Sarah Breckenridge^{[1, 2]}

1698 - 1794  (96 years)

• Name	Sarah Breckenridge
  	d/o Alexander Breckinridge of Ireland, and Tavern Keeper in Augusta Co., VA
  Born	1698	Antrim, Northern Ireland
  Gender	Female
  Died	1794	Augusta County, Virginia
  Person ID	I19108	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	6 May 2019

  
  

  Father	Alexander Breckenridge,   b. 1670, Ireland ,   d. 1743, Staunton, Augusta Co., Virginia Colony  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Jane Preston,   b. 1680, Ireland ,   d. 1748, Staunton, Augusta Co., Virginia Colony  (Age 68 years)
  Notes	(627) Samuel Gist vs. Thomas Reed and George Brackenridge. ? ^Alexr, Breckenridge, security. (512) Hemp certificates: Thomas Stuart, James Ewing, James Greenlee, Rob. Breckenridge. James Davis vs. David Morgan. ? Attachment 17th July, 1746. George Breckenridge, surety. George Brackenridge vs. Robert Rennick. ? Petition August, 1746. William Lewis vs. James Brackenridge. ? ^Attachment. 19th June, 1746. Defendant absconded. Attachment levied in hands of Robert McClenachan and George Brackenridge. Note of James Breckenridge to Wm. Lewis, £3, 2, 8. Dated 23d December, 1744. JUDGMENTS AT RULES. 1751. Bell vs. Borden's executor. ? ^James Bell (one entry for himself and one for John MulhoUand, his servant) prior to 1738, and on February 21, 1738, Alex. Breckinridge, George, James, Robert and Adam Breckenridge, John Moore, Quantin Moore, George Henderson, Thomas Armstrong, John Bell, John Walters, William McCanless, Robert Poage, Seth Poage, Daniel Mc- Anaire and John Grove entered each 100 acres with Benjamin Borden, but got no deed. Suit by James Bell to get deed. Benjamin Borden, Jr., charges in answer that James Bell caused a servant wench of his to be dressed in man's clothes and made an entry in her name as a man, and also caused another woman, the wife of William McKenless, to appear in her proper person on a different part of land as the wife of another settler and thereby obtained another entry. [3]
  Family ID	F7605	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Captain Robert the Founder Immigrant McClanahan,   b. Abt 1710, Ireland ,   d. 1791, Staunton, Augusta County, Virginia  (Age ~ 81 years)
  Married	1739	Ireland
  Children	+ 1. Leut. Col. Alexander 'Breckenridge' McClanahan,   b. Est 1740, Antrim, Ulster Province, IRELAND ,   d. 6 May 1797, Augusta County, Virginia  (Age ~ 57 years)   2. Jane/Jean 'Jenny' McClanahan,   b. 8 Dec 1740, Augusta County, Virginia Colony ,   d. Yes, date unknown + 3. Agnes 'Breckenridge' McClanahan,   b. Est 1742, Augusta, Virginia Colony ,   d. 1 Aug 1794, Augusta County, Virginia  (Age ~ 52 years) + 4. Capt. John 'Breckenridge' McClanahan,   b. 9 Nov 1742, Augusta County, Virginia Colony ,   d. 30 Jun 1774  (Age 31 years)   5. 'Lettice', Letitia McClanahan,   b. 26 May 1745, Augusta Co., Virginia ,   d. Yes, date unknown + 6. Captain Robert 'Breckenridge' McClanahan,   b. 19 Apr 1747, Augusta County, Virginia Colony ,   d. 10 Oct 1774, Point Pleasant, Mason Co., Virginia Colony  (Age 27 years)   7. Doctor William [Breckenridge] McClanahan,   b. 10 Jan 1748, Augusta County, Virginia Colony ,   d. 10 Oct 1774, Point Pleasant, Colonial America  (Age 26 years)
  Last Modified	18 Feb 2022
  Family ID	F7084	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Volume IV Defense of Col. Edward Hill Archibald Wood 01-15-2019-009.pdf
  		Map of Part of Augusta County, Colony of Virginia 1755-1760; Shows Tinkling Spring Church, Fort Chiswell, and Fort Dickinson Map_of_Augusta_County_1755-1760.jpg
  		Will of Robert McClanahan 1791 Augusta Co., VA Robert McClanahan Will (WB7-P434).jpg
  		Baptism Records of the Rev. Craig in Augusta County, Virginia Children of Robert McClanahan and Sarah Breckenridge McClenachan Baptisms 1740-9 (Craig List).pdf

  
  

  Histories

  The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Vol.XXVII The Breckenridge Family 01-15-2019-004.pdf

  
  

• Notes

  Sarah Breckinridge, the wife of Robert McClanahan was, according to tradition, a woman of very strong mind, and her company was much sought by the most cultivated people of her day. Her father was a staunch Presbyterian.

  
  

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  [S82] Wikitree, https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Sarah_Breckenridge_%288%29. Sarah Breckenridge[ABT 1710-1794] Augusta Co., VA Robert McClanahan BEF 1714-abt 1791 Children: Lt. Col. Alexander McClanahan, ABT 1734-1797 Agnes McClanahan, BT 1735 - Sarah McClanahan, 736-1750 - Lettice 'Lettis' McClanahan, 736-1750 - Jane "Jenny" McClanahan, 740 - Capt. John McClanahan, Sr., 1742 - 1774 Mary 'Polly' McClanahan, BEF 1744 - Capt. Robert McClanahan, 1747 - 1774 William McClanahan, 1748/49 - [S107] Family Histories, http://people.virginia.edu/~rtg2t/kin/data/Kith.and.Kin.txt. THE BRECKINRIDGE LINE Sarah, wife of Robert M'Clanahan, already married when they came to America, was the daughter of Alexander Brackenridge; for so he writes his name in the deed made in 1740, which I saw at the City Hall, Philadelphia, and which says he was removing to Virginia; the Ridge where grew the Bracken great, fern like, as in so many I have seen in Scotland. Driven by persecution from Ayrshire, Scotland, under Charles II to North of Ireland, among the 'Landholders' on the Hamilton Estate in Ulster, 1681, there was a Gilbert Brakenrig, who might have been the father of Alexander, who came to Pennsylvania in 1728, and on May 22, 1740, at Orange Court, among fourteen heads of families 'proved his importation' with wife and eight children, the same day with Robert M'Clanahan, his son-in-law. He was appointed August 11, 1741, by the people of Tinkling Spring Church, with four others, to 'manage their public affairs.' His widow, Janet, 'in open court May 24, 1744, relinquished her right to administer on his estate to her oldest son, George.' There were two older half brothers: Adam, Deputy Sheriff under his brother-in-law, Robert M'Clanahan, November 28, 1749, and John. Younger children were Robert, Smith, Sarah (Mrs. Robert M'Clanahan) and Letitia, wife of Elijah M'Clanahan Robert's brother. From Robert, who married first his first cousin, Sarah Poage, descend Ripleys, of Kentucky, and the two famous daughters of Shakespeare Caldwell and Eliza Breckinridge, great-granddaughter of Alexander, the good old Elder of Tinkling Spring: 'enough to make him turn over in his grave.' For the two Caldwell girls were educated in a convent, and became ardent Romanists. Their great wealth enabled them to build and endow the 'Catholic University' at Washington. Their money also probably accounted for the marriage of the older, Mary Gwendoline Caldwell, to the Marquis des Monstriers-M?rinville, and of the younger Eliza Lina to Baron von Zedwitz. Neither marriage was happy, and I think there were no children of the Marquise. Since writing this, the daily papers tell of the effort of young Baron von Zedwitz, a German officer in the World War, to recover his mother's American property. The two sisters were dominated by the priests until their later years, when they broke with them, and seemed to turn back to the faith of their fathers. One of them wrote a book which I have, 'The Double Policy of the Papacy.' At her death I saw in the Baltimore Sun that she 'died in the bosom of Mother Church,' and that she was insane when she wrote her book! which had the honor of being placed in the Index Expurgatorius by the Pope. From Robert, also, by his second wife, Letitia Preston, descended Vice-President John C. Breckinridge, Hon. W. C. P. Breckinridge, the 'silver-tongued orator'; Clifton Breckinridge, Minister to Russia, who married your father's friend, Kate Carson; Rev. Dr. Robert J. Breckinridge; Rev. Dr. Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield, of Princeton Seminary; Judge Samuel Miller Breckinridge whose splendid life of service came to its end on the floor of the General Assembly while speaking; and other notables, brilliant men and charming women. Among the latter were the three fascinating daughters of Frances Breckinridge and Rev. John Clark Young, who married Rev. Dr. Gelon H. Rout, Rev. Dr. Rutherford Douglas and Rev. Dr. E. Rutherford. Carolina, sister of Mrs. Young, married Rev. Dr. Bullock, the welcome witty guest in my father's house. Once when my mother gave a breakfast party for him, with D. D.'s and reverends and divinity students for guests from the University, the conversation turned on ministers' wives, and Dr. Bullock urged my mother to find a wife for one of the guests, an incorrigible bachelor. She described two sisters, their intellectual attainments, their social position, their excellence in all housewifely arts, their devotion to the Church, their comfortable patrimony. Dr. Bullock with his urbane bow, 'What a wonderful catalogue, Mrs. Woods, but I notice one item you have emitted; may I ask, Are they comely?' It brought down the house. 'Oh you preachers!' said my mother. [S275] Lyman Chalkley, Lyman Chalkley. Chalkley COUNTY COURT JUDGMENTS. August, 1751. Hecde vs. Phillips. ? Stephen Phillips, Jr., came from New Brunswick, County Middlesex, Province East New Jersey. Westfall vs. Richardson. ? In 1750, Daniel Richardson piloted and trans- ported Adam Breckenridge out of this Colony to Carolina, where Adam now is against statute. Adam was indebted to plaintiff.. West vs. Walling. ? William Wallen had moved from Augusta to Carolina in 1751.. June, 1752. [S82] Wikitree, https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Sarah_Breckenridge_%288%29. Sarah Breckenridge[ABT 1710-1794] Augusta Co., VA Robert McClanahan BEF 1714-abt 1791 Children: Lt. Col. Alexander McClanahan, ABT 1734-1797 Agnes McClanahan, BT 1735 - Sarah McClanahan, 736-1750 - Lettice 'Lettis' McClanahan, 736-1750 - Jane "Jenny" McClanahan, 740 - Capt. John McClanahan, Sr., 1742 - 1774 Mary 'Polly' McClanahan, BEF 1744 - Capt. Robert McClanahan, 1747 - 1774 William McClanahan, 1748/49 - https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Early_Settlers_of_Augusta_County%2C_Virginia_-_Surnames_K-O ? -Mc- Robert McClanahan (Beverley Manor NW, 331 acres from Wm. Beverley, 27 May 1741, on record in Orange County, VA from "The McClanahans", by H.M. White, Stone Printing & Mfg., 1894) Robert McClanahan (Beverley Manor, from Wm. Beverley, 340 acres in Beverley Manor; Lewis Creek, Brackenridge, crossing Ramsey's Branch, 17 June 1748 from Chalkley's) and (Beverley Patent NE, 216 acres) Robert McClanahan, Gent. (acres not listed, on Christie's Creek, Beverley Manor, from Chalkley's, 27 Feb. 1749) and (1/2 acre lot in Staunton, Lot No. 5, Corner Preston's land. "Livery by turf and twig", from Chalkley's, 27 Feb. 1749) [S93] Sons of the American Revolution, https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2204/32596_242241-00180/547552?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/40381966/person/19695484155/facts/citation/147704828296/edit/record#?imageId=32596_242241-00180. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Name: Alexander McClanahan SAR Membership 44885 Role Ancestor Application Date Robert McClomahan, wife, Sarah Breckenridge Spouse [Eleanor] Shelton Children: Letitia McClomahan, m. Morris Austin Others in Record Lyle Austin Smith, [Applicant], s/o Julia Austin - Abraham Smith, s/o Alexander McClanahan Austin - Mary Lyle Hunter s/o Morris Austin - Lettia McClanahan, s/o Alexander McClanahan - Shelton [Eleanor], s/o Robert McClanahan - Sarah Breckenridge Lieutenant Colonel of Smith's Regiment of Virginia Volunteers; Commissioned Lt. Col. of 7th Regiment Virginia at outbreak of war and served as such through war. [S100] Internet Source, http://www.archive.org/stream/mcclanahans00whitgoog/mcclanahans00whitgoog_djvu.txt. Robert McClanahan came to Augusta County from Ireland. The time of his coming has not been certainly determined, but it was at an early day. His deed to three hundred and thirty-one acres of land by William Beverly, dated May 27, 1741, is on record in Orange Courthouse, Virginia. There was no clerk's office, in Augusta County, until 1745. His wife, Sarah Breckinridge, was daughter of Alexander Breckinridge, who came to America from the North of Ireland in 1728, and removed from Pennsylvania to a farm near the present site of Staunton, in Augusta County, Virginia. Robert McClanahan died in 1791, at his home, one mile south of Staunton, on what is known now as the Greenville road. He was, therefore, "the emigrant and founder." His children were Alexander, John, Robert and William (sons); with Mrs. St. Clair, Mrs. Dean, Mrs. Poage and Mrs. Keiser (daughters). It is a little doubtful whether Mrs. Poage was daughter or granddaughter of Robert, the first; but the evidence for the former is very strong. Mr. Frederick Johnston, in his " Memorials of Virginia Clerks" (page 52), says that "Robert McClanahan, throughout his whole life, was 'a prominent man, "From, the "Annals of Augusta County," by Waddell, we learn that he acted in various public capacities during his life. Quoting from the records of the county, Waddell writes as follows: "August 22, 1748, it appears that John Lewis had contracted to erect the public buildings of the parish for ^148. * * * From a bond executed by Colonel Lewis, with Robert McClanahan as security, * * * it appears that one of the buildings was a dwelling house for the parish minister." * * * "November 28, 1749, a commission to Robert McClnahan, gent., to be sheriff of this county during his majesty's pleasure, was produced in court," etc. Adam Breckinridge, son of Alexander Breckinridge, who was founder of the distinguished family of that name in this county, and brother- in-law of McClanahan, "qualified as deputy sheriff." "Annals, page 41. Establishes further evidence of the familial relationships with the Lewis' and McClanahans. "November 28, 1749, a commission to Robert McClnahan, gent., to be sheriff of this county during his majesty's pleasure, was produced in court," etc. Adam Breckinridge, son of Alexander Breckinridge, who was founder of the distinguished family of that name in this county, and brother-in-law of McClanahan, "qualified as deputy sheriff." "Annals, page 41." In 1750, the County Clerk employed Andrew Lewis as surveyor, to lay off twenty-five acres in town lots. The court appointed Andrew Lewis, Robert McClanahan, and Robert Breckinridge, commissioners to convey the lots to purchasers. Robert McClanahan purchased two half-acre lots for £2. 10 s. "Annal3 y pages 4.5, 4.6." [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/145158616. Robert McClenachan, Sr. came to America with his brother Elijah, arriving with his future father-in-law, Alexander BRECKENRIDGE - they arrived in Philadelphia around 1727-1728. There are very few records at this time regarding their stay in Pennsylvania, however, there was a document in Philadelphia City Hall indicating that Robert Sr. moved to Virginia. And there is a record of Robert marrying Sarah BRECKENRIDGE in Bucks County, Pennsylvania in 1738. Robert Sr. and Elijah MCCLENACHAN went to Augusta County, Virginia and were among the early pioneers of that county along with many of the BRECKENRIDGES, CUNNINGHAMS, LEWIS', STUARTS, MONTGOMERYS and POAGES. Records do show that Robert Sr. proved his importation in the Orange County (VA) Courthouse on 22 March 1740, the same day his father-in-law Alexander BRECKENRIDGE proved his importation. Proving importation was necessary in order to purchase land. Shortly thereafter, Robert Sr. purchased 331 acres from the William BEVERLY Manor. The deed was recorded 27 May 1741, at the Orange County Courthouse. Robert Sarah received a number of land grants from the BEVERLY Land Grant Tract and settled in Staunton, Augusta County. Robert was very active in Augusta Co. In 1743 he received a license to open an "Ordinary", which is defined as a public house where food is served to the public. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography", Oct. 1899, describes "his log cabin hostelry was across the street from the courthouse. We may imagine the scene in the dining room on a court day. The dinner table was spread in this big room, and was composed of several split logs put together, and guests sat on benches constructed in like manner. The food was brought to the table in pewter or wooden platters and consisted probably of beef, certainly pork and venison, and possibly of bear meat; with cabbage, potatoes, and turnips, one or all. If Colonel LEWIS's mill was then grinding, corn dodgers were supplied for bread, otherwise there was only hominy; no knives or forks were furnished, but each guest whipped out his jack knife and helped himself as best he could, fingers being freely used. The charge for the meal, as fixed by the court, was 12 1/2 cents, coffee was not known, but liquors of several kinds were at hand, and at surprisingly low prices, according to the established rates--rum$1.30 per gallon, whiskey $1.00 per gallon, and claret 83 1/2 cents per quart, whatever else the people did without, they managed by some means to obtain liquors; such is the native depravity of man! But as far as we know, intemperance was not prevalent." Robert Sr. was in Capt. John CHRISTIAN's company of Augusta Co., militia in 1742. He was Sheriff of the county about 1765. Appeared at a vestry meeting as Attorney-in-fact for Rev. John JONES, Rector. Aug. 1761, Robert convicted of selling liquor without a license. Oct. 8, 1771, verdict returned against Robert (at age 73) for Trespass and Assault and Battery. Cost 50 shillings. Robert bought and sold many parcels of land in and around Staunton, Virginia. Robert MCCLENACHAN Sr. and Sarah BRECKENRIDGE had seven children: Alexander, Mary "Polly" Agnes, Jane "Jean", John, Letitia Esther, Robert Jr. and William. Robert Sr. died in 1791 in Augusta Co. Virginia. - Excerpted from "The McClanahans", by H.M.White and "The McClenahan Family", by James R. McClenahan - [S245] Vital Record (Ancestry), https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=VaRecords_ga&h=79741&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=2204. Name: Robert McClenachan Date: 7 Jun 1791 Location: Augusta Co., VA Notes: This probate record was originally published in "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County" by Lyman Chalkley. Remarks: Robert McClenachans will-To wife Sarah; to daughters, Agnes Dean, Jene Sinclair, Lettis Kizer; to son, Alexander, plantation in Rockbridge whereon Robert Shaw lives; to grandsons, John and Robert McClenachan, sons of son Robert McClenachan, deceased Description: Decedent's Son Book: WB7-434 Prove Date: 1 Dec 1791 [S100] Internet Source, https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Early_Settlers_of_Augusta_County%2C_Virginia_-_Surnames_K-O. Robert McClanahan (Beverley Manor NW, 331 acres from Wm. Beverley, 27 May 1741, on record in Orange County, VA from "The McClanahans", by H.M. White, Stone Printing & Mfg., 1894) Robert McClanahan (Beverley Manor, from Wm. Beverley, 340 acres in Beverley Manor; Lewis Creek, Brackenridge, crossing Ramsey's Branch, 17 June 1748 from Chalkley's) and (Beverley Patent NE, 216 acres) Robert McClanahan, Gent. (acres not listed, on Christie's Creek, Beverley Manor, from Chalkley's, 27 Feb. 1749) and (1/2 acre lot in Staunton, Lot No. 5, Corner Preston's land. "Livery by turf and twig", from Chalkley's, 27 Feb. 1749) [S107] Family Histories, http://people.virginia.edu/~rtg2t/kin/data/Kith.and.Kin.txt. THE McCLANAHAN LINE The mother of Anne Poage Woods was Agnes McClanahan, daughter of Robert McClanahan, who came with so many others about 1740. His deed to 331 acres is dated May 27, 1741, at Orange Court House; no county enacted until 1738, and no clerk's office, of Augusta; no "sufficient number of competent men," until 1743. Col. John Lewis has him security for a bond August 22, 1748. November 28, 1748, 'was produced in court, Commission to Robert McClanahan, Gent. to be Sheriff of this (Augusta) County during his Majesty's pleasure.' In the French and Indian War, 1755, Gov. Dinwiddie writes him and David Stuart to treat with friendly Cherokees against Shawnees. There were three brothers of Robert: Blair and James who remained in Pennsylvania, and Elijah. Blair became a wealthy merchant; Rev. Saml. McLanahan, of Baltimore, is from him. James (who followed the frequent custom of the day in varied spelling, I have seen five in one family deed), McClannaghan had a son who married Isabella Craig, of Cecil County, Md.; their son, James, married Elizabeth Boggs; five children; the oldest, J. King McLenahan, Hollidaysburg, Pa., father of E. Johnston McLenahan and of Isabella, Mrs. George Brown, who built Brown Memorial, Baltimore, where we have worshipped so often. Elijah had a daughter, Mrs. Jane Holliday, of Winchester, Va. (perhaps greatgrandmother of the governor). He wrote November 25, 1789, about her 'rising family' and to bid her a 'last farewell,' a very old man. Elijah and Alexander McClanahan were on the Court 1781 to try two 'disloyal persons' after the war; Elijah was foreman of the Court which had in it also an uncle, a nephew, a brother-in-law and two others of the family! Elijah was one of the first trustees of the City of Staunton and one of the freeholders demanding in October, 1776, Religious Liberty, equality for 'all religious denominations within the Dominion.' Robert McClanahan and Sarah Breckinridge had eight children: 1. Alexander married Miss Shelton, sister of Patrick Henry's first wife. He was captain in Bouquet's Expedition, and at Point Pleasant; as also his brother, John, a lieutenant, who married Margaret Lewis. 3. Robert, Jr., captain, killed at Point Pleasant; two sons moved to Kentucky. 4. William lived in Roanoke County at the 'Big Lick,' where the deer used to come for the salty taste of the rock and clay, beside the Big Spring. It now supplies with its crystal flow the great city of Roanoke, built on the plantation of Wm.'s family, thereby made wealthy. They are all active in Church matters, leaders in good works, especially the good Elder William S. McClanahan and his sisters. One of them was the wife of Rev. Dr. Pitzer, another married Rev. Dr. Henry Martyn White, to whose brochure 'the M?Clanahans' I owe much of this account; their son is Rev. Hugh White, of China. From Wm.'s son, Col. Elijah and his wife, Agatha Lewis, are Rev. Wm. McC. Miller and his sons, Rev. W. McC., Jr., and Dr. Houston Miller, missionary to China. 5. Jane married John Boys; her daughter, Kitty, was the mother of Mr. Jos. Addison Waddell, author of 'Annals of Augusta County,' from which much of my definite information about Augusta has been obtained. 6. Mrs. Dean. 7. Agnes married Thomas Poage. [S245] Vital Record (Ancestry), https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/48370/IndexQueriesPA-003799-234/315488?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/78411138/person/46402609110/facts/citation/323510144255/edit/record#?imageId=IndexQueriesPA-003987-422. Everyname Index to Egle's Notes and Queries Chiefly Relating to Interior of Pennsylvania Fourth Series, Volume 1 and 2, Page 422 McLanahan, Blair, 1:282 McLanahan, Robert, 1:282 McLanahan, Sarah Breckendridge, 1:282 [S130] Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah_McClanahan. Bibliography Breckenbridge, James. 1783-1904. Papers. Abstract: Correspondence (chiefly relating to Breckinridge's legal career and his land speculation in western Virginia and Kentucky), legal papers, deeds, militia orders and returns, receipts, accounts, and other papers. Includes description of iron works in Wythe County, Va., Mutual Assurance Society receipts, and rates charged by ordinary keepers (1770). Topics mentioned in correspondence include Virginia and U.S. politics, local elections, War of 1812, settlement of Kentucky and Tennessee, Indian wars, slavery, and Virginia militia, with specific references to formation of Kentucky government, congressional sessions of 1793-1797 and 1805-1812, the Kentucky Resolutions (1798), troubles with squatters in Indian territory, expeditions against Indians (1791 and 1813), collection of whiskey taxes, excise taxes, the national bank, internal improvements, trial of Aaron Burr, mill owned by Breckinridge, and support of two illegitimate children. Correspondents include John Breckinridge, Robert Breckinridge, William Breckinridge, Henry Clay, Francis Walker Gilmer, Peachy R. Gilmer, George Hancock, Andrew Jackson, James Madison, John Marshall, Elijah McClanahan, James McClung, Francis Preston, John Preston, William Preston, Martha Jefferson Randolph, Archibald Stuart, and Bushrod Washington. National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. "Villa Heights". Roanoke Times. March 20, 2018. "Historic mansion in northwest Roanoke added to state landmarks register." White, H. M. The McClanahans. 1716. Abstract: Family history and genealogy compiled by White of the McClanahans, a Scotch-Irish family that settled in Virginia after 1716. The book describes the family's involvement in the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War. Included is information on the Poage family. References "William McLenachan's Will, 1820." Kegley, F. B. Kegley's Virginia Frontier: The Beginning of the Southwest, the Roanoke of Colonial Days, 1740-1783, with Maps and Illustrations. Roanoke, Virginia: Southwest Virginia Historical Society, 1938. Pages 532-533. Summers, Lewis Preston, George W. L. Bickley, and Charles B. Coale. Annals of Southwest Virginia, 1769-1800. Baltimore, Maryland: Clearfield Company, 1929. Page 383. Summers, Lewis Preston, George W. L. Bickley, and Charles B. Coale. Annals of Southwest Virginia, 1769-1800. Baltimore, Maryland: Clearfield Company, 1929. Page 448. White, H. M. The McClanahans. 1894. [1] Chapter IV. Also pages 40-42. Roanoke, Virginia. The Stone Printing and Manufacturing Company. 1894. Summers, Lewis Preston, George W. L. Bickley, and Charles B. Coale. Annals of Southwest Virginia, 1769-1800. Baltimore, Maryland: Clearfield Company, 1929. Page 462. Writers' Program (U.S.). Roanoke, Story of County and City. [Roanoke]: [Stone Print. and manufacturing Co.], 1942. Page 330. Findagrave.com Summers, Lewis Preston, George W. L. Bickley, and Charles B. Coale. Annals of Southwest Virginia, 1769-1800. Baltimore, Maryland: Clearfield Company, 1929. Page 934. Kagey, Deedie Dent. When Past Is Prologue: A History of Roanoke County. Roanoke, Va: Roanoke County Sesquicentennial Committee, 1988. Page 132.. Kagey, Deedie Dent. When Past Is Prologue: A History of Roanoke County. Roanoke, Va: Roanoke County Sesquicentennial Committee, 1988. Page 106. Cox, Ray. 2017. Early Roanoke County founder rests at well-groomed gravesite. Roanoke Times. Apr 10, 2017. Kagey, Deedie Dent. When Past Is Prologue: A History of Roanoke County. Roanoke, Va: Roanoke County Sesquicentennial Committee, 1988. Page 705. Kagey, Deedie Dent. When Past Is Prologue: A History of Roanoke County. Roanoke, Va: Roanoke County Sesquicentennial Committee, 1988. Page 107. Virginia. Alleghany Turnpike Company Records. 1847. Roanoke Times. March 20, 2018. "Historic mansion in northwest Roanoke added to state landmarks register." National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. "Villa Heights". Section 7, page 5. Findagrave.com Bibliography [S84] Rootsweb, http://sites.rootsweb.com/~vaaugust/photo.html. Tinkling Spring Photo Album Deeply imbedded in the history of the settlement of Augusta County is Tinkling Spring Church. The first settlers from the north were John Lewis who arrive in 1732 and William Beverley who was given a large land grant in 1736. The Scotch-Irish Presbyterians who followed lost no time in forming the Triple Forks of the Shenandoah Congregation and in petitioning the Donegal Presbytery for the services of a minister. Two centers of worship developed--Tinkling Spring and the Augusta Stone Meeting Houses. These pictures are from Howard McKnight Wilson's The Tinkling Spring: Headwater of Freedom, A study of the Church and Her People, 1732-1952, permission granted by Tinkling Spring Church. Tinkling Spring Church was officially founded in 1740. The first meeting house was a log cabin measuring twenty-four by fifty feet. The floor plan shows seating arrangement and pew rent. The small pulpit was located along the west wall. The interior was severely simple and the floor was the ground over which the the sanctuary was constructed. The pews were simple benches without backs, probably made of split logs. This monument, which stands outside the Fellowship Hall, reads, "Sacred to the Memory of the Immigrants to this valley who turned the wilderness into habitations." It lists the names of the original members who were assessed twelve shillings each to build the first meeting house. Administratively, the membership was divided into three Quarters headed by John Christian, William Wright, and John Finley. Christian's quarter included families named Black, Cowin, Wilson, Long, Bell, Alexander, Stewart, Patton, Hall, Robison, Cristian, Davison, McCollock, Caldwell, Armstrong, Rutledge, Henderson, Conegham, Thomson, Scott, Gamel, Ramsey, Preston, Maxwell, McDonal, Russell, Lewis, Hutchison, McClanahan, Brackenridge, and McCollock. Wright's quarter included families named Smith Hutchison, Palmer, Thomson, Moday, Frazer, Johnston, Logan, Henderson, Scileran, Black, Cear, McCune, Fergeson, and Wright. Finley's quarter included families named McClure, Turk, Gay, Finley, McCollock, Gelaspey, Edmiston, Campbell, Stewart, Peterson, Cear, Tays, Steel, and White. (Photo courtesy of Ellen L. Moffett) Interest in building a new meeting house began in 1777 when the subscribers agreed to pay the costs. However, completion of the building was delayed by the war and it wasn't until about 1792 that the Stone Sanctuary shown here was completed. The present church building was erected in 1849 and remodeled in 1916. The statue of Pioneer Woman was chosen by Howard McKnight Wilson as the Frontispiece in his The Tinkling Spring: Headwater of Freedom, A study of the Church and Her People, 1732-1952. [S40] Will, See Docs. LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF ROBERT MCCLANAHAN, SR. DATED 7 JUN 1791, RECORDED DEC 1791 TRANSCRIPTION [S275] Lyman Chalkley, Lyman Chalkley. August Court 1761 More vs. McClenachan (The White Horse).-Rob. McClenachan (The White Horse) was convicted of selling liquor without license. 23 Nov 1764 (212) Robert McClenachan qualified administrator of James Simpson, formerly granted to George Wilson Robert Neeley, returned no inhabitant. [He is in [Halifax] (Pittsylvania Co., VA founded in 1766)