| Scott Simpson's Virginia Genealogy |
| William Suddarth |
!DEATH DATE/PLACE: Will of William Suddarth; Amherst County, Virginia; Will Book 1; page 4. !FATHER: Will of James Sudduth; Stafford County, Virginia; Deed Book [Wills] Liber O; page 240 (as transcribed in Virginia County Court Records: Stafford County, Virginia Will Book (Liber 0); by Ruth and Sam Sparacio; page 51). That this is the same William Suddarth/Sudduth is indicated by the fact that the will of James Sudduth mentions "my Grandson Lawrence Sudduth," and William had a son Lawrence. !This may be the "William Sudworth" whose name appears in the following entry in Albemarle County Order Book I, 1744-1748 (as transcribed in Albemarle County Road Orders 1744-1748; by Nathaniel Mason Paw1ett (June 1975); page 11; published by the Virginia Transportation Research Council; available on-line at http://www.virginiadot.org/vtrc/main/index_main.htm): "23 Jan. 1745 O.S., p. 88 "On the Petition of Thomas Walker for a Road from the north Garden through Ivey Creek Pass to Rock fish Road. Order'd that William Sudworth Hugh Dobbins and John Lyon or Any two of them do View the same and make their Report there of to Next Court./." Before the creation of Nelson County in 1808, Albemarle County and Amherst County (where my William died) were contiguous. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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