His farm was hilly and broken, but well improved. (35) Went 2nd to Nicholas Co., KY. [NOTE: Nicholas Co., KY created 1799 from Bourbon and Mason Cos.; Bourbon Co. created 1785 from Fayette; Mason created 1788 from Bourbon.]

(17a) 1790, 3 Mar: John METCALFE witnessed a deed from Robert WHITLEDGE and Nancy his wife to James DAVIS, both of Bourbon Co., VA [NOTE: Now KY] which mentions John MORIN's corner and James MORIN's corner.

(17a) 1790, 5 Mar: Robert WHITLEDGE deed to John METCALF, both of Bourbon Co., 200 acres on Cooper's Run. Mentions MAGEE's corner, Robert WHITLEDGE's settlement, James MORIN's executor. Wits. Edward WALLER, Peter HUTCHESON, Samuel RICH.

(22) 1793: John METCALF taxed, Mason Co., KY.

(22) 1794: John MIDCALF taxed in Mason Co., KY.

(22) 1795: John METCALF taxed, Mason Co., KY.

(22) 1796: John METCALF taxed, Mason Co., KY.

(8) 1798, 16 Mar: John METCALFE signed an assignment of lease. "I hereby make over to my mother Dianna METCALFE all my right of a lease whereof my father died possessed of and left her in possession of. I am informed she about 29 years ago leased said place to Jeremiah MOORE and some doubt has risen whe(_) the right at the time was in her if it was not but in me. I hereby confirm the bargain on her part and all the profits arising from said lease. I hereby make over to her and to her assigns forever." Wits. Charles METCALFE, Wm. SHACKELFORD. Filed at Fauquier Co., VA court house.

(18a) 1798, 19 Jun: John METCALFE and Rhoda his wife of Mason Co., KY deed to Christopher METCALFE and John PICKETT of Mason Co. 2,972 acres of land in Mason Co., bounded by the 33,750 acre land grant to Anthony THORNTON.

(18b) 1798, 7 Oct: John METCALFE Sr. and Rhoda his wife, Christopher METCALFE and Sarah his wife, and John PICKETT and Elizabeth his wife, all of Mason Co., KY, deed to James GWATKIN of Prince William Co., VA, 1,892 acres in Mason and Bracken Cos., KY, being part of the patented land of Anthony THORNTON. Wits. George SHACKELFORD, Lewis BULLOCK, Wins PARKER.

(18c) 1798, 17 Oct: James GWATKINS and Frances his wife of Prince William Co., VA deed to John METCALF Sr. of Mason Co., KY, for 12 shillings, 700 acres of land in Mason Co., bounded by THORNTON's land.

(3a) The family was "poor and humble". (3b) Had "limited finances." (5) He owned a good many slaves and left his wife and five children well provided for, and was held in high esteem by everybody. [NOTE: It seems unlikely that he was "poor and humble" since he bought and sold so much property.]

(5) A fine character, a man who detested all kinds of vice. He was a close student, given more to the pursuit of knowledge than to that of gain. (1a,5) He possessed a large and well selected library of all the standard English works of his day and gave his children advantages not common in that day. (1a) A man who detested gaming, racing and all manner of dissipation; inclined to sterness in his intercourse with men, a student given more to the pursuit of knowledge than the pursuit of gain.

(4,12) 1799, 15 Apr: John METCALFE of Mason Co., KY wrote his will. Called himself "weak in body, perfect in mind and memory." Left to his wife Rhody 450 acres to have as long as she lived single, after that to go to his children Sarah, Lucy, Rhody, and youngest son Bealla. All his stock furniture and plantation utensils to go in the same manner. To son Thomas METCALF he gave 300 acres of land, to begin at Burgess MASON's clearing and run south to the east fork of Sedar Creek, then down the creek to KENTON's line, then with KENTON's line for quantity. Wife Rhody METCALFE and son Thomas executors. Signed John METCALFE. Witnesses Burgess MASON, Elizabeth MASON, Benjamin HODGES. (5) Left his third wife and five children in the old homestead.

(12) 1799, 12 Jul: Will proved, Mason Co., KY.

(34) 1868, 24 May: Charles METCALFE wrote a letter to his daughter Jane LACY, dated Edgefield Junction, 10 miles from Nashville. "...My Grandfather had a very numerous family of children having had 3 wives, by his first my own Grandmother he had 7 sons and 3 daughters Viz: Charles, William, John my father, Cristopher, James (never married lived to be over died not many years since at Joel Fort's in Robertson Co. Tenn.--Mrs. FORT was his niece), Ira, Eli & Ila and Hiram daughters, Elizabeth, Mary and Nancy. His second wife had only one child Hannah who married AMENT. The last wife raised five children Viz: Thomas and Bela, Sarah ODEN, Lucy OGDEN, Rhoda HUGHES. 3 of his children died before they were settled in the world so you see there 19 in all..." He claims a birth order, at least for the older sons: "Charles the oldest... Uncle William... My father comes next in order... Next to my father comes Uncle Cristopher... James of whom I have already spoken comes next. Then comes Ely... Uncle Ila... My father's 3 own sisters were Mary who married a Mr. ROGERS, Elizabeth married a MOORE, Nancy married John DAVIS of Aunt ROGERS' family."

(1a) 1889, Jun: Bela M. HUGHES of Denver, CO wrote a letter which lists slightly different children in a different order, but also does not claim any particular order of birth. "John METCALFE... died in 1799, leaving his widow (his third wife) in his homestead with her children, namely: Thomas, Bela, Sarah Lucy, and my mother, Rhoda Dent... his youngest daughter. The last wife of that John METCALFE was the widow of Eli CHINN of Virginia, and a daughter of Robert DENT, of Prince George, MD. ... The first wife of John METCALFE, the father of Thomas METCALFE, was Sabina FARROW of Maryland. Their children were: Mary, Nancy, Elizabeth, Keziah, Charles, John, James, William, Christopher, Ira, Eli, and Ila. His second wife was Mary O'BRIEN of Virginia,. Their only child was Hannah. All, or nearly all of Governor METCALFE's brothers and sisters settled in Kentucky and raised families of children, many of whom are yet living."