Capt. MERIWETHER John

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Indications he was a planter and mill owner
• Alt. Birth: 1750-1751, Spotsylvania County, VA
• Will: 11 Oct 1819

Notes:

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Type: Book
Periodical: The Meriwethers and Their Connections
Author: Nelson Heath Meriwether
Publication: Artcraft Press
Date: 1964
Detail: Reprinted in 1991 by The Meriwether Society, Gateway Press
Type: Book
Detail: The Meriwether Society Source: S82
Type: Web Site
Title: LDS Ancetsral File
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Type: Gedcom File
Detail: The Meriwether Society Source: S88

John married MCGEHEE Esther Martha on 15 Apr 1771 in Louisa County, VA. Esther (daughter of MCGEHEE William and MCCULLOUGH Elizabeth) was born on 24 Nov 1753 in Louisa County, VA; died on 3 Mar 1807 in Greenwood, Greenwood County, SC; was buried in Greenwood, Abbeville County, Sc. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. MERIWETHER Elizabeth was born on 27 Nov 1788 in Greenwood, Abbeville County, Sc; died on 2 Jun 1853 in Demopolis, Marengo County, AL; was buried in Jun 1853 in Demopolis, Marengo County, AL.
2. MERIWETHER John Herndon was born on 4 Nov 1772 in Spotsylvania County, VA; died on 25 Feb 1847 in Greene County, AL; was buried in Feb 1847 in Greene County, AL (Meriwether Cemetery).
3. Capt. MERIWETHER Zachary was born on 6 Nov 1775 in Spotsylvania County, VA; died on 5 Nov 1861 in Greene County, AL; was buried in Nov 1861 in Greenwood, Abbeville County, Sc.
4. MERIWETHER Joseph was born on 17 May 1777 in Spotsylvania County, VA; died on 17 Aug 1836 in Greene County, AL; was buried in Aug 1836 in Greene County, AL.
5. MERIWETHER Francis was born in 1779 in Spotsylvania County, VA; died in 1819 in Abbeville County, 96th District, SC.
6. MERIWETHER Doritha Ann was born about 1780 in Louisa County, VA; died after 1856 in SC.
7. MERIWETHER Esther was born on 23 Jun 1785 in Spotsylvania County, VA; died on 9 Oct 1843 in Greene County, AL.
8. MERIWETHER Robert was born about 1790 in Louisa County, VA; died about 1809 in Abbeville, Abbeville County, SC.

John married TINSLEY Ann on 18 Sep 1809 in Louisa County, VA. Ann was born about 1773 in Greenville, Augusta, Virginia, USA; died in Jun 1831 in Abbeville County, SC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. MERIWETHER Mary was born about 1810 in South Carolina; was buried in Demopolis, Marengo County, AL.
2. MERIWETHER William T. was born in 1813 in South Carolina; died in 1838 in Coffee County, AL.
3. MERIWETHER Frances E. was born on 2 Aug 1816; and died.
4. MERIWETHER Virginia was christened in 1817; and died.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Nickname: Frank
• Occupation: Indications he was a mill owner and planter
• Marriage Contract: 1749, Spotsylvania County, VA
• Alt. Death: 7 Jun 1793, Greenwood, Abbeville County, Sc

Notes:

Children
John MERIWETHER b: 12 Mar 1751/2 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Zachary MERIWETHER b: 4 MAY 1754 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Nicholas MERIWETHER b: ABT 1755 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Ann MERIWETHER b: in Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Elizabeth MERIWETHER b: 1760 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Joseph MERIWETHER b: ABT 1762 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Mary MERIWETHER b: in Spotsylvania County, Virginia


Publication: The Meriwether Society, Inc.
URL: http://MeriwetherSociety.org
Text: Information about this individual has been collected by The Meriweither Society from many sources. As the Society is in the process of verifying the information, it should be treated as unconfirmed at this time. Please do not assume the information is correct.
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Type: Book
Periodical: The Meriwethers and Their Connections
Author: Nelson Heath Meriwether
Publication: Artcraft Press
Date: 1964
Detail: Reprinted in 1991 by The Meriwether Society, Gateway Press
Type: Periodical
Detail: The Meriwether Society Source: S309
Type: Book
Detail: The Meriwether Society Source: S316
Type: Gedcom File
Detail: The Meriwether Society Source: S88
Type: Web Site
URL: http://www.payne.org/surnames.shtml
Type: Periodical
Detail: The Meriwether Society Source: S223
Text: p. 296
Type: Periodical
Detail: The Meriwether Society Source: S311
Text: p. 199

Francis married LEWIS Mary Waller on 16 Jan 1749 in Spotsylvania County, VA. Mary (daughter of LEWIS Zachary, Jr. and WALLER Mary) was born on 30 Jan 1727 in Spotsylvania County, VA; was christened on 29 Feb 1728; died on 19 Jun 1807 in Greenwood, Abbeville County, Sc; was buried in Jun 1807 in Greenwood, Abbeville County, Sc. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt. Birth: 30 Jan 1728, Spotsylvania County, VA

Notes:

When David Meriwether was born in 1690 in Goochland, Virginia, his father, Nicholas, was 25 and his mother, Elizabeth, was 24. He married his first wife in 1711 in New Kent, Virginia. In 1713 he married his second wife in Virginia. He died on December 25, 1744, in Louisa, Virginia, at the age of 54.

Birth: Probably James City County, maybe Surry County
Burial: Buried beside his father on the east side of the Rivanna River. Site has been lost.


Children
Thomas MERIWETHER b: ABT 1713 in New Kent County, Virginia
David MERIWETHER b: 5 OCT 1716 in Hanover County, Virginia
Nicholas MERIWETHER b: 11 Feb 1719/20 in New Kent County, Virginia
Anne MERIWETHER b: 11 NOV 1721 in Hanover County, Virginia
Sarah MERIWETHER b: 12 Feb 1724/5 in Hanover County, Virginia
Francis MERIWETHER b: ABT 1726 in Virginia
James MERIWETHER b: 1 JUN 1729 in Hanover County, Virginia
William MERIWETHER b: 25 DEC 1730 in Goochland County, Virginia

Col. David Meriwether married Ann Holmes and had a son, Thomas. This Thomas Meriwether married Elizabeth Thornton, and had 11 children, including Lucy Meriwether , the mother of Meriwether Lewis. Ann also gave birth to Colonel Nicholas Meriwether (the first Meriwether to live at Cloverfields with his wife, Margaret Douglas) (Anderson, 1984) , Francis, David, Mary, Elizabeth, Sarah, Ann, Mildred, Thomas, and Jane. You will notice by now that the Meriwether family tended to recycle the same name every generation, and occasionally more than once a generation. This has become very confusing to genealogists. Many have confused which Nicholas married who, and who exactly was Meriwether Lewis' grandfather. This presentation streamlines the family to list those who directly pertain to the explorers to clarify the connections.

David married HOLMES Anne in 1713 in New Kent County, VA. Anne (daughter of HOLMES George, Esq.) was born on 19 Dec 1695 in King and Queen Court House, King and Queen, Virginia, USA; died on 11 Mar 1735 in Gwathmey, Hanover, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt. Death: 16 Jul 1694, New Kent County, VA
• Alt. Birth: 19 Dec 1695, Farnham, Yorkshire, England
• Alt. Death: 11 Mar 1735, Louisa County, VA
• Alt. Death: 11 Mar 1736, Gwathmey, Hanover, Virginia, USA

Notes:

Alt. Death:
Ann Holmes was born on July 16, 1694, in New Kent, Virginia

from Ancestry.com

Alt. Birth:
Type: Web Site
Title: LDS Ancetsral File
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Alt. Death:
Ann Holmes died on March 11, 1735, in Louisa, Virginia, when she was 40 years old.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Lawyer; Physician

Notes:

Sources:
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URL: http://MeriwetherSociety.org
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Type: Periodical
Detail: The Meriwether Society Source: S223
Type: Book
Detail: The Meriwether Society Source: S333
Type: Book
Detail: The Meriwether Society Source: S316
Type: Book
Detail: The Meriwether Society Source: S316
Text: p. 814

Zachary married WALLER Mary on 9 Jun 1725 in Greenville, Augusta, Virginia, USA. Mary (daughter of WALLER John and KING Dorothy) was born on 20 Jan 1699 in King & Queen County, Va (Endfield); was christened on 17 Oct 1699 in Greenville, Augusta, Virginia, USA; died on 23 Mar 1781 in Spotsylvania County, VA; was buried on 28 Mar 1781 in Spotsylvania County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt. Birth: 30 Jan 1699, King & Queen County, Va (Endfield)
• Baptism: 17 Feb 1699
• Alt. Death: 28 Mar 1781, Spotsylvania County, VA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer/Planter, land speculator; Attorney
• Residence: 1729, Cismont, Albemarle County, VA; Cloverfields plantation
• Residence: 1735, Goochland County, VA

Notes:

Nicholas Meriwether was born on October 26, 1665, in Iceland, the child of Nicholas Meriwether to Elizabeth Woodhouse, age 32, and Nicholas Meriwether, age 34. He married Elizabeth Crawford in 1687 in Buckingham County, Virginia. They had eight children in 17 years. He died in November 1744 in Virginia, having lived a long life of 79 years.

Col. Nicholas Meriwether II
Col. Nicholas Meriwether II amassed a large quantity of land, at one point owning about 33,000 acres. His will, one of the longest recorded in Virginia, was witnessed by Peter Jefferson, father of Thomas Jefferson.
Buried: East bank of Rivanna River, near present day Charlottesville. Actual site has been lost.

Children
William MERIWETHER b: ABT 1688 in James City County, Virginia
David MERIWETHER b: ABT 1690 in James City County, Virginia
Thomas MERIWETHER b: ABT 1691 in Virginia
Anne MERIWETHER b: ABT 1694 in Virginia
Sarah MERIWETHER b: 1697 in Virginia
Nicholas MERIWETHER b: 11 JUL 1699 in Virginia
Elizabeth MERIWETHER b: 20 JUN 1703 in Virginia
Jane MERIWETHER b: ABT 1705 in Virginia
Mary MERIWETHER b: ABT 1707 in Virginia

Lake Meriweather is located there and poss named after him

Historical Background The first plantation house was built by Nicholas Meriwether about 1735 where he died in 1744. Sometime before the Revolutionary War, the house burned and Col. Nicholas Lewis, grandson and heir of Meriwether, built a second main house which has since disappeared. Colonel Nicholas Lewis (1728-1807) (uncle of the famous explorer Meriwether Lewis) was a surveyor who served in several public roles including sheriff, surveyor and magistrate.[4] The 1782 tax records indicate he owned 33 slaves, 80 cattle and 17 horses.[5] His neighbor and friend Thomas Jefferson paid tribute to him in his writings for bravery in fighting the Cherokee Indians in 1776:[6]

Residence:
Cloverfields Plantation: The Cloverfields plantation, which the Meriwether family first acquired as part of the 3,000 acre grant to Nicholas Meriwether II in 1729. No one called it"cloverfields"until at least 1760, when Nicholas Meriwether II and his wife, Margaret Douglas built the first dwelling on the property. At the present time, there are several buildings in which people live. The original chimney from the kitchen still stands on the property, as well as the original smokehouse. The other buildings have been updated and/or rebuilt since the Meriwether's lived there. One of the buildings was added to the property in order to keep it from being destroyed. Developers were building on the land where the building originally stood. The graveyard is, of course, also in its original spot and condition. Edward C. Mead wrote in 1899"Here sleep undisturbed on their native ground those noble men and women who lived in the exciting times of the Revolution and saw the wild country emerge into a'new nation.'"Many of the people who lived at the plantation were originally buried in the family plot, but have since been moved to Grace Church in Cismont. Many people interred in the graveyard lie in unmarked tombs. The most well-known burial there is William Lewis, Meriwether's father. While on leave from the Continental Army to visit his wife and children at Locust Hill, he crossed the Rivanna River in a flood. His horse drowned and he caught pneumonia. Cloverfields, his wife Lucy's childhood home was much closer, so he went there to recouperate. Instead, he died there, and his body was never moved. Cloverfields is still a private property owned by the descendants of the Meriwether family."Cloverfields Cemetery."Write-up by Douglas Valentine. April 1998 and Barnes, Sara Lee. Live Interview at Cloverfields. 2 December 2002.

Source: http://www.vcdh.virginia.edu/encounter/projects/homesteads/map/farm.html The farm was the 1020 acre plantation of Colonel Nicholas Meriweather, a contemporary of Thomas Jefferson's father, where he build his home in 1735. This stretch of land lies in the river flats between Moore's Creek and Meadow Creek. Its simple name comes from it being the earliest cleared loaction West of the Rivanna River and as such became a conspicuous landmark in the area. It was on this site with a view of Monticello that Nicholas Meriweather lived the rest of his life and was buried nearby. His grandson Colonel Nicholas LEWIS, a Revolutionary Officer uinherited the property.

Residence:
The Farm: Col. Nicholas Meriwether II amassed a large quantity of land, at one point owning about 33,000 acres. In 1735 he built his plantation, [which became] "The Farm", in Goochland (now Albemarle) County, the site of which is now the city of Charlottesville, Virginia. His will, one of the longest recorded in Virginia, was witnessed by Peter Jefferson, father of Thomas Jefferson.

Descendants of Nicholas Meriwether II & Elizabeth Crawford are eligible for membership in the Magna Charta Dames or to the Barons of Runnymede (NHM p. 174).
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Buried:
The Cloverfields plantation, which the Meriwether family first acquired as part of the 3,000 acre grant to Nicholas Meriwether II in 1729. No one called it"cloverfields"until at least 1760, when Nicholas Meriwether II and his wife, Margaret Douglas built the first dwelling on the property. At the present time, there are several buildings in which people live. The original chimney from the kitchen still stands on the property, as well as the original smokehouse. The other buildings have been updated and/or rebuilt since the Meriwether's lived there. One of the buildings was added to the property in order to keep it from being destroyed. Developers were building on the land where the building originally stood. The graveyard is, of course, also in its original spot and condition. Edward C. Mead wrote in 1899"Here sleep undisturbed on their native ground those noble men and women who lived in the exciting times of the REvolution and saw the wild country emerge into a'new nation.'"Many of the people who lived at the plantation were originally buried in the family plot, but have since been moved to Grace Church in Cismont. Many people interred in the graveyard lie in unmarked tombs. The most well-known burial there is William Lewis, Meriwether's father. While on leave from the Continental Army to visit his wife and children at Locust Hill, he crossed the Rivanna River in a flood. His horse drowned and he caught pneumonia. Cloverfields, his wife Lucy's childhood home was much closer, so he went there to recouperate. Instead, he died there, and his body was never moved. Cloverfields is still a private property owned by the descendants of the Meriwether family."Cloverfields Cemetery."Write-up by Douglas Valentine. April 1998 and Barnes, Sara Lee. Live Interview at Cloverfields. 2 December 2002.

Charlottesville
Albemarle County
Virginia USA
Cemetery notes and/or description:
THE OLD FAMILY GRAVEYARD, A DISGRACE TO ALL THE DESCENDANTS

Following the county road already described, starting at Charlottesville and as soon as you cross the Country Bridge over the Rivanna River, you are upon the plantation left by the will of Nicholas (2) "to my grandson Nicholas Lewis the son of Mr. Robt. Lewis, my plantation and land whereon I now live, containing by Patent One Thousand and Twenty acres, together with One Hundred and nineteen acres part of a greater tract bought of Thomas Graves…"

The county road begins to climb the side of the mountain as soon as it leaves the bridge. Off to the left a short distance, and facing the river, is the present Mansion, but upon the right of the road and facing more towards "Monticello", and the bend of the river, stood the old home of Nicholas (2) Meriwether and wife Elizabeth (Crafford). This was the house in which he died, and it was a beautiful site for a home. On the same first ridge of the mountain, but about 150 yards to the right of the present county road, and perhaps 200 yards from the bridge, was the old Meriwether family graveyard in which were buried Nicholas, Col. David, and many of the family.

At the time of the writer's visit the entire field where stood the old house and where is located the old graveyard, was planted in corn. Not even a mound marks a grave, and it seems to him a disgrace to every descendant of the family. Cannot this be rectified? The cost would be very small divided among so many

Nicholas married CRAWFORD Elizabeth in 1687 in Buckingham, Buckingham, Virginia, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of CRAWFORD David, Esq. and CRAWFORD Jane --?--) was born about 1672 in New Kent County, VA ("Assasquin"); died before 11 May 1762 in Greenville, Augusta, Virginia, USA; was buried in Greenville, Augusta, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt. Burial: Unknown
• Will: Will proved in Louisa, but may have died in Albemarle

Notes:

. Her family is said to be descendents of Sir Roland Crawford, the grandfather of Sir William Wallace (the subject of Mel Gibson's 1994 epic movie Braveheart.) (Anderson, 1984) Together, they had nine children. Their oldest, Jane Meriwether married Colonel Robert Lewis; they became Meriwether Lewis' paternal great-grandparents. The second oldest, Nicholas Meriwether III married Mildred Thornton. The other children were William, Thomas, Colonel David Meriwether, Elizabeth, Ann, Sarah, and Mary.

Alt. Burial:
Burial place unknown, though some state "Clover Fields." May also have been with Nicholas on the Rivanna River.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt. Death: 2 Aug 1753, Spotsylvania County, VA
• Alt. Death: 15 Aug 1754, Spotsylvania County, VA

Notes:

Died in "early fall, probably late September"

John married KING Dorothy about 1698. Dorothy (daughter of KING Robert and SCARBOROUGH Johanna) was born in 1675 in Nansemond County, Virginia; died on 26 Oct 1758 in Spotsylvania Co., Va ("Garden Yard", Newport, ). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]