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| Birth: | ABT 1774 in Virginia |
| Death: | BET 1850 AND 1860 in Carroll County,Virginia |
| Sex: | M |
| Father: | Barnaby Barnard Wells b. ABT 1748 |
| Mother: | Margaret Poole b. ABT 1751 in Muddy Creek,Blayden,North Carolina |
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Ancestral File Number: C389-CJ
Reference Number: 4
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The 1805 Grayson County, Virginia Personal Property Tax List has Hiram Wells as head of household and the only male over 16 years of age. It lists that he has two horses and was taxed 24 cents.
The following are the other Wells family listed in the tax list of 1805:
Wells, Barnebas, Jr.
Wells, Barnebas, Sr.
Wells, Barnebas
Wells, Jesse
The 1813 Grayson County, Virginia Personal Property Tax List has Hiram Wells as head of household and the only male over 16 years of age. It lists that he has two horses and was taxed 32 cents.
The following are the other Wells family listed in the tax list of 1813:
Wells, Jesse
Wells, Barny, Jr.
Wells, Barney, Sr.
The 1817 Grayson County, Virginia Personal Property Tax List has Hiram Wells as head of household and 3 males over 16 years of age. It lists that he has three horses and was taxed 54 cents.
The following are the other Wells family listed in the tax list of 1817:
Wells, Barney, Sen.
Wells, Barney, Jur
Wells, John
The 1828 Grayson County, Virginia Personal Property Tax List has Hiram Wells as head of household.
The following are the other Wells family listed in the tax list of 1828:
Wells, John
Wells, William
Wells, John
Wells, Stephen
Wells, Barny
Wells, Larkin
Wells, George
The 1835 Grayson County, Virginia Personal Property Tax List has Hiram Wells as head of household.
The following are the other Wells family listed in the tax list of 1835:
Wells, John
Wells, George
The 1842 Carroll County, Virginia Personal Property Tax List has Hiram Wells as head of household. It lists that he has one horse and was taxed 12 cents.
Grayson County, Virginia 1826 Court Order Book
"The gov for John EDWARDS vs John A. CLOUD in debt. The defendant with leave of the court filed an additonal plea and on motion of the defendant a spa ducer lacum issued to summon Jabez JOHNSTON to appear here at the next term and bring with him a receipt executed by John EDWARDS to Hiram WELLS and the cause is continued for the plaintiff."
In the 1815 Grayson County Personal Property Tax List, March 31, "Hierom WILLS" was taxed $0.90 for two white males over 16, and three horses and nine head of cattle. The 1815 Real Estate Assessments show him assessed for one farm on Crooked Creek of 50 acres, having thereon two "cabbens," valued at $50., another of 60 acres, $40., 200 acres, with one "cabben'" $80. He signed, "Hierom WILLS."
Deeds and land entries relating to Hiram in Patrick and Grayson, date from 1797 thru 1815. May 12, 1815, James JONES to Hiram WILLS, (Grayson, Entry A-166), Sep. 22, 1807, Aaron RITTER to Hiram WILLS, 20 acres, part of Logan Tract (D.B., Grayson, 2-373), Sep 19, 1808 and Stephen JONES, to "Hyrom" Wills, 80 acres (Grayson, D.B. 2-432).
An additional 60 acres from Aaron REUTOR (RITTER), John and Nancy JONES, 106 acres to "Hierum WELLS," (Patrick, D.B. 1-442), another 200 acres, Stephen JONES, 19 Apr 1798, (Patrick D.B. 1-512), deed filed, not recorded, 10 Oct 1815, 200 acres: Hiram and Mary WILLS to Eliphlet JOHNSON (Ref. Patrick D.B. 1-512).
Hiram and Mary were living in Carroll when the 1850 Census was taken. Hiram was probably dead before the 1860 Census.
There is a preponderence of old records using Surname, "WILLS." Some of Hiram's children migrated to Raleigh County, where Zedekiah COMBS' children (with the exception of Joseph) settled. The Censuses (1860 - 1920), Raleigh County, West Virginia, have always recorded these families as "WILLS." Sarah COMBS, Zedekiah's daughter, married William WILLS and they settled at Marsh Creek in Raleigh County, and many descendants remained in that area. A handwritten Indenture, recording land sale between Abraham HAWKS and Hiram, spells the name "WILLS" and "WILLIS." Using a magnifying glass, the "i" in Surname is clearly dotted.
Some of the early records spell the name, WELLS, but taking the evidence of other early records, and the acceptance of Censuses using WILLS, all names appear in my genealogy as "WILLS".
In the 1850 Census, there was a 12 year old female, Susan TURNEY, TIERNEY or TUNNEY living in the household with Hiram and Mary. It may be that she was Susan KEARNEY, whose sister, Sarah, married St Clair COMBS, the son of Joseph COMBS and Caroline WILLS (Hiram's daughter). Children were often "farmed" out at rather early ages in those days.
The KEARNEYS and COMBS and WILLS families were neighbors "on the top of the mountain." This family was connected to Vincent TIERNEY or KEARNEY, who lived on top of the mountain in the 1820's.
Mary, age 82, was in Wythe County 1860 Census in the household of her son-in-law, Newton WHEELER. Her youngest son, Daniel, age 48, was also in the household. In the Wythe Co. 1870 Census, Mary was absent, she had evidently died before this date, but Daniel still resided with Newton and Nancy. In 1880, Daniel was no longer in their household.
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- Title: 1850 Census, Carroll County, VA
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