Anderson in Prince George County

Late 18th century marriage records 

indicate the presence of:

BARNES, Thomas              ANDERSON, Elizabeth         22 Dec 1785
CAMERON, Donald             ANDERSON, Mary              17 Dec 1791

18th century Virginia patents 

reveal the presence of:

Charles 06/20/1733 Prince George CO
400a head of Eills Run of Stony Creek adj Robert Bolling Sappone tract
15/23

Henry 03/24/1725 Prince George Co
1144a head branches of Beaver Pond Branch of Deep Creek and branches of Smacks Creek
12/413

Henry 09/27/1728 Prince George Co
1800a upper side of Knibs Creek adj Cobbs land
13/403

Henry,Jr. 09/27/1729 Prince George Co
1737a lower side of Knibs Creek
13/409

James 09/05/1723 Prince George Co
308a west upper side of Butterwood Swamp
patents 11/207

James 08/18/1735 Prince George Co
150a north side Little Nottoway River
patents 16/160

John 09/27/1728 Prince George Co
952a both side of Knibs Creek
patents 13/4040

John 05/01/1706 Prince George Co
405a co-patent Robert Munford adj Henry King on Moccosoneck Creek
patents 9/715

Matthew 06/22/1722 Prince George Co
293a west side Butterwood Swamp
patents 11/112

Matthew 07/09/1724 Prince George Co
493a both side Butterwood Swamp adj Francis Coleman, Thomas hardway etc
patents 12/75

Paulin 09/29/1733 Prince George Co
2075a south  side Appomattox River adj Wm Fuqua, Wm Echols etc
patents 15/124

Thomas 06/16/1714 Prince George Co
105a Cattails & Reed branches adj his own
patents 10/157

William 07/14/1718 Prince George Co
299a both sides Mawhippanock Creek adj Matthew Mayes
patents 10/401

1810 Virginia Census

Anderson, Alexander   Prince George    282  00110-10010-0,0
Anderson, Cloy        Prince George    271  00000-00000-3,0
Anderson, David       Prince George    282  01010-00201-0,0
Anderson, Elizabeth   Prince George    286  01000-00011-0,0
Anderson, Mary        Prince George    281  00001-20100-0,0
Anderson, Robert      Prince George    273  20010-20100-0,0
Anderson, Samuel      Prince George    285  11010-21010-0,0
Anderson, Sarah       Prince George    286  00000-00010-0,0
Anderson, Spencer     Prince George    285  01101-00101-0,0

Discussion

At the beginning of the 18th century there were three Anderson families which resided in Prince George County.

• The sons and daughter of Reynard Anderson are listed in the 1704 rent roll and were land owners in between Bailey's Creek east of Petersburg, Virginia and the headwaters of the Blackwater River:
  • Frances Anderson married John Herbert and lived southeast of Petersburg.
  • John died unmarried in Prince George.
  • William moved into the area of current Dinwiddie County.
  • James died young but left a family who moved along Butterwood Creek into current Nottoway.
  • Henry moved through Henrico and his sons to the area of current Amelia.
  • Matthew moved along Butterwood Creek into current Dinwiddie County.
• Along the Cattail Creek in eastern Prince George Thomas Anderson had a plantation called "Cattails". His sons also claimed land in the 1730's in the western portions of Prince George County.
  • James claimed land in current Nottoway County west of Blackstone.
  • Charles claimed land along Stony Creek in current Dinwiddie County.
• Paulin and Richard Anderson claimed land in the area that became northern Amelia Co. They were descendants of Richard Anderson.

The MIDI file of "Why Have My Loved Ones Gone" (lyrics) by Stephen Collins Foster (1826-1864) is used by permission of Benjamin Robert Tubb from his website at Public Domain Music http://www.pdmusic.org.

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