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Données personnelles George Anderson 

• Il est né novembre 1710 dans Ulster, Ireland.
• Il est décédé le 21 avril 1789 dans Middle River District, Augusta, Virginia, United States, il avait 78 ans.
• Il est enterré en l'an 1789 dans Augusta, Virginia, United States.
• Testament le 12 juin 1784 naar Augusta, Virginia, United States.
• Un enfant de Donald John Lochiel (main) 19th Chief of Clan Cameron (born Cameron of Lochiel), the Gentle Lochiel et Lady ANNE/ Margaret Jean Campbell

Famille de George Anderson

Notes par George Anderson

Twenty five or so appearances in court

Although I only sourced the land purchase and will of George Anderson, Records show that he appeared in court several other times as witness, surety, neighbor and administrator, maybe up to twenty five separate times

MARRIAGE DATE: ABT 1719 OR 1739

Actual document in Orange Co. Order book

Waddell's Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871

Early in 1740, or shortly before, there was a great influx of population into the Valley. On the 22d of May, 1740, fourteen heads of families appeared at Orange Court to “prove their importation.” The first order of the series is as follows:

Alexander Breckinridge came into Court and made oath that he imported himself, and _____, John, George, Robert, ___, Smith, _____, and Letitia Breckinridge from Ireland to Philadelphia, and from thence to this colony, at his own charges, and this is the first time of proving his and their rights in order to obtain land, which is ordered to be certified.” He, however, acquired by purchase from Beverley 245 acres, on March 24, 1741.

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John Anderson, his wife, Jane, and his children, Esther, Mary and Margaret.

George Anderson, his wife, Elizabeth, and his children, William, Margaret, John and Frances.

(Actual record states as follows:

George Anderson imports himself, wife Elizabeth, William Anderson,Margaret, John, and Frances Anderson.) The person transcribing the document took liberties that have mislead many people.

!NOTES: Importation Records Orange Co, VA Order book 2 1739-1741 page 158 George Anderson came into court and made oath that he imported himself Elizabeth his wife, William Anderson, Margaret, John and Frances Andeson from Ireland to Philadelphia and from thence into this colony at his own charge and that this is the first time of his proving his rights in order to obtain land. May 22 1740. Order book 2 p 158 for his importation from Ireland of himself and wife and others including brother William.

BIRTH DATE: Abt 1700 OR 1720 OR 1748

Page 144.--12th June, 1784. George Anderson's will, Sr.--To wife; to grandson, George, infant, son to testator's deceased son and heir-at-law, William, 100 acres where William lived, adjoining Paterson's Island; to sons, George and James, executors; to grandson, George Anderson, son to testator's deceased son, John, infant; to son William's daughters, sisters of grandson George, supra; to son-in-law, Gilbert Christian; to son-in-law, Adam Guthery; to son-in-law, James Andiddle; to son-in-law, Wm. Anderson; to daughter, Jane. Teste: Robert Kenney, James Magonel. Andrew Anderson. Codicil, 9th June, 1788. The 100 acres devised to grandson George is now devided between him and his mother Margaret, and at her marriage or death, then her 50 acres to testator's grandchildren, Elizabeth, Mary Margaret, Robert, Jane, and Nancy Anderson. Teste: James Anderson, Wm. Anderson, Wm. Brooks. Proved, 21st April, 1789, by Kenny and Anderson, and on 22d April, 1789, executors qualify.

Information obtained through George Anderson will Augusta Co. Virginia records

George Anderson is likely the brother of John Anderson whose foursons settled in Augusta County. Accordingly the familiy traditions ofthat John state that he had a brother George and was reputedly born inScotland and moved to Ulster, Ireland before coming to Philadelphia.George and John were likely then still residents of Philadelphia whenthey patented lands in the area of central Virginia and shortlythereafter relocated there. Caution, George Anderson moved through the Augusta County Region andhis records may become confused with his allegded nephew and grandnephewof Augusta who had lands in Augusta and were referred to as George Sr.and George Jr. George 01/10/1736 Orange Co. 350a fork of Robinson River beginning at Elk Run adj Nicholas Ware patents 16/407 _______________________________________ Subj: George Anderson d1778 Date: 1/23/00 1:35:49 PM Eastern Standard Time From: (XXXXX@XXXX.XXX) To: (XXXXX@XXXX.XXX) (Anderson Patrick) Hi Patrick, I saw your listing on Gen Forum, my ancestor is Thomas Cofer d1791Madison Co VA . I believe his mother was Ann ? Cofer m George Anderson2nd and the Anderson children are 1/2 siblings of Thomas Cofer d1791.Would like your thoughts on this scenino. Ray Copher Muscle Shoals AL. Notes on George Anderson d1778 It is known that George Anderson d1778 had records in VA in 1730s, Spotsylvania Co VA deed Cpl3, In 1734 Wm. Crawford made a deed of gift toBenjamin Coward & wife Elizabeth! 100 acres on upper side of Elk Runjoining Thos Jackson, Wm. Crawford jun, & Thos Crawford. Witnesses wereD. Bryne, George Anderson (his mark), William Crawford jun. (The mark George Anderson d1778 used was not an 'x', but was a ratherelaborate capital 'A'. This 'A' appears as the mark on Spots deed Cpl3). Culpeper Co VA deed BpP55-57, 1753, When George Anderson (mark 'A') wifeAnn sold 100 acres to George Thompson in 1753 (on or near Elk Run), thedeed said the patent was made to George Anderson in 1735. Witnesses wereNathan Underwo od, Thomas Cofer (mark "T"), & George Eastham. The will of George Anderson d1778 mentions’’my wife's son Thomas Cofer".Josias Cofer s/o Thomas Cofer d1791 was named executor. In 1745 Thomas Cofer bought 70 acres on Elk Run in Madison Co VA, whichtract joined the 1735/6 patent of George Anderson d1778. In 1747 Thomas Cofer bought an additional 90 acres, and Nathan Underwoodd1802 witnessed the deed. Thomas Cofer wrote his will in 1785, and died in 1791. It names thechildren Below, and appointed George Anderson (son of George dl778) &Joel Cofer as executors. Witnesses were Nathan Underwood 'd1802, JosephUnderwood (son of Nathan), and Charles Cocke. The following recordings of the name probably refer to George Anderson SRdl778, or to his son of the same name. 1742 George Anderson (SR?), Nathan Underwood, & George Anderson (Jr.?)were all in the same company of Augusta militia. VA COLONIAL MILITIA ByCrozier p92 (eiditor note: this record may belong to George Sr. and Jr.of Augusta County.] 1744 George Anderson, Henry Dooley etc. were viewers of a road from thesouth side of the Shenandoah to the Falls of the Rappahannock. Orange CoVA order 4p218. 1745 George Anderson proved a deed from Nathan Underwood to ChristianClement. Augusta Co VA order lpl 1746 George Anderson was constable on South River of the Shenandoah.Augusta order, one page before the entry of 13 May 1746 1749/50 Feb. George Anderson d1778 (mark 'A') sold 330 acres on the southbranch of the Shenandoah. Augusta deed 2p514-515 1753 George Anderson d1778 sold 100 acres to George Thompson and sold 100acres to Nathan Underwood. These tracts were part of his 173B/6 patent of3B0 acres on Elk Run in present Madison Co Va. Culpeper Co VA deedsBp55,57,59 1756 George Anderson d1778 "of Orange County" (i.e. probably presentGreene) sold to John Powell 150 acres (the remainder of his grant on ElkRun).Culpeper Bp480 1760 George Anderson d1778"of Bedford County" bought about 200 acres,Bedford lp393 1768 George Anderson d17 78 sold the same tract to Moses Dooley, probablyhis grandson. Bedford Co VA deed 3p189 ____________________________________ These notes on the Bedford County Anderson family kindly provided by: Mrs. A. Christine Davidson Kraft 611 Southcrest Court, St. Joseph, MO 64506 (XXXXX@XXXX.XXX) ! (1) "Over the Mountain Men - Their Early Court Records In Souther nVirginia," by Anne Lowry Worrell. Wills of Bedford Co. 1763-1803, p .35. (2) Carolyn Tayloe Davidson Carey, Greenwood Village, CO. Cites: (a )Bible Records of Campbell, Bedford, Pittsylvania Co., VA. (3) "Campbell Chronicles and Family Sketches, Campbell Co., Virgini a1782-1926," by R.H. Early (1927) p.345. ! Marriage to Anna __: (2) Marriage to __ __: (3) Appears to have married twice, the 2nd tim e toa widow, Mrs. Cofer. Death: (1) Will proved May 1778, Bedford Co., VA. (3) 1742-1758: A member of Augusta District Militia, though he hadmoved to Bedford Co., VA. (1) 1778, May: Will of George Anderson proved in Bedford Co., VA. Nameschildren Jacob, George, Pattey Duley, Elizabeth Underwood, Anna Beazly,Sarah Early. Names his wife's son Thomas Cofer. (3) Will dt d 1778.Bequeathed his land to his son Jacob. ___________________________________________________ Subj: Lawrence Anderson Date: 10/21/99 10:19:18 PM Eastern Daylight Time From: (XXXXX@XXXX.XXX) (mike marshall) To: (XXXXX@XXXX.XXX) Hi Patrick, [snip] I have been researching the Cof(f)er/Copher family for many years buthave hit a brick wall with a Thomas Cofer who died testate in CulpeperCounty, VA (will proved there 1791). It is known that Thomas' mother'sname was Ann(e). Some time after the death of Thomas Cofer's father (nameunknown), Ann(e) married George Anderson of Culpeper. This GeorgeAnderson later moved to Bedford County, VA where he died testate. I havesome information on the movements of George Anderson and he may be theGeorge Anderson who was in St. Anne's parish, Essex County, VA in thelate 1720s. I live in Essex County, having moved here about 4 years ago.In fact, I attend Vauter's Episcopal Church (completed in 1731) which isthe upper church of St. Anne's parish. In any case, I've spent a good deal of time trying to link my ThomasCofer (d.c.1791) to the Cof(f)er line of Charles County, MD. Theprogenitor of the Charles County lines appears to be a John Cofer who wastransported to VA by Nathaniel Pope probably in the 1660s. He was claimedas a headright in 1666 by Thomas Pope (Nathaniel's son) and JohnWashington of Westmoreland County, VA. John Cofer was in Charles County,MD by at least 1673 according to the MD records. Interestingly, theCharles County Cofer line had a connection to Thomas Plunkett who died inCharles c.1717 (year his will was proved). This Thomas Plunkett did notseem to have any children. I have done some work on Virginia Plunket(t) lines trying to find a linkto the Cof(f)er line. When I saw your post on Lawrence Anderson and aMary Plunket, I became very interested, especially since you note theirchildren were born in Maryland. I'd be very appreciative of the sources of your information on MaryPlunket, and the Maryland connection. Also, are you familiar with the George Anderson of Orange/Culpeper/Bedford I mentioned? I have somefurther information on him from a book on the Underwood family. Sincerely, Mike Marshall ____________________________________________ Subj: [ANDERSON-L] Fw: ANDERSON/william H. /Green Co. Virginia Date: 98-12-04 00:20:50 EST From: (XXXXX@XXXX.XXX) (Sarah Kincaid) To: (XXXXX@XXXX.XXX) This is the only way I knew how to get this on the list without takingalot of time typing, I wanted to run this through the group and see ifanyone from the Anderson list might like to add to it, this is theAnderson family I am searching for, this information was given me by adear friend who I met through Rootsweb ,and is searching Anderson's also,I would like to thank rootsweb and also Eugene Powell,again thanks toRootsweb for making this possible. Sarah [editors note: informant reports information as above for George Anderson] Source: Colonial Virginia ANDERSON Families http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~anderson/virginia.html Patrick Anderson, (p(XXXXX@XXXX.XXX)), Laurel, MD

!Birthdate is a guess. !ALSO FROM HALE BOOK

George's famous importation

I refer to George's court appearance in Orange Co court to prove importation as infamous because it was in this record that casued this unexplainable "John" to become the father of the four brothers. As you may have read in other notes that I have recorded, this may or may not be true. It is true that George had a brother John that was proving importation in orange co Court, so couldn't be the John in George's. Also it is true that George had a son named John in 1742, Christened and recorded by the Rev John Craig, so John was not George's son, and it is also true that three of the four boys named their first born, John, giving speculation that John was a strong family name. BUT there is no record that the "John" George imported that day is the father of the four brothers.

The actual record of the family in the Orange County Courts order book reads as follows

George Anderson imports himself, wife Elizabeth, William Anderson, Margaret, John and Frances Anderson.

In several digital forms the person transcribing this information took liberties that have miss lead many people.

The Early Settlers of gradyville and Adair County Kentucky. by Ann Elliott Odell.Phil and Jerry Moss., Page 244, #3. Came from Ireland in 1740 Through Philadelphia with his sons: John, William and James Anderson. George settled in the Middle River near the old stone church.

NFS=d day and month.

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