Mountain Grove Plantation, Bath County, Virginia

Date: 1811 to about 1865
Location: Bath, Virginia, United States
Surnames/tags: Gatewood Slavery Black_Heritage

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Biography

In 1811 William Gatewood and Jane his wife purchased property from Benjamin Vance. The first tract contained 191 acres on the Little Back Creek. The second tract contains 47 acres on the Little Back Creek.^[1]

In 1839 Jane Gatewood transfers the Benjamin Vance property to her son Samuel V. Gatewood. The property consists of 3 tracts of land, 193 acres, 47 acres, and 150 acres.^[2] It is described as the Mountain Grove Homestead^[3]

Slaves

These enslaved persons who lived at Mountain Grove were listed in the will and probate records of William Gatewood in 1825.^[4]

• James - loaned to son Travis

• Lucy & 3 children Tulip, Harrison, and unnamed child - to son Warwick
• Isaac
• Pitman
• Jordan
• John

• Alfred - to son Samuel
• Little James
• Chloa
• Matilda
• Judy
• Lucinda

to daughter Frances

• Julius
• Lawson
• George
• Edward
• Ben
• Spencer
• Leonard
• Elizabeth
• Malinda
• James

to daughter Mary Jane

• Harry
• Robinson (the older)
• Nelson
• Anderson
• Peter
• Charles
• Lewis
• Rosetta
• Fanny
• Sally

to wife Jane

• Tom
• Billy
• Daniel
• Randel
• Cimon (Simon)
• Thornton
• Perry
• Willis
• Nanny
• Poppy
• Lucinda
• Judy

Sources

1. ↑ Virginia, Bath County deeds, 1791-1874; general index to deeds, 1791-1903: "Virginia, Bath County deeds, 1791-1874; general index to deeds, 1791-1903"
   Catalog: Virginia, Bath County deeds, 1791-1874; general index to deeds, 1791-1903 Deeds, Vols. 3-5 1804-1819
   Film number: 007893737 > image 353 of 808
   FamilySearch Image (accessed 22 January 2022)
   • 1811 Bath Co, VA, Deed Bk 4 p.190-193
2. ↑ Virginia, Bath County deeds, 1791-1874; general index to deeds, 1791-1903: "Virginia, Bath County deeds, 1791-1874; general index to deeds, 1791-1903"
   Catalog: Virginia, Bath County deeds, 1791-1874; general index to deeds, 1791-1903 Deeds, Vols. 8-10 1832-1848
   Film number: 008141123 > image 435 of 870
   FamilySearch Image (accessed 22 January 2022)
   • 1839 Vol 8 p.238-240
3. ↑ Historical Sketches of Pocahontas County https://www.google.com/books/edition/Historical_Sketches_of_Pocahontas_County/nFEVAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=William%20Gatewood
   • p252
4. ↑ Will books, 1791-1876: "Will books, 1791-1876"
   Catalog: Will books, 1791-1876 Will books, v. 1-3 1791-1830
   Film number: 007644002 > image 643 of 746
   FamilySearch Image (accessed 22 January 2022)
   • Bath Co, VA WB 3 p.166-168