Title: Notes
Text:
James Powell WARE was the son of EDWARD WARE, (1724-June 3, 1786), and
Lettice (Letitia) POWELL, (1728-June 1, 1779), and the Grandson of NICHOLAS
WARE IV, (1700-After 1744), and SARAH SAMUEL.
November 4, 1771, Amherst County, Virginia, Virginia Deed Book C, pages 248-
249, records a land transfer between Thomas POWELL and James POWELL
WARE.
October 19, 1782, Amherst County, Virginia, Register of Marriages (July-December
1872), records the Marriage of James WARE and Mary VEAL, signed by James
WARE and Thomas WAUGH. (NOTE: Thomas WAUGH was James Cousin).
Mary VEAL also signed her consent to marry, and Carneby VEAL gave his
permission for her to marry.
October 24, 1782: James POWELL WARE and Mary (MOLLIE) VEAL, a spinster,
were married by the Reverand Charles CLAY.
December 6, 1790: Amherst County, Virginia, Deed Book F., Pages 623-625,
James WARE and Wife, Mary and other family members transferred land to James
Brother JOHN POWELL WARE.
January 3, 1794, Elbert County, Georgia, Deed Book B., Page 122, John Rogers
and Wife Nancy sold land to James WARE.
June 19, 1811, Edward WARE, James WARE, and Caleb HIGGENBOTHAM
appeared in the Elbert County, Georgia courthouse to swear out a statement used by
William HIGGENBOTHAM in his application for a land warrent based upon his
service during the Revolutionary War. (reference: William & Mary Quarterly
Historical Magazine, VOL. XXVI, No 1, July 1917).
December 10, 1822, James WARE, the son of Edward WARE and Lettice
POWELL wrote a letter to his sister Sarah SMITH that he had wanted to visit her for
several years, but that Old Age was preventing it. He asks her to write him often and
to direct her mail to Madison County, Danielsville Post Office.
He states that his son James WARE, Jr. lives about two-miles from him and that
James has fourteen children, thirteen who are still living. He states that his son
Edward WARE got married on the 20th of December 1821, to a daughter of Mr.
Wilson PENNS, and thast she has a son Alexander who lives about 130 miles away
on the frontier of this state (GEORGIA), who trades with the Indians.
He asked her to inform him about their Cousin Thomas WAUGH, and how his family
was. NOTE: Thomas WAUGH had married Frances WARE, the Daughter of Henry
WARE and Martha GARRETT.
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