Late 18th century tax records
indicate the presence of: ANDERSON, Charles ANDERSON, James ANDERSON, Jesse ANDERSON, John ANDERSON, Rhoda - a widow in the Descendants of Lawrence Anderson ANDERSON, Robert - Descendants of Robert Anderson ANDERSON, Robert - Descendants of Robert Anderson ANDERSON, Robert Of Hanover - Descendants of Robert Anderson ANDERSON, Thomas ANDERSON, William ANDERSON, William - see Descendents of Robert Anderson
Late 18th century marriage records
indicate the presence of: ANDERSON, Parsons COCKE, Mary 15 Feb 1758 WADE, Charles ANDERSON, Elizabeth 27 Sep 1773 COCKE, Anderson MICHAUX, Elizabeth 12 Sep 1782 BOWLES, Anderson THOMAS, Jane 30 Aug 1785 ANDERSON, James HUBBARD, Amy 23 Jan 1786 WILLIAMS, Anderson SHEPARD, Mildred 18 Dec 1786 ANDERSON, Charles ALLEN, Anna 20 Oct 1789 CONNER, Benjamin ANDERSON, Elizabeth 01 Jan 1790 ANDERSON, John BRYANT, Nancy 28 Jan 1793 ANDERSON, William KEELING, Sarah 24 Nov 1794 GAULDING, Alexander ANDERSON, Frances 22 Jan 1805 DUNKUM, William ANDERSON, Phoebe 16 Oct 1805 ANDERSON, Lawrence JENKINS, Ann 24 Sep 1806 BLANKENSHIP, Joseph ANDERSON, Polly 30 Dec 1806 MEADOR, James ANDERSON, Fanny 04 Dec 1809 JONES, Daniel ANDERSON, Susanna 27 Mar 1809 ROBINSON, Gross ANDERSON, Sarah 30 Oct 1809 JETER, Anderson ALLEN, Laura S. 05 Dec 1809
18th century Virginia land patents
reveal the presence of: James 09/10/1755 Cumberland Co 800a Appomattox River above Dry Creek patents 31/731
1810 Virginia Census
Anderson, Catherine Cumberland 143 02100-00001-0,4 Anderson, Charles Cumberland 135 31010-22020-0,0 Anderson, George Cumberland 142 01101-20001-0,3 Anderson, Jesse Cumberland 141 01101-10101-0,5 Anderson, John Cumberland 134 01101-11010-0,9 Anderson, John Cumberland 134 20010-10010-0,0 Anderson, Lawrence Cumberland 134 10010-10100-0,1 Anderson, Lewis Cumberland 142 00100-40010-0,0 Anderson, Richard Cumberland 134 21201-11010-0,9 Anderson, Richard Cumberland 141 00010-30010-0,2 Anderson, Sally Cumberland 132 00120-00201-0,0 Anderson, Samuel Cumberland 139 11111-21021-0,9 Anderson, William Cumberland 140 11210-10100-0,3
Discussion
Caution: There is a mixture of at least two branches of the Anderson family in Cumberland County. The descendants of Lawrence Anderson of Essex County seem to make up most of the late 18th century residents of Cumberland County.
However early in the County history the families of James, William and Charles Anderson three of the sons of Thomas Anderson and Agnes Gannaway; themselves descendents of Robert Anderson of Hanover County were also in the county.
I have not had the opportunity to examine the land records in detail to assist in sorting these men all out. I do caution though that both the Robert Anderson of York River and Lawrence Anderson of Essex County branches of the family have claimed a particular James Anderson of Cumberland as one of theirs. I have not received corroboratory evidence yet from either branch as to the substance of their claims. It is likely that there were several James Andersons in the County and researchers should be cautious not to merge them into one. Examination of the records would indicate that most of the children of James and Charles moved south out of the county by 1800. William the brother apparently remained past 1810.
There is one marriage for Charles Anderson, a descendant of the south side Thomas Anderson, but this appears to be serendipity and most all of the county Andersons had immigrated from north of the James River.
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