Davis G. Tuck

Davis married Elizabeth Dewberry. Elizabeth was born Abt 1783, Halifax Co., Virginia; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

1. David I. Tuck was born 1818, Halifax County, Virginia; died 1850, Halifax Co., Virginia.

Notes:

Halifax Co, VA Plea Book No. 4 June court 1763
(27) p. 60 John sparrow, Plt, vs Thomas Tuck, Deft, In Debt. John Tuck becomes special bail for Deft

Halifax Co VA Plea Book No 2 Part 2 (27) p. 317 John Tuck is appointed [to lay open a road] ..Terrible Cr

Halifax Co VA Plea Book No 2, Part 1(84) p. 172 James Hill...appointed surveyor of the road from Cow Ford on Banister River to Blands Road leading to Wades Ferry...Thomas Tuck, & all other convenient male laboring tithables to be road...

http://reigelridge.com/roots/index.htm?ssmain=p1891.htm;
Check this for Thomas Tuck.......identity unknown of Halifax

Name: John TUCK , Sr. 1 2
Sex: M
Birth: ABT 1735 in prob. Virginia
Death: 10 AUG 1801 in Halifax Co., VA or Smith Co., TN 3

In the List of Households for 1785 in Halifax Co., Va, a John Tuck is listed with 11 family members. This add further evidence that maybe some of the children are not his or come from a second wife. She would have been old with the last child. According to Ranae Shultz of Medford OR, He came Halifax Co., in 1750.
The 1820 Census for Halifax Co., VA lists the following Tucks:

Tuck, Coleman 1820 MARESVILLE 075
Tuck, David 1820 MARESVILLE 069
Tuck, Davis G. 1820 MARESVILLE 065
Tuck, James 1820 MEADSVILLE 059
Tuck, John 1820 MARESVILLE 077
Tuck, Richard 1820 MEADSVILLE 062
Tuck, Sarah 1820 MARESVILLE 082
Tuck, William 1820 MEADSVILLE 061

From the Tuck website (see sources)

WILL OF JOHN TUCK (I)
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, this 7th day of January in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and One, I John Tuck of Halifax County being in a declining state of health but in sense and memory thanks be to God knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make this my last will and testament that is to say principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it and my body to the earth to be buried at the discretion of my Executors nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same by the mighty power of God and as touching such worldly estate where with it hath pleased God to bless me with in this life, I give and dispose of the same in the following manner and form.

First my will and desire is that all my just debts be justly paid.

Item, I give and bequeath unto my daughter, SARY RAKESTRAW to her and to her heirs forever the sum of 58 pounds which she has already had.

Item, I give and bequeath unto my daughter ELIZABETH JONES and all her heirs forever the sum of 30 pounds which she has already had.

Item, I give and bequeath to my son EDWARD TUCK 63 pounds to him and his heirs forever which he has already had.

Item, I give and bequeath unto my daughter MARY FLETCHER the sum of 21 pounds to her and her heirs forever which she has already had.

Item, I give and bequeath to my son ESRY TUCK the sum of 30 pounds to him and his heirs forever which he has already had.

Item, to my daughter ACHSA the sum of 22 pounds to her and her heirs forever which she has already had.

Item, I give to my son ROBERT TUCK the sum of 37 pounds to him and his heirs forever which he has already had.

Item, I give unto my son RICHARD TUCK the sum of 41 pounds to him and his heirs forever which he has already had.

Item, I give to my son BENJAMIN (BENNETT II) TUCK the sum of 52 pounds to him and his heirs forever which he has already received.

Item, I give to my son Richard Tuck one small tract of land on Blue Wing Creek adjoining James Avery and Joseph Pinson to th amount of 18 pounds of the aforementioned sum.

Item, I give to my son JOHN TUCK 74 acres of land on the East side of the North fork adjoining James Avery, Ned Tuck to him and his heirs forever to the value of 20 pounds.

Item, I give to my daughter JANE PINSON the sum of 16 pounds ten shillings to her and her heirs forever which she has already received.

Item, I give to my son DAVID TUCK the tract of land where I now live being 275 acres to be taken in possession at the death of his mother, valued to 25 pounds to him and his heirs forever.

Item, I lend to my beloved wife, MARY TUCK the land and plantation where I now live during her natural life. I also lend to my wife 2 negroes to wit; Phil & Beck, during her natural life. I also lend to my beloved wife my stock of horses, cattle, sheep and hogs together with all my household and kitchen furniture together with all my working tools of every sort and dimension what-so-ever during her natural life and at her decease to be sold to the highest bidder by my Executors the money arising therefrom to be applied to make my several children equal according to this my last will and testament and if an overplus be left to be equally divided between by whole 12 children or their heirs above mentioned.

Item, I also lend to by beloved wife all bonds, bids, notes or accounts whatsoever sect or denomination.

My will and desire is that my will and estate be not appraised. I do hereby revoke and disclaim all wills heretofore made by me.

I do hereby appoint Nathan Fletcher & Bennet Tuck [most likely the right name for the Benjamin Tuck named prior in the will], whole and sole Executors of this my will and testament in witness hereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and One in presence of and signed, sealed and delivered this 7th day of January in presence of:
Test.
Samuel Ward
Francis Foard
his John Tuck (Seal)
William (X) Thackston.

Also from RoseMary's website:
It appears that John Tuck at first made his home near Halifax Court House, but later moved to the southern part of the county, settling in the Red Bank District on Blue Wing Creek and naming his home "Blue Wing". He acquired quite a lot of land throughout the years. Among his holdings were;
324 A. on Wynn's Creek, bought in 1761; 400 A on Aaron's Creek, in 1774;
250 A on Difficult Creek, in 1780;
and the following Land Grants from the Commonwealth of Virginia, signed by Beverly Randolph, Lieut. Gov,:
1 June 1782 - 258 A. on branches of Difficult Creek, adj. lands of Joseph Pulliam;
31 May 1787 - 478 A on draughts of Blue Wing Creek, adj lands of Street, Andrew, etc.
1 June 1787 - 400 A. on draughts of Aaron's Creek adj. county line & his own land.
28 March 1788 - 400 A. on draughts of Aaron's Creek, beginning at Field's Order line.
His descendants are numerous and widely scattered throughout our nation. However, large numbers of them are to be found in Virginia, many of whom are in Halifax County. In 1945 a great-great-great grand son living in that county, William Munford Tuck, was elected Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=vanhook99& id=I00420

[1] It is unfortunate that the original of John Tuck's will is lost, for an error was undoubtedly made in copying this name. It should be Bennett! Robert Tuck (1815-1904), a grandson of John Tuck, knew personally all of his uncles and in 1898 gave to his son, Wilburn Judson Tuck, a list of their names. In this list was Bennett?but no Benjamin. Moreover, this Robert tuck left Virginia in his nineteenth year, joining his uncle, Bennett Tuck, in Georgia, who had married Susannah Pinson in Virginia, his aunt, Jane Tuck who had married Boyd Pinson (a brother of Susannah) in Virginia, his sister, Prudence Tuck, who had married her first cousin, Eli Boyd Tuck (a son of Bennett and Susannah Tuck) in Virginia. As a final bit of evidence that a mistake was made in copying the name, it may be added that the name Benjamin Tuck appears nowhere else in contemporary records of Halifax County.

John married Mary Elizabeth Powell 1757, Halifax Co., Virginia. Mary (daughter of Edward dna Powell and Elizabeth 'Betty' Ranson) was born 12 Aug 1733, Bristol Parish, Prince George, Virginia; died 23 May 1828, Virgilina, Halifax County, Virginia; was buried , Tuck Family Cemetery, Halifax County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

http://www.ajlambert.com/
Posted by: Clarence Winfree (ID *****6130)
Date: November 8, 2004 at 05:20:24
In Reply to: Re: Tuck's of Halifax Co Va by Clifford Tuck
of 1563

James Winfree m. Elizabeth Jones, daughter of Ambrose Jones and Catherine Collins, daughter of James Collins. Their son, David Nicholas Winfree m. Achsah Tuck, daughter of John Tuck and Mary Powell. Their daughter Nancy Winfree m. Edward Tuck, son of John Tuck and Mary Powell. Acksah Tuck and Edward Tuck are brother and sister, and David Winfree and Nancy Winfree were brother and sister. I have a lot of this information in the book I published August 1, 2000, in which I own the original record book and bible records their birth, marriage and death deaths are recorded therein, including the hour of death for most of them, and in a few cases where they married.

In essence, Edward Tuck and Nancy Winfree's children are
members of both the James Winfree family who lived just
across the state line in Granville County North Carolina
from Virgilina, Virginia and the John Tuck and Mary Powell
family who lived in Halifax County, Virginia. Edward and
Nancy lived at Tuck's Cross Roads in Halifax County,
Virginia right on the state line of NC and Virginia, in
Virgilina, Virginia and their house is still standing. One
of their descendants was Governor of Virginia. There is
lots of information on that family and the Tuck's have an
annual reunion there every year. Some of them are still
living there.

I have John Tuck's daughter Achsah Tuck's line in my book,
titled "Genealogical Records by Lela B. Winfree" published
August 1, 2000. You can look it up in the Mormon Church
Branches as they purchased a copy of my book in early 2001,
and I gave them permission to microfilm my book and signed
another document giving them permission to put filmed
copies of my book in all of their branches in 2001, barely
a year after publication. I do have some errors in my
book, but it is with an addenda in their branches, and of
course, with this type of work, there is yet other mistakes
here and there to be found which I add to the addenda as
they are found, sometimes by myself or other members who
did not and would not participate in the early stages of my
work. In case you might be interested, my book is $25.00
postpaid within the U.S. only, 370 pages, back and forward
indexing, and with some cross references to other families
I have in my book in which some of their marriages took
place.
Mrs. Winfree

Also:
Aletha Jane Macon published a book in 1964 on "John And
Edward Tuck Of Halifax County Virginia And Some Of Their
Descendants". Her book is in the Libraries also. She was
killed by a hit and run driver several years ago. We posted
a correction to Page 17 of her book which she mailed to us,
on the Tuck GenForum Home Page several years ago. It is
under the name of Clarence Winfree or Lela Winfree. She did
not have the birth dates of John Tuck's children when she
did her book.

We mailed a photo copy of the record book which was
probably owned by James Winfree of Granville County, North
Carolina and his eldest son, David Nicholas Winfree carried
to Smith County, Tn in November 1822 after she published
her book, a copy of which we purchased directly from her in
1964. In her book, she has Achsah Tuck listed as not
married. She did marry too, and their marriage date,
husband and names, birth dates and marriages of her
children and descnedants are recorded in both a Record Book
we own, leather covered, hand made and hand stitched and
linen pages. In addition, we also own the Bible in which
belonged to her youngest son, Benjamin Franklin Winfree (B.
F. Winfree) born in Halifax County, Virginia; lived and
died in Cove Hollow, DeKalb County, Tennessee, migrating to
Smith County, Tn in November 1822.

Some of the Tucks went from Smith County, Tn to Macon
County, Tennessee and bought land there on Barren Creek
from Benjamin Winfree, then several of the Tucks from Smith
County, Tennessee and Macon County, Tennessee went into
Kentucky, and Powell Tuck died in Butler County, Kentucky.
They are descendants of John Tuck and Mary Powell. Edward
Tuck of Virgilina, Virginia was a lawyer there and the
Tuck's in Virginia have tons of information on him.

DAvid Nicholas Winfree lived in both Granville County, NC
and Halifax County, Virginia and land records in Granville
Co., NC, auction attendance with John Tuck in Halifax
County, Virginia and David Nicholas Winfree and wife,
Achsah Tuck's remains were removed by the Corps of
Engineers to Mount Holly Cemetery in Smithville, DeKalb
County, Tennessee to make way for the Center Hill Dam. The
Corps of Engineers in Nashville, Tennessee maintains these
records.

Name:
FAG lists her name as Mary Ellen. Elizabeth is more likely as it is her mother's name.

Notes:

Edward Powell is the s/o Thomas Powell and Mary Place

HALIFAX CO. VA. Will Book 1. p. 41. Edward Powell
Will:
In the name of God Amen. The eighteenth day of July one thousand seven hundred and sixty six. I Edward Powell of the Parish of Antrim and the County of Halifax being in good and perfect mind and memory praise be given to God. Do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following.
First and principally I commend my soul into the hands of almighty God hoping through the merits death and ( ) of my blessed savior Jesus Christ to have full and free pardon and to inherit everlasting life and my body I commit to the earth to be buried at the descretion of my executors hereafter mentioned, and as touching such worldly estate where with it has pleased God to bless me with in this life, I give and dispose of the same in the following manner. VIZ: Imprimis, I lend to my loving wife Elizabeth Powell during her natural life my two negroes Sall & Patt, also all my other estate, and after her death to be divided as follows.
Item I give amongst my 4 sons William Powell, David Powell, Mark Powell and Luke Powell, my two negroes, Sall & Pat to be equally divided amongst them & their heirs forever. Item, I give unto my son Mark Powell the plantation whereon I now liveth with all the land & plantation belonging to the old survey. Item: I give and bequeath unto my son Mark Powell 144 acres of the new land bounded by a pine beginning at William Carleys landing on Banister River & running from thence to Moses Terrys line to him and his heirs forever.
Item: I give unto my son Mark six head of cattle that he how has in his possession also I give unto my son Mark one feather bed & bedstead & furniture that he now has in his possession. Also I give & bequeath unto my son Mark the great Chest.
Item: I give and bequeath unto my son Luke Powell 390 acres of land adjoining on the land I gave to my son Mark & on Terrys line then running to a corner pine in the head of the branch that runs down by John Days hence to Joseph Lands corner tree. Thence on his line to my son Marks line, to him & his heirs forever. Item: I give and bequeath unto my son Luke Powell 60 acres of land at the place that Medlock began to build a cabin, to him and his heirs forever. Item: I give and bequeath unto my son Luke Powell one feather bed & bedstead & furniture & one horse bridle & saddle & one gun & the little chest which he now has in his possession. Item: I give unto John Tuck 116 acres of land adjoining his line & Col. Woodings line which he has paid for. Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter Jane Medlock to her and her heirs forever one negro girl named Martin. Item: I give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary Tuck one negro boy named Till to her & her heirs forever. My will & desire is that the remainder of my land shall be sold & equally divided amongst all my children. Item: I give unto my grandson Zachariah Medlock one feather bed & bolster when he is of age & if he dies before he comes of age my desire is that it shall be sold & equally divided amongst all my children. Item: I give and bequeath unto my sons Mark & Luke Powell all my iron pots & all my pewter to be equally divided. Thereby constitute and ordain William Gent and William Powell executors of this my last will and testament by me heretofore made in witness whereof the said Edward Powell to this my last will and testament, set my hand and prefix my seal the day above mentioned.

[NOTE: ANTHONY COLQUITT and Christian Colquitt signed as Witnesses to this Will [CHRISTIAN, IS CHRISTIAN TERRY, D/O DANIEL TERRY (Terry's line is mentioned in the Will]
Signed: Ed. Powell Seal
In the presence of Anthony Colquitt, Christian Colquitt, James William Gent At a court held for Halifax County the 16th Day of Dept. 1773 this Last Will and Testament of Edward Powell deceased was presented in court by William Gent, William Powell, the executors herein named who made oath hereto and the same being proved by the oaths of two of the witnesses hereto, was ordered to be recorded, and on the motion of the said executors certificate granted them for obtaining probate thereof in due form giving security....

56 EDWD. POWELL Inventory & Appraisement
January Court 1774 William Powell & William Gent,
Exrs.
Among items mentioned: Sall, a negro woman, Patt a negro woman, household goods, carpenter tools, plantation tools, a parcel of books, scales & weights, pewter, 1 pockett book. Total: 141.13.3
Appraisers: Evan Ragland, Reuben Ragland, James Ball Returned: 20 Jany. 1774 O.R.
237 EDWARD POWELL Estate Accounts 1774 William Powell, Exr.
To paid David Powell his acct., to ball. William Powells acct., to paid Luke Powell, to pd ditto his part of estate, to pd David Powell do. do., to pd Mark Powell do. do., to William Powell do. do., to pd John Tuck for his wife, to pd
Moore Matlock for his wife. Total: 43.1.7-1/2
By the acct. Sales
Total: 44.15.9
E.E. &c pr. William Powell, Exr.
Returned: 17 September 1778. O.R.
(Luke Powell, David Powell, Mark Powell, William Powell,
John Tuck & Moore Matlock each received 6.0.0 as his part
of estate. mdc)

Edward married Elizabeth,


Patent Book No. 13, VA Land Patents and Grants. EDWARD POWELL, 100 acs. (N.L.), Pr. Geo. Co; on John Smiths corner, on N. side of the Gr. Cattail Run; 31 Oct 1726, p.42. 10 Shill.
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Bristol Parish Register:
Thomas, s/o Edward and Elizabeth Powell, b 14th July 1727 Mary D: of Edward & Elizabeth Powell Born 12th August 1733. Bapt 11th Nov
Luke S. of Edward & Elizabeth Powels was born May 8th & bapt Aug 3rd 1746
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Patent Book 18: Edward Powell, 400 acres, Prince George Co., S side of the Little Cattail Run, by the Mill Path; adj. his own, Smith, Abernathy, Charles Williams & Thomas Gent; 12 Mar 1739/40, p. 605. 2.
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Lunenburg Deed Book #1, p. 380; 1 Oct 1748; from William Wynne of L. to John Burk of L., in consideration of the performance of certain articles herein contained, has leased to John Burk, for the term of his natural life and the natural life of his wife, Mary, 400 acres with an improvement on a branch that's known by the name Wolftrap, and also William to deliver to John on the said plantation, as many cattle with what Burk should bring therein as should make him 5 milk cows that shall give milk, in consideration of which, John will remit half of what he raises on the said premises to Wynne and the same to be equally divided when the parties to these presents shall think proper. Signed Wm. Wynne Sr. Witnesses--Robert Wynne (Trader), Ed. POWELL. Recorded 5 Feb. 1748.
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Lunenburg Co. Deed Book #1, p. 382, 27 Aug 1748; from Thomas Burchfield of Cumberland Parish, L., to Edward POWELL of the Parish of Bristol and County of Prince George, for 20 pounds, a tract on the north side of Banister River. Signed Thomas (O his mark) Burchfield. Witnesses--Wm. Wynne Sr., James Wood, Wm. Wynne. Recorded 1 Feb 1748.
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Halifax Court 20 Dec 1752 Plea Bk 1. Robert Wade Jr. vs Edward Powell deft, not found. Finally dismissed.
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Lunenburg Co. Deed Book #3, p. 477, 21 Nov 1753; from William Stark, Gen. of the Parish of Bristol and County of Prince George, and Thomas Ravenscroft of Brunswick County, to Frederick Jones of the Parish of Bristol and County of Dinwiddie, for 400 pounds, all the right which is or shall hereafter b__ d___ to them to a certain tract of land in L. on both sides of Bootchers Creek containing about 1050 acres as by patent granted to William Stark, Gent., on Apr 26, 1753, and bounded by [trees]. Signed--Wm. Stark, Thos. Ravenscroft. Witnesses--John Eppes Jr., Peter Jones, Jas Hounam, Patrick Boyd, Edward POWELL, John Eppes, John Jones, Tho Egleton. Recorded 7 May 1754.
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Lunenburg Co. VA Tithes - 1749
Edward Powell
Richard Powell


Edward Powell, David Powell, and William Powell with Moses Terry and Wm. Gent involved in the estate of Stephen Neal; grandfather of Elizabeth Neal who married Samuel Carter of Carter's Tavern. The Will also names a daughter Catherine Powell.

Halifax Co, VA DB 8:391 167 jun 1772 from Edward Powell...to James Daniel Jr....branches of Wynns Cr being part of a large tract formerly patented to Edward Powell on july 20 1768, bounded by John Tuck, Robert Wooding, Simon Holt, Cowford Road, draughts of the Rocky Branch

Halifax Co VA DB 10: 80 15 jan 1776 from James Daniel to Peter Bryant...both sides Wynns Creek Ed Tuck Thos Tuck David Powell witnessed



Name:
http://jpbdna.com/powell-family-dna-project-42574.htm
Family Line For Kit # 42574 VA-9
Thomas Powell, 1739, Hampton, VA
Edward Powell, 1703-1773, Halifax Co, VA
David Powell, 1738-1801, b. Lunenburg Co, VA d. Halifax Co., VA
Mastin Powell, 1776, Halifax Co, VA-d. 1845, Halifax Co, VA
William Jefferson Powell, 1817, Halifax Co., VA-1882, Halifax Co., VA

Edward married Elizabeth 'Betty' Ranson Bef 1723, Bristol Parish, Prince George, Virginia. Elizabeth (daughter of Edmund Ranson and Mary Brett) was born Est 1710, Virginia Colony; died 1776, Halifax County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Name:
d/o Edmund and Mary Brett Ranson

Notes:

Edward Powell is the s/o Thomas & Mary Place Powell, as shown in the Colonial Dames of the 17th Century.

Thomas married Mary Place 22 Oct 1667, Essex Co., Virginia. Mary was born Abt 1638, Old Rappahannock Co., Virginia; died Dec 1710, Richmond County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Name:
Daughter of Francis Place and Ann Williamson

Edmund married Mary Brett. Mary was born 25 Mar 1677, Rattlesden, Suffolk, England; died 4 Feb 1750, Colonial Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Name:
Daughter of John Brett (7 Mar 1635-Y) and Elizabeth (abt 1637-?)