Will of John Puckett

The will of John Puckett (Jr) is part of the loose records of Henrico County, Virginia.  It is at the FamilySearch website as 'Wills, Deed 2, etc, 1650-1807', Vol 2, p.429 (Digital Film #007898202, Item 2, image 40 of 185).

The book in which John Puckett's will was recorded was lost.  Christine South Gee was unaware of the existence of this will when she wrote the book The roots and some of the branches of the Puckett family tree, published in 1958.  The loose records of Henrico Co, VA were sorted and prepared by the Colonial Dames of America in 1926, and microfilmed by LDS in 1947, but few people were aware of these records.

More info on the Puckett family here:  https://sites.google.com/site/womackgen/puckett-family/more-puckett-research?authuser=0 

Early Records, Puckett, Henrico Co, VA

 Index

1677 - 1692 Wills, Deeds, etc - Film 007645100, img 68

1678 - 1693 Orders - Film 007645100, img 179

1694 - 1701 Orders - Film 007645100, img 269

1677 - 1739 - Orphan's Court -Film 007645100, img 318

1688 - 1697 - Wills, Deeds, etc - Film 007645100, img 394

Orphans Court (1892 Copy)

p.9 (007645100:395) - [Court Aug 1683] William Puckett Guardian to ye Orphs of Wm Jeffereyes decd is ordered to be summoned to ye next Court held for the County to give an acct of ye estate belonging to ye sd orphs & to produce to ye sd Court an Inventory of ye estate of ye sd decd

p.10 (007676115:221) - [Court Oct 1683] Will Puckett Guard to ye Orph of Will Jeffryes desc having according to ye order prost[?] last Orph Court ) this day appeared & filed on Inventory of ye estate belonging to ye sd Orph which being perused & finding it inconsiderable, this Court have thought ye sd Puckett security sufficient, & have therefore ord'd that he still remain

p.12 (007676115:222) - [Court Aug 1684] - Whereas John Puckett Guard to ye Oph of Will Jefferys decd hath shewed that there is in ye inventory of ye sd decd estate a parcell of Hogs ... to ye sd Orph & that ...

p.25 (007676115:229) [Court Aug 1689] - Wm Jefferyes an Orph in ye tuition of Jno Puckett being at lawful Age it is Ordered that ye sd Puckett be summon'd to ye next Court to discharge ye Court of ye sd Orphs estate

p.26 (007676115:230) [Court Oct 1689] - John Puckett guard to ye Orph of Will Jefferys decd being sumon'd to this Court to discharge ye court of estate belonging to ye said Orph he being at lawfull age to receive ye same; but ye sd Puckett failing of his appearance It is orders that ye sherrid doe again summon't him to appear ay ye next Court & take good Sec't [security] for ye same

Josiah D Puckett - Revolutionary War veteran

 Josiah D Puckett was a Revolutionary War veteran - https://revwarapps.org/r8510.pdf

He married Prudence Lipford in Cumberland Co, VA, marriage bond undated but mentions the current governor of Virginia was Patrick Henry, who had two terms as governor, 5 July 1776 - 1 June 1779 and again 1 Dec 1784 - 1 Dec 1786.  It is likely Josiah and Prudence married during Gov Henry's second term.

Prudence's father, Amos Lipford, moved around quite a bit, from Chesterfield Co, VA, to Cumberland Co, VA, to Buckingham Co, VA, to Prince Edward Co, VA.  While in Chesterfield Co, VA, Amos Lipford had a deed that was witnessed by Brazure Puckett, distantly related to Josiah Puckett.  Amos Lipford left a will in Prince Edward Co, VA dated 25 Nov 1813 (Prince Edward Co, VA WB 5:56) in which he mentions his son-in-law Josiah Puckett, who the will says moved to Tennessee.  Amos Lipford's will does not explicitly name his daughter Prudence.

Josiah Puckett was a witness to a deed from Thomas Roberson of Prince Edward Co, VA to Amos Lipford of Buckingham Co, VA for 85 acres in Prince Edward Co (DB 12:46); Josiah Puckett proved the deed in Prince Edward Co court on 16 Dec 1799.

Josiah Puckett was on tax lists of Buckingham Co, VA most years between 1784 and 1804.  In 1785, he was listed as "D Josiah".  Later record list him as "Josiah D".  The D was for Douglas, and Josiah was likely the son of Peter Puckett, son of the original Douglas Puckett.  I will lay out my reasoning below.

Josiah Puckett made a statement about his Revolutionary War service in court of Livingston Co, KY on 18 May 1818 (Livingston Co, KY Court Records 1816-1822:86b):  "Josiah Douglass Puckett came into Court and applied to be heard us an indigent soldier of the revolution entitled to the provision made for such persons under Law of the congress of the 18th of March 1818...".  The word "Douglass" was crossed out, and when this statement was copied to the paper included in his Revolutionary War pension file, the word "Douglass" was omitted.  (Note that the LDS digitized microfilm of Livingston Co, KY court records is missing a page or two, so Josiah Puckett's statement is incomplete.)

Note that one of the justices of the Livingston Co, KY court at this time was John Puckett Esquire, son of Charles Puckett, son of the original Douglas Puckett.  Thus, John Puckett was the first cousin of Josiah Douglas Puckett.  It appears John Puckett sat out of this session, which was before his fellow justices Patrick H Rice, William Montgomery and James Hodge; this was likely to give the appearance of impartiality.

Josiah Puckett's age appears to have been exaggerated, a common ploy for sympathy in pension applications.  Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol 5, No 4, p.91 - "Some Revolutionary War Soldier who enlisted at Chesterfield Virginia after 1 Sep 1780":

• Name: Josiah Pucket
• Age: 22
• Place of Birth: Prince Edward Co
• Place of Residence: Prince Edward Co

From his Revolutionary War pension, Josiah stated he enlisted in March 1781.  If was 22, he was born in 1758 or 1759.  The marriage bond of Peter Puckett and Ann Morris was dated 26 Apr 1757 in Prince Edward Co, VA.  Peter and Ann Puckett were likely Josiah's parents.  Peter was the son of the first Douglas Puckett in America, and from Josiah Puckett's pension application, we know he named a son Peter P Puckett.  Also, Josiah's middle name was Douglas.

Peter Puckett, probable father of Josiah, moved from Prince Edward Co, VA to Wilkes Co, GA in the late 1780s.  Peter Puckett appeared in a few tax lists of Prince Edward before his move to Georgia.  Notably, between 1782 and 1785, Peter goes from being taxed on 10 cattle, to no cattle.  Meanwhile, Josiah Puckett in Buckingham Co, VA tax lists goes from no cattle in 1784 to 8 cattle in 1785.  Possibly a coincidence, but possibly Peter conveyed his cattle to Josiah.  This was around the time Josiah likely married Prudence Lipford, so possibly the cattle were a wedding gift.

On the 1820 Census of Montgomery Co, TN, Josiah Puckett was listed as over 45 years old.

The 1830 Census of Humphreys Co, TN lists Josiah as 70-79.  The 1840 Census of Humphreys Co, TN lists Josiah as 90-99, and also has his "exact" age recorded as 91.  His pension application gives his age as 68 in Aug 1820.  He was, in fact about 62 in 1820, 72 in 1830, and 82 in 1840.  His age was simply exaggerated, and inconsistently reported by him - he supposedly aged 23 years between 1820 and 1840.  It is much more likely he was the son of Peter Puckett and Ann Morris, and that he was born circa 1758.

A court case in Montgomery Co, TN on 21 Oct 1823, shows a relationship between Josiah Puckett and the larger Puckett family (Montgomery Co, TN Court Minutes 11:304) - Saml M Pucket and Wm P Pucket vs Peter P Pucket, debt.  Peter P Pucket acknowledged his debt of $131.  We know Peter P Puckett was the son of Josiah Douglas Puckett.  Samuel M Puckett and William P Puckett were the sons of John Puckett, mentioned above, a justice of the Livingston Co, KY court.  John Puckett moved to Hinds Co, MS where he died, his will names his children including Samuel and William.  William P Puckett was the first clerk of Hinds Co, MS, and Samuel M Puckett was a prominent doctor.  Their father, John Puckett, was son of Charles Puckett, son of the first Douglas Puckett.  Peter P Puckett was son of Josiah Douglas Puckett, probable son of Peter Puckett, son of the first Douglas Puckett.  Thus, Samuel M Puckett and William P Puckett loaned money to their second cousin, Peter P Puckett.

More on Josiah Puckett's family later....

John Puckett and Martha 'Patsy' Adcock

 See Bible Record.  Numerous transcription errors, and some logic errors in the introductory paragraphs - John Puckett did not have 21 children born between 1800 and 1850; some of these listings are his grandchildren.

John Puckett was the son of Cheatham Puckett and Agness LNU.  Cheatham Puckett was the son of the original Douglass Puckett.  Cheatham Puckett lived at various times in Prince Edward Co, VA, Buckingham Co, VA and Davidson Co, TN.  John Puckett lived in the western part of Davidson Co, TN, which became Cheatham Co, TN in 1856.

Elizabeth Puckett, born 1800 - nothing further known.

Parly Puckett, born 1802, may be a transcription error for Polly, a common nickname for Mary.  Nothing further known.

Jordan Puckett, born 1805, married Mary Ann Adcock in 1833 in Davidson Co, TN, and was there in the 1840 and 1850 censuses.

Anderson Puckett, born 1807, married Jemima Griffin in 1829 in Nelson Co, VA; after her death, he married Mary Adcock in Davidson Co, TN in 1845, and was there for the 1840 and 1850 censuses.  Anderson's first marriage is listed in the Bible record as to "Annie Griffin".  Jemima Griffin Puckett's death is recorded in the Bible in 1844.  Jemima may be the 'Imogene Puckett' listed in the Bible as born in 1810.

Jobe Puckett, born 1810, is a transcription error for Joel Puckett, who appears to have never married, and lived with his brother Levi Puckett in the 1850 census of Davidson Co, TN.

John Puckett, born 1814, full name John Cheatham Puckett (from marriage record), married Angeline Adcock in 1837 in Davidson Co, TN and was there for the 1840 and 1850 census.

Lui Puckett, born 1817, is a transcription error for Levi Puckett.  He married Susan Adcock in 1838 in Davidson Co, TN, and was there for the 1840 and 1850 census.

'Imogene Puckett' may be Jemima Puckett, Anderson Puckett's first wife.  Otherwise, she is unknown.  

The remaining several entries under the first BIRTHS section are the children of Anderson Puckett.  Note that 'Perayl David Puckett' is Burrell David Puckett.

Samuel O Puckett, Part 2

See Part 1.

Laurens Co, SC Will Book A:69 - Will of George Dillard, dated 1846, wife Martha, mentions several heirs including grandson Samuel Puckett - Samuel's parents not given. 

Union Co, SC Will Book C:233 - Will of Martha Dillard, dated 1861, mentions several heirs including grandson Samuel Puckett - Samuel's parents not given.

Estate records of Elizabeth Dillard, Union Co, SC - administered by Seaborn Dillard - states that Nancy Puckett deceased was the sister of Elizabeth Dillard, and that Nancy Puckett was the mother of Samuel Puckett.  1860.

Estate records of Laurens Co, SC - Isaac, Ira & M M Puckett, minors - Sarah Puckett 1853 petition that her 3 minor children, Isaac Puckett 19, Ira Allen Puckett 17, Martha Malissa Puckett 15 are entitled to portions of the estate of their deceased father James Puckett.  Also a guardian bond dated 21 Apr 1853 by Sarah Puckett, Saml O Puckett & William Puckett for Sarah Puckett to be guardian of Isaac Puckett, Ira A Puckett and Martha M Puckett; signed by Sarah Puckett, S O Puckett, J W Puckett.  [Note that Sarah was the mother of Isaac, Ira & Martha, and this was guardianship in a fiduciary sense, to receive her children's inheritance and manage it for them until they were adults (21 years old).]

So, Samuel O Puckett was the son of James Puckett and Nancy Dillard (daughter of George & Martha Puckett).  After the death of Nancy Dillard Puckett, James Puckett married second Sarah Hendricks, daughter Thomas Hendricks.

More later...

William Perdue/Puckett and wife Phebe Perdue

 The May 1785 Chesterfield County, Virginia Court records include several findings of a grand jury, three of which involve the Puckett family:

Chesterfield Co, VA OB 7:153-4:

We present John Hill Senr of Manchester parch for living in adultery with Anne Puckett for one year last past

We present Marke Puckett for Living in adultery for one year past with Judith Montgomery 

We present Thomas Puckett of Manchester Parish for living in adultery with Mary Perdue for one year last past

This represents Thomas Puckett, who was the progenitor of a very large branch of the American Puckett family, Thomas Puckett's son Mark Puckett, and Mark Puckett's daughter Anne Puckett.  Note that the charge was adultery, meaning at least one person in each couple was married.  If neither was married, the charge was 'cohabitation'.  Divorce was nearly impossible in Virginia at this time, and it was not uncommon for men to leave their wife and live with another woman.  The charge of adultery tells us that the wives of John Hill Sr, Mark Puckett and Thomas Puckett were all living in May 1785.

Thomas Puckett wrote his will in 1787 and it was proved in 1798, in which he left all his personal estate to William Puckett, "otherwise called William Perdue" [Chesterfield Co, VA Will Book 5, p. 145; OB 12:450, 007895971:562].  The witnesses to the will were George Markham, Burrell Cashion and Joel Cashion.  Note that Thomas Puckett does not name William Perdue/Puckett as his son.  In fact, I have yet to find any documents where Thomas Puckett named a family member, though he had many interactions with his probable sons.

Thomas Puckett bought 100 acres from Abraham Puckett (Thomas's probable son) on 2 Nov 1762 (Chesterfield Co, VA DB 5:173).  Thomas Puckett gifted 50 acres to likely son James Puckett in 1787 (Chesterfield Co, VA DB 15:137); the witnesses were Burrell Cashion, Thomas Cashion & Joel Cashion.  The 1791 Land Tax of Chesterfield Co, VA lists James Puckett and William Puckett with 50 acres each in a row.  Thomas had conveyed land to William in a deed that was apparently never record, but mentioned in court records:

Chesterfield Co, VA OB 7:478 - Apr 1787 - A Deed from Thomas Puckett to William Puckett was proved by the oaths of Burwell Cashion & Joel Cashion witnesses thereto & Cont [continued].  [This deed appears to have never been recorded.]

More info on Thomas Puckett here:  https://sites.google.com/site/womackgen/puckett-family/more-puckett-research?authuser=0

The 1786 Personal Property tax list of Chesterfield Co, VA shows William Puckett as 16-20 years old, thus born between 1766 and 1770.  This made William Perdue/Puckett much younger than his half-brothers Mark Puckett and Abraham Puckett, born around 1732 and 1735 respectively.

William Puckett married Pheby [Phebe] Perdue in Chesterfield Co, VA on 1 Mar 1788; Burwell [Burrell] Cashion was the bondsman.  Phebe was likely a cousin or second cousin of William.  Phebe Puckett was named in the will of Thomas Perdue Sr (Chesterfield Co, VA, WB 6:249, dated 27 Jan 1803) as Thomas Perdue Sr's daughter.  Another daughter in Thomas Perdue Sr's will was Elizabeth Patram, who, after the death of her first husband, married Levi Puckett, probable son of Archer Puckett, son of Mark Puckett.  So, William Perdue/Puckett's sister-in-law married his grand-nephew, which was possible due to the fact William/Perdue Puckett was born 34 to 38 years after half-brother Mark Puckett.

William Puckett is on Chesterfield Co, VA personal property tax lists from 1786 to 1802, after which William Puckett's estate was on the lists until 1816; in 1817 Phebe Puckett was on the list.

In Dec 1800 court, a deed from Burwell Cashon [Burrell Cashion] to Wm Puckett was proved but apparently never recorded (Chesterfield Co, VA OB 14:13).

In December 1802 court, John Perdue was named administrator of the estate of William Puckett deceased (Chesterfield Co, VA OB 14:392).

William Puckett's estate was appraised on 3 Jan 1803 by Robert Hill, John Wilkinson & Francis Patram Sr (Chesterfield Co, VA WB 6:90).  

On 2 Nov 1802, John Perdue "administrator of the Estate of Wm Perdue alias William Pucket decd for the benefit of the said Estate" bought 5.5 acres of land from Samuel Cashion adjacent to land belonging to William Puckett's estate (Chesterfield Co, VA DB 16:173).

The eldest son of William Perdue/Puckett and Phebe Perdue was Phinehas Puckett, also spelled Phineas.  On 8 Nov 1813, Phebe Puckett and Zachariah Puckett obtained a bond to administer the estate of Phinehas Puckett deceased; both Phebe and Zachariah signed with an X (Chesterfield Co, VA WB 8:141).  Phineas Puckett has War of 1812 records; he was in 23rd Regiment (Brown's) VA Militia along with brother Zachariah Puckett and several other Puckett men from Chesterfield Co, VA.  On 8 May 1813, Phineas Puckett witnessed a deed from Pleasant H Mann to Bartholomew Perdue; the deed was proved in court 9 Aug 1813, and the court record notes that Phineas was dead (Chesterfield Co, VA DB 20:123).  It does not appear that Phineas Puckett married or had children.

In Nov 1817, William Puckett's surviving children sued the administrator of their father's estate for a partition of the land:

Zachariah Puckett, Caroline Puckett and Mary Ann Puckett an infant by her next friend Zachariah Puckett, which said Zachariah Caroline and Mary Ann are children and distribution of William Puckett deceased Complts against John Purdue administrator of William Puckett deceased, In Chancery  (Chesterfield Co, VA OB 21:347).

Note that the suit was necessary to get a court order to split the land, because Mary Ann Puckett was under 21 ("an infant").  

On 28 Feb 1832, Caroline Puckett married Bartlett Baugh in Chesterfield Co, VA; the marriage bond says that Caroline was the daughter of William Puckett deceased.  Bartlett Baugh is on the 1850 census of Chesterfield Co, VA, apparently a widower, with a girl Dolly Baugh, age 7, perhaps a daughter of Caroline.

Mary Ann Puckett left a will in Chesterfield Co, VA (WB 10:166) dated 20 Jan 1824, proved 9 Feb 1824, in which she left all her property to her "infant son Benjamin Robertson Puckett".  She named William Cashion guardian and executor, and the witnesses were William Ellis, Joel Cashion Sr & Francis Patram.  In court on 12 Apr 1824, William Cashion was named executor of the will.  On 12 Apr 1824, William Cashion obtained an administrator's bond on the estate of Mary Ann Puckett (WB 10:262), which is unusual, because he was executor, and executors usually did not also require an administrator's bond.  This was probably because it appears that Mary Ann's son had died, so her will leaving everything to her son was invalid.  Instead, everything would go to her next of kin, which would be her siblings.  On 15 Oct 1827, Caroline Puckett sold her share of the land "Land belonging to the estate of my sister Mary Ann Puckett decd" to William Baugh Sr; the land was described as adjacent to Zachariah Puckett (DB 27:49).  The fact that Caroline inherited land from Mary Ann proves that Mary Ann's son had died.  It appears Mary Ann Puckett, daughter of William Perdue/Puckett and Phebe Perdue, never married, but had a son out of wedlock, Benjamin Robertson Puckett, who died as a child.

Zachariah Puckett married Dicey Puckett on 8 Jan 1827 with Abijah Cheatham as bondsman in Chesterfield Co, VA.  I am 99% sure Dicey Puckett was the daughter of Claiborne Puckett and Jane Blankenship, but that will be another blog post.  On the 1850 Census, Zachariah Puckett, age 59 and apparently a widower is in a household by himself.  The next household in the 1850 census was Roland Puckett, who I have proof was the son of Claiborne Puckett and Jane Blankenship, so Roland was Zachariah's brother-in-law, as well as first cousin once removed.

In court on 13 Sep 1858, the following is found:

It is ordered to be certified that satisfactory evidence has been produced to this Court to shew that Zachariah Puckett to whom 120 acre County Land Warrant No. 38,863 issued  died intestate on the 17th day of April 1855 leaving Wm. T. Puckett a son and only heir at law of said Zachariah Puckett and that the said Wm. T. Puckett is over the age of twenty one years  (Chesterfield Co, VA OB 38:145)

This 120 acres was for Zachariah Puckett's War of 1812 service.  This was a US grant in Nebraska, granted in 1862 and assigned by William T Puckett to someone else (can't get link to patent on government website due to shutdown today 23 Oct 2025).

William T Puckett's middle name may have been Thomas - other people have researched him:  https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/sources/K8QC-XHM .  He married Susan Patram, had children, and died in the Civil War.  He may have been the Thomas Puckett in the 1850 census of Chesterfield Co, VA, aged 17, living with the family William E and Jaquet (Patram) Crostick.  Unknown why William T Puckett was not living with Zachariah Puckett in 1850.  Also unknown how William's wife Susan Patram was related to Jaquet Patram.

William Perdue/Puckett (1766/70 - 1802), son of Thomas Puckett and Mary Perdue, married Phebe Perdue (died after 1816 tax list).

Children:

• Phineas Puckett (c1789 - 1813) - no wife or children
• Zachariah Puckett (c1791 - 1855) - wife Dicey Puckett (died before 1850 census), son William T Puckett (c1833 - 1863) who married Susan Patram
• Caroline Puckett (died before 1850 census) - husband Bartlett Baugh, possible daughter Dolly Baugh
• Mary Ann Puckett (born after 1796 because under 21 in 1817, died 1824) - no husband, son out of wedlock named Benjamin Robertson Puckett who died shortly after her.

Will of John Puckett, 1806, Chesterfield County, Virginia

Chesterfield Co, VA Will Book 6, p.386-7

In the name of God, Amen, I John Puckett of the parish of Dale and county of Chesterfield, being weak in body but sound in mind and memory thanks be to God for the same, but knowing the uncertainty of human life, do make and ordain this my last will and testament in form and manner following, hereby renouncing and revoking all former wills by me made . 

Item, to my beloved wife Dolley Puckett I give and bequeath the use, profit, and benefit of my whole estate real and personal, during her life or widowhood, except such parts thereof as are specially disposed of hereafter. and at her decease to be divided equally betwixt my children Francis Puckett, Simon Puckett, William Puckett, and the one which my said wife is teeming with, be it a girl or a boy: but in case my said wife Dolley Puckett should marry, she shall be dispossessed of every part thereof by the executor, and the estate kept together for the benefit of the above children, untill the said executor shall see cause for a division, and in case any of the above legatees should die before the death of their mother  or before any division should take place, or after, their portion is to fall to the surviving part of them. 

Item, to my son Lewis Puckett I give and bequeath the sum of Twenty pounds, to be paid at his mother's death, to him and his heirs forever . 

Item. it is my will and desire that my son Lewis Puckett be dispossessed from the house he is now dwelling in, on or before the Twenty fifth day of December next - and that my man Hampton be kindly treated for his faithful services during the time I have had him in possession.

Lastly , I constitute and appoint my dearly beloved wife Dolley Puckett and my friend William Ferguson Senr executrix and executor of this my last will and testament . In witness hereof I have at my hand and real this Tenth day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and six . 

In presence of Thomas Whitworth  James Snellings, Eldridge Smith John Smith (his X mark)

John Puckett (his X mark) {seal}

At a Court held for Chesterfield County the 8th day of December 1806, this last will and testament of John Puckett deceased was proven by the oath of James Snellings and Eldridge Smith subscribing witnesses , and ordered to be recorded . And on the motion of Dolley Puckett and William Ferguson, executrix and executor therein named, who took the oath prescribed by law, and entered into bonds with security, conditioned as the law directs, certificate is granted them of having obtained probate thereof in due form.

Teste Thomas Watkins Clerk .

Some notes on this will:

1) John Puckett's grandfather was John Puckett, who I call "John Puckett of Third Branch" to distinguish from the other John Pucketts in Chesterfield Co, VA at the same time.  See More Puckett Research, section "John Puckett of Third Branch".  Note that John Puckett's 1772 will gave to his grandson John Puckett 150 acres and the slave boy Hampton.  The John Puckett in the 1806 will mentions "my man Hampton", proving the link back to his grandfather.

2) John Puckett who wrote the 1806 will was still a minor (under 21) in Aug 1781 - Chesterfield Co, VA OB 6:323 Aug 1781 - Edward Reams guardian of "John Puckett Orphan of Lewis Puckett".  This record gives John's father's name as Lewis Puckett.  Edward Reams was likely John Puckett's uncle, married to Frances (Puckett) Reams, mentioned as a daughter of John Puckett of the 1772 will.

3) In the 1783 Virginia State Census for Chesterfield County (Census Bureau link, p.50, column 4), John Puckett is shown as a head of a household with 2 white people and 1 black person (John, his wife Dorothy, slave man Hampton).

4) John's wife was Dorothy L LNU (last/maiden name unknown).  Sometimes appears as Dorotha.  Often appears by nickname Dolley or Dolly, common nicknames for Dorothy.

5) Note that in 1783, John and Dorothy had no children (see above).  The notion that their son Lewis was born in 1764 comes from the fact his wife was Rhoda (Newby), and researchers found another Puckett married to a Rhoda, Revolution War Vet John Puckett whose widow was Rhoda Lidia/Lydia; this John Puckett was born in 1764.  Because both Lewis Puckett and John Puckett (born 1764) were married to women named Rhoda they have been combined and conflated.

6) There are multiple other ways to prove that Lewis Puckett, son of John & Dorothy L Puckett was born circa 1784 or slightly later.  When Lewis Puckett married Rhoda Newby in 1803 in Chesterfield Co, VA, he was under 21, and thus considered a minor at the time; Virginia law required people under 21 to have parental consent to marry, which is why John Puckett gave consent for Lewis to marry.  On the 1820 census of Amelia Co, VA, Lewis Puckett was the male in his household aged 26-44, indicating he was born after 1775.  Lewis Puckett was missed in the 1830 census, though tax lists place him in Amelia Co, VA.  In 1840, he is listed as "Louis Puckett" in Hickman Co, KY and he was the male in his household aged 50-59, placing his birth between 1780 and 1790.  Lastly, records clearly indicate that Dorothy was the mother of Lewis, and the 1806 will of John Puckett indicates Dorothy was pregnant at the time - if Lewis was born in 1764, then his mother was pregnant again 42 years later, which is a biological impossibility.

7) The 1802 land tax list of Chesterfield Co, VA, John Puckett was listed with 147 acres.  He inherited half of his grandfather's 300 acre land patent.  It may have been slightly less than 150 acres due to a more accurate survey, or sometimes land was taken by the county for roads, etc.

8) There may have been a falling out between John Puckett and his son Lewis, because John's will does not give any land to Lewis, and in fact, evicts him from his father's land.  Lewis Puckett was to get 20 pounds money, but only after the death of his mother.  In a Chesterfield Co, VA deed, Lewis Puckett of Amelia Co gave to his daughter Edna Puckett any legacy coming to him from his father, John Puckett deceased, and his mother, Dorothy L Puckett (Chesterfield Co, VA DB 27:644, 21 Aug 1829).

9) John Puckett's land was to be divided between four children - Francis, Simon [sic, this was mistake for 'Simeon'], William and the child Dorothy was pregnant with, whether a boy or girl.  This is the only known mention of Francis and the child Dorothy was pregnant with in 1806; they both must have died without children of their own.  In 1823, Simeon Puckett and his wife Stacia sold to Dorothy L Puckett Simeon's interest in the land of his father - "containing by estimation Seventy acres be the same more or less ( it being the moiety of my fathers land, lying & being in the Chesterfield County, which I fell heir to from my fathers last Will & Testament" (Chesterfield Co, VA DB 25:95).  Simeon mentioned 70 acres, about half the 147 acres John Puckett was taxed with in 1802.  Simeon also mentioned a 'moiety', an old word meaning roughly a half.  One of the witnesses to the deed was William M Puckett, Simeon's brother, who would inherit the other half of John Puckett's land.  Given that John Puckett's land was split in half, the other two children he willed the land must have died young.

10) Simeon Puckett was dead by 13 Nov 1826, when Stacia remarried William C Wilson.  On 11 Feb 1833, Dorothy L Puckett was appointed guardian of "John Puckett and Augustus Cox Puckett orphans of Simeon Puckett" (Chesterfield Co, VA OB 27:655).  The boys may have still lived with their mother, and Dorothy was a guardian of their financial affairs.

11) Augustus Cox Puckett went to Kentucky with his grandmother Dorothy L Puckett and uncles Lewis and William M Puckett.  Augustus is often counted as a child of Lewis in online trees, but was his nephew.  Census records indicate Augustus Cox Puckett had a son named Simeon after his father.

12) John Puckett, son of Simeon, was the John Henry Puckett who married Obedience Susan Archer in Chesterfield Co, VA in 1847; they had a daughter named Dorothy.  John H Puckett's middle name 'Henry' from his marriage record, Obedience Archer's middle name 'Susan' from the death certificate of one of her children.  John H Puckett may have gone to Kentucky, there was a John H Puckett on the Hickman Co, KY 1844 tax list, but returned to Virginia.  In 1847, John H Puckett was in debt and had to sign over land to the Sheriff of Chesterfield Co, VA, the land was described as land 'charged to Simion Puckett', no acreage given (Chesterfield Co, VA DB 37:399).

13) Simeon Puckett may have had other children I am trying to connect.

14) William M Puckett was born circa 1805, and thus very young when his father John Puckett died in 1806.  He inherited half his father's land which he and wife Nancy (Hood) sold before moving to Hickman Co, KY.  The area they moved to later became Ballard Co, KY, and in an 1867 deed, William M Puckett describes a piece of land he inherited from his mother, "Dorothy L. Puckett mother of said Wm M. Puckett by last Will and Testament bequeathed to said Wm Puckett Sen , her son..." (Ballard Co, KY DB A:71).  Note that Dorothy L Puckett left a will in Ballard Co, KY but it was lost along with the other early wills of that county.

15) More on this family later.  :)

Lewis Puckett & Rhoda Newby family, Part 1

 This is the first of a series of posts involving the family of Lewis Puckett and his wife Rhoda Newby.

Daughters who married in Virginia

Update: marriage records of Amelia Co, VA

• 15 Sep 1830, Ethol Pitchford & Edney Puckett, James H Southall security
• 24 Dec 1832, Thomas Perdue & Martha Puckett, Ethol Pitchford security, Lewis Puckett bride's father
• 24 Dec 1835, Asa Perdue & Frances Puckett, Joseph Waltrip security, Lewis Puckett bride's father

Edney Puckett to Ethrol Pitchford, Amelia Co, VA - 15 Sep 1830 - marriage record does not state parentage of either.  In Chesterfield Co, VA OB 29:4, 13 Mar 1837, a road crew order lists the following men in a row "Asa Perdue , Thomas Perdue, Ethrall Pitchfort".  All three were married to daughters of Lewis Puckett and Rhoda Newby.  By 1840, "Etheal Pitchfort" was on the 1840 Federal Census (FC) of White Co, TN.  In 1850, Ethel Pitchfort is on the FC of White Co, TN; he is 45, born in VA, with 'Emily' 35, VA and children born in VA and TN.  In 1860 FC of White Co, TN, again we find Etherel & Emily Pitchfort, but he must must have died before 1870, as the 1870 and 1880 censuses list just Edney Pitchfort.  In White Co, TN Probate Deed Book E:40, Ethel Pitchfort and his wife Edney, on 11 Apr 1853, gave Power of Attorney to William M Puckett (who was Edney's uncle).  Unknown why Edney listed as Emily in the 1850 and 1860 censuses, perhaps a middle name.

Edney was probably a nickname for Edna.  In Chesterfield Co, VA DB 27:644, Lewis Puckett, on 1 Aug 1829, gave to "my daughter Edna Puckett" for love and affection and one dollar, his inheritance he was due from "the estate of my father John Puckett deceased" as well as his interest in the estate of "my mother Dorothy L Puckett at her decease".

Martha Puckett married Thomas Perdue in Amelia Co, VA on 24 Dec 1832; the marriage record says she was the daughter of Lewis Puckett.  Exactly 3 years later, on 24 Dec 1835, Frances Puckett married Asa Perdue in Amelia Co, VA; the marriage record does not list parentage of either.  

Martha was buried at Blandford Cemetery in Petersburg, VA, which has very good records.  The record of her burial states she died 24 Sep 1862 at age 50 of typhoid fever, that she was the wife of Thomas S Perdue, and she was born in Chesterfield Co, the daughter of Lewis and Rhonda [sic] Puckett.

Virginia Death Records state that Frances Perdue died 5 Sep 1893 at age 80 in Matoaca, Chesterfield, VA; that she was born in Chesterfield; that she was the widow of Asa Perdue and the daughter of Lewis and Rhoda Puckett.

Asa and Frances Perdue were in Chesterfield Co, VA for the 1850 census after which Asa must have died, since Frances is listed without a husband, living with her children, in the 1860, 1870 and 1880 censuses.  Thomas and Martha Perdue were in Chesterfield Co, VA for the 1850 census, and in Petersburg, VA for the 1860 census.

Martha Puckett and Frances Puckett have been conflated, confused and combined into "Martha Frances Puckett" in multiple online genealogies, but they were two separate women, sisters who were both daughters of Lewis Puckett and Rhoda Newby.

Ancestry of Samuel O Puckett

 Samuel O Puckett - born 1820 in Laurens Co, SC; died 1893 in Sevier Co, AR.  - https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/about/L7BT-N4R

On 1850 Census of Laurens Co, SC with wife Elizabeth C (Hairston) age 25; also in the household is William Puckett age 19.

Laurens Co, SC Will Book A:69 - Will of George Dillard, dated 1846, wife Martha, mentions several heirs including grandson Samuel Puckett - Samuel's parents not given.

Union Co, SC Will Book C:233 - Will of Martha Dillard, dated 1861, mentions several heirs including grandson Samuel Puckett - Samuel's parents not given.

From this, we know that Samuel O Puckett's parents were a Mr Puckett and a Miss Dillard.

There were three sets of Puckett families in Laurens Co, SC - see here.

In Rankin Co, MS, Dr Samuel M Puckett administered the estate of James Puckett, and probate records there reveal that Samuel O Puckett was the son of James Puckett.  Dr Samuel M Puckett was the son of John Puckett, son of Charles Puckett, son of the 'original' Douglass Puckett (first person by that name in America).  

Charles Puckett left Prince Edward Co, VA before the Revolutionary War and moved to South Carolina, settling near Duncans Creek of Enoree River in what became Ninety-Six District, then Laurens District, renamed to Laurens County.  Charles Puckett had four sons - James D Puckett, Chatham [or Cheatham] Puckett, John Puckett [whose name was often preceded with 'Esquire'],  and Douglass Josiah/Josephus Puckett [he appears to have changed his middle name after becoming an attorney].

James D Puckett spent a few years in Knox Co, TN and Anderson Co, TN in the late 1790s, early 1800s, before moving to western KY, then finally to Claiborne Co, MS where he died; the name of his wife is unknown.  John Puckett's first wife was Ann, nicknamed 'Nancy', her maiden name unknown; they sold their land in Laurens Co, SC and moved to western KY, where John Puckett remarried after his first wife's death; John Puckett was a justice of the Livingston Co, KY court.  Later, John Puckett moved to Hinds Co, MS where he left a will in 1825 naming several heirs, including his son Samuel M Puckett, who was named executor of John's will.

I mention James D Puckett and his brother John Puckett because their children were in Mississippi, a place where several Puckett lines get confused, because sometimes Pucketts who were distantly related lived in the same counties.  Also, Dr Samuel M Puckett, son of John Puckett, administered the estate of James Puckett, father of Samuel O Puckett.  

In 1845, James Puckett bought land in Rankin Co, MS - a lot in the town of Brandon.  This lot had been sold by Samuel M Puckett to his sister and brother-in-law, who defaulted on a loan, and the bank then sold it to James Puckett - all of this detail in the deed.  Rankin Co, MS DB 9:10.

The Pucketts of Rankin Co, MS are very confusing.  Samuel M Puckett was there, as well as his sons.  There are also records of Samuel M Puckett's brothers, and his Puckett first cousins (sons of James D Puckett).  Also, there was the extended family of Thomas Puckett, who was distantly related.

By April 1849, James Puckett was dead, and Samuel M Puckett named administrator.  

The link to Samuel O Puckett is given in Rankin Co, MS Record of Petitions, B:75, 'Estate of James Puckett' - administrator Saml M Puckett, in Apr 1849, described the property of James Puckett in Rankin Co, MS and what he knew of James' family - that he left a widow, Sarah Puckett in South Carolina, and 6 children:

"Samuel O. Puckett, who is one & twenty years of age and four children who are minors John Puckett, Isaac Puckett, Ira Puckett & Martha Ann Puckett as your Petitioner is informed and believes, these four children reside as your petitioner is informed in the State of South Carolina , the sixth child named Thomas Puckett is a minor under the age of twenty one and resides, or make it his home in the County of Rankin."

Note that Samuel O Puckett is described as 'one & twenty years of age' in 1849, a fancy way of saying 21.  This was legalese meaning he was least 21, the same way we say you must be 21 to buy alcohol.  At this time, 21 was the age of adulthood, and children under 21 were considered minors.

We find James Puckett's widow, Sarah Puckett, on the 1850 census of Union Co, SC, age 47, with children Isaac 16, Ira 14, Martha 12; also Asbury Hendricks age 27, male living with them.  Thomas Puckett, son of James, was on the 1850 Census of Rankin Co, MS as 22, born in SC, a carpenter, in the household of C N Langford.  

By the 1860 Federal Census, Sarah's family was in Hempstead Co, AR, not too far from Samuel O Puckett in Sevier Co, AR.  Sarah Puckett has the same children with her in 1860, plus John W Puckett, 28, born in SC.  John W Puckett must be the John Puckett listed as child of James Puckett, and the W likely stood for William, and he was the William Puckett with Samuel O Puckett in 1850.

From various records of Hempstead Co, AR, Sarah Puckett's maiden name appears to be Hendricks, daughter of a Thomas Hendricks.  Sarah Hendricks was the second wife of James Puckett, after his first wife, a Miss Dillard (given name currently unknown) died.

Later probate records of James Puckett in Rankin Co, MS show that Sarah Puckett of Hempstead Co, AR gave Power of Attorney to Isaac Puckett to handle the estate of James Puckett.

Given the age gap, and the fact that George & Martha Dillard only mentioned one Puckett grandchild, it appears James Puckett and Miss Dillard had only one child, or least only one who survived to 1849, which was Samuel O Puckett, born 1820.  James Puckett and second wife Sarah Hendricks had Thomas (born circa 1828), John William (c 1831), Isaac M (c 1834), Ira Allen (c 1836) and Martha Ann Melissa (c 1838).

I am pretty sure James Puckett was the son Benjamin Puckett and Sarah Hansell.  My reasoning will be in another post.  Benjamin Puckett was, I believe, the younger brother of Charles Puckett, father of John Puckett, father of Dr Samuel M Puckett who administered the estate of James Puckett.  This makes Samuel O Puckett the second cousin of Dr Samuel M Puckett of Rankin Co, MS.  

Why was James Puckett in Rankin Co, MS, away from his family in South Carolina?  He may have been ill, and perhaps Samuel M Puckett, a medical doctor, was treating him.

More later.

 

Quaker Pucketts

Sylvia Ridenour Olson's mother was Hazel Puckett (1882 - 1969), she the daughter of Francis Puckett (1859 - 1931), he the son of James B Puckett (1829 - 1899), son of James Puckett (1788 - circa 1860), son of Thomas Puckett, the progenitor of a large Puckett family of Quakers.

Our basic knowledge of Thomas Puckett the Quaker, and his father Isham Puckett Sr, comes from  the book A history of Welcome Garrett and his descendants by Samuel B Garret, as I discuss on my page for Womack Puckett.

Sylvia R Olson studied the Quaker Pucketts extensively, and created a large set of 3x5 cards with info on hundreds of Puckett individuals.  These cards were microfilmed by LDS, and available at FamilySearch (click this link, requires free FamilySearch login).  The cards are arranged alphabetically by name.

Richard Puckett, son of Thomas the first Quaker, and wife Hannah had several children.  After Richard died, Hannah and the children moved to Indiana.  In Surry Co, NC Deed Book U:288, Hannah and her children gave Power of Attorney to David Puckett (another child of Richard & Hannah) to settle the estate of Richard Puckett in North Carolina.  

Surry Co, NC DB U:288 - Power of attorney, David Puckett from Hannah Puckett and others.  Hannah Pucket widow and Thomas Pucket, Isam Pucket, Moses Pucket and Betsey Pucket his wife, Joseph Pucket, Richard Pucket, Elihu Pucket, Phebe Pucket, Nancy Combs Pucket, Levina Pucket and Lewis Pucket heirs of Richard Pucket deceased of Vigo Co, IN make Daniel Pucket our Attorney to settle the estate of Richard Pucket in Surry Co, NC.  Signed 19 Sep 1832.  Signed by Hannah Pucket, Thomas Pucket, Moses Pucket, Betsy Pucket, Richard Pucket, Joseph Pucket, Elihu Pucket, Phebe Pucket, Levina Pucket, Lewis Pucket.  Witnesses Isom Garrett, Patterson M Wire.  

The question arises whether Moses Puckett in the Power of Attorney above was the son of Richard and Hannah, or a son-in-law who married their daughter Elizabeth.  Moses Puckett married Elizabeth Puckett 13 June 1818 in Surry Co, NC with Benjamin Taylor bondsman.  The wording of the Power of Attorney means that Moses was a son-in-law of Richard, acting in the right of his wife Elizabeth, nickname  'Betsy'.

According to Sylvia Olson, Moses was Elizabeth's first cousin, the son of Benjamin Puckett - link here.  If so, Moses came back to NC to marry Elizabeth, because in 1809, Moses witnessed a deed to his father in Knox Co, OH (DB B:102).

A guardian report in Surry Co, NC (Record of Estates 1818-1824:54) shows Samuel Pfaff was the guardian of Elizabeth Puckett and Nancy Puckett.  Pfaff settled Elizabeth's share with her husband, Moses Puckett.  He gave Nancy Puckett her share a few days before she came of age, right before she moved to "the western country" with a bond from Nancy's mother to indemnify him.  He also received money from the administrator to pay for school for David Puckett.   The "Richard Puckett 1815" estate file shows Pfaff as guardian to some of Richard's children.  

So, Moses Puckett was Richard Puckett's son-in-law.

Moses Puckett was on the 1820 census of Clinton Co, OH and the 1830 census of Vigo Co, IN.  The Moses Puckett on the 1840 census of Clinton Co, OH was another Moses Puckett, son of James Puckett son of Thomas the Quaker, and thus first cousin of both Moses Puckett and his wife Elizabeth.  Moses Puckett son of James was on the 1850 census of Hamilton Co, IN.  

Clinton Co, OH DB D:234, a deed made in 1824 where the sellers were Benjamin Puckett and wife Catherine, James Puckett and wife Mary, and Moses Puckett and wife Betsy.  Proof that after marrying, Moses Puckett and his wife Elizabeth Puckett lived for a time in Ohio before moving to Indiana.

John Puckett of Amherst County, Virginia

 In 1756, a John Puckett was an overseer for Peter Jefferson, father of President Thomas Jefferson, in Albemarle Co, VA.  See book 'The Lee Harmon Manuscript' at Internet Archive, Chapter V, p.104.  The footnote for this is missing from the footnote section for Chapter 5 at the end of the book, but I assume it comes from the papers of Peter Jefferson, who had four large plantations in Albemarle County.  John Puckett may have worked at Jefferson's Shadwell Plantation, a little east of Charlottesville.

A John Puckett bought land in Albemarle Co, VA in 1765:  DB 4:100 - 11 Jul 1765, William Kippes to John Puckett, both of Albemarle Co, for 20 pounds, tract in Albemarle Co, South Branches of Hardware River, 200 acres, mentions corner of John Howard and Stephens. Signed Wm Kippes.  No witnesses.  July 1765 Albemarle Court, acknowledged by William Kippes.

Also, DB 4:500 - 25 Oct 1765, John Howard & John Puckett of Albemarle to Randolph Johnson of Cumberland Co, for 8 pounds, land in Albemarle, part of a 400 acre tract granted to aforesaid John Howard on Dabeys Creek.  Mentions William Kippe's corner, Jacob Oglesby's line, John Howard's corner.  Signed John Howard (J H his mark), John Puckett (+ his mark).  No witnesses.  Apr 1768, Albemarle Court - acknowledged by John Howard and John Puckett, Katey [?, later deeds show John Howard's wife was Catherine, Katey a nickname] wife of said Howard relinquished Dower.

Fluvanna Co, VA was formed 1 July 1777 from the eastern part of Albemarle Co.  Hardware River arises in modern Albemarle Co and flows into Fluvanna Co where it joins the James River.  Dobby Creek, called Dabeys Creek in the deed above, is a small creek in Fluvanna Co that flows into Hardware River in what is now the Hardware River State Wildlife Management Area.  So, the area in the two above deeds was in the part of Albemarle Co which became Fluvanna in 1777.

In 1764, John Howard sold land to George Duncan - Albemarle Co, VA DB 4:11 1764, John Howard & Catherine his wife to George Duncan, all of Albemarle Co, 20 acres, part of a patent granted 17 June 1738 of 200 acres to Jacob Shephard, and from him conveyed to said John Howard, on Hardware River, mention John Stevens line.  Signed John Howard (J H his mark), Catherine Howard (+ her mark).  No witnesses.  19 Oct 1764, court for Albemarle Co, acknowledged by John Howard and Katherine his wife.

In 1779, John Puckett, an inhabitant of Amherst Co, VA, sold 200 acres in Fluvanna Co, VA.

Fluvanna Co, VA DB 1:157 - 17 Feb 1779, John Puckett of Amherst Co, VA to George Duncan of Fluvanna Co, VA, for 25 pounds, 200 acres in Fluvanna joining the lines of said Duncan, Christopher Watts and Shadrack Ogelsby [Oglesby].  Signed John Puckett (+ his mark).  Witnesses Jno Wmson [John Williamson], John Duncan, Lewis Hancock.  Fluvanna Court 4 Mar 1779, proved by oaths of John Williamson, John Duncan and Lewis Handcock.

Although the deed does not mention any waterways, this appears to be the same 200 acres purchased by John Puckett in 1765 on Hardware River.  Almost certainly this is the same John Puckett selling that land in 1777.

John Puckett bought land in Amherst Co, VA in 1771.  In 1776, John Puckett sold part of that land to Jacob Puckett, and the description mentions William Oglesby's line - a probable connection to the Oglesby neighbors in the Albemarle and Fluvanna deeds above.

John Puckett was listed an the 1787 tax list of Amherst Co, VA as tax exempt.  Jacob Puckett is also on this list and was taxed for one white poll.  The 1787 tax list was different than those before or after, because the state of Virginia had instructed all counties to list by name all white males over 16, even those who were tax exempt.  In this way, the 1787 tax list has been used as substitute for the lost 1790 Federal Census of Virginia.  Virginia did not have automatic tax exemptions, but the courts could grant an exemption to someone who was old or disabled, though they still had to pay taxes on certain personal property if they owned it.  They were exempt from the poll tax on white males over 16.

John Puckett appears to have been alive for several more years, acting as the bondsman on several marriages in Amherst Co.  The last appearance was when a John Puckett was the bondman for the marriage of Benjamin Sneed to Silvey Enicks in 1797.

John Puckett and Jacob Puckett signed a Legislative Petition in 1776 - search the Library of Virginia catalog for 'Dissenters in Albemarle, Amherst, & Buckingham: Petition' - there are two petitions with this name, both dated 22 Oct 1776.  John Puckett and Jacob Puckett are listed on one of them.

Assuming John Puckett who was on overseer for Peter Jefferson in 1756 was the same as the John Puckett of the 1765 Albemarle Co, VA deeds, this makes us rethink this John Puckett.  He was probably the father of Jacob Puckett, and not Jacob's brother as has been theorized.  We can guess this John Puckett was born circa 1736, making him about 20 when he worked for Peter Jefferson, and old enough to be Jacob Puckett's father - census records show Jacob was born in the 1750s.  By 1787, John Puckett was around 51 years old, and tax exempt.  John Puckett may be the son of Daniel Puckett of Buckingham Co, VA, but if so, he came west from Chesterfield Co, VA to the Peter Jefferson plantation in Albemarle Co, VA well before Daniel Puckett left Chesterfield.

Two Robert Pucketts

 There were two Robert Pucketts in Virginia in the late 1700s, one the son of Douglass Puckett, and one the son of Daniel Puckett.

The Robert Puckett who married Elizabeth Rice and had several children with her, as well as several children with mistress Sarah 'Sally' Potter, is well-known thru records of Prince Edward, Charlotte and Campbell counties in Virginia.  Robert's will named both sets of children.  Robert died from a gunshot wound, and his son, Robert Potter alias Puckett, was tried and acquitted of murder.  There are multiple records that tie this Robert to Douglass Puckett.

The other Robert Puckett is fairly unknown.  When Daniel Puckett, a resident of Buckingham Co, VA, sold land in Chesterfield Co, VA in 1780, two of the witnesses were Robert Puckett and Rachel Puckett.  There are few remaining records of Buckingham Co, VA; most early records were lost.  However, Robert Puckett appears on a 1773/1774 tax list of Buckingham that survived.  Robert Puckett also signed a Legislative Petition from Buckingham Co, VA in 1777.  

Daniel Puckett had a Virginia Land patent in northern Buckingham Co, VA, very close to where Buckingham joins the counties of Albemarle and Fluvanna.

By 1782, Robert Puckett, son of Daniel, appears to have moved to Fluvanna Co, VA, where he appears on tax lists from 1782 to 1817.  

Benjamin Puckett and Stephen Puckett also appear in Fluvanna records, likely sons of this Robert.  Benjamin Puckett, born circa 1781, was on the 1850 Federal Census Of Buckingham Co, VA, listed as age 65 with wife Polly.  His death was recorded in Virginia Death Registers, which state he died 17 June 1859 in Buckingham Co, age 78 (thus born circa 1781), wife Polly Pucket.  Most importantly, this record state he was born in Fluvanna Co, VA.

There were multiple Puckett marriages in Fluvanna Co, VA,

• James Thomas to Polley Puckett, 5 Jan 1801, Stephen Puckett bondsman, Robert Puckett consent
• Stephen Puckett to Polley Moore, 6 Nov 1801
• Robert Anderson to Rachel Puckett, 3 Sep 1808, John Thomas bondsman, Robert Puckett father
• Hiram Dawson to Jane Puckett, 23 Mar 1814
• Edmond Slaughter to Sally Puckett, 29 Dec 1816

Note that Robert Puckett had a daughter Rachel Puckett who married Robert Anderson.  This Rachel Puckett was unlikely the same Rachel Puckett who witnessed Daniel Puckett's 1780 deed along with Robert Puckett, but likely named for her.  The 1780 Rachel Puckett could have been Robert's sister or wife - it was fairly common to name girls after their mother then.

So, there were two Robert Pucketts, one with lots of records who was the son of Douglass Puckett, the other with fewer records, the probable son of Daniel Puckett.

Puckett - Surry County, North Carolina Land Entries

From the book, SURRY COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA LAND ENTRIES 1778 —1781 by JOSEPH WINSTON, at FamilySearch books.

#1208.  SAMUEL HUMPHRIS enters 100 acres of land in Surry Co. on the FLATT SHOLE CREEK above the main road including ISHAM PUCKETT's improvement for quantity —December 31, 1778. [Warrant granted]

#1243.  JOSEPH WILLIAMS enters 220 acres of land in Surry Co. on FLATT SHOLE CREEK including THOMAS PUCKETT'S improvement for quantity —January 2, 1779. [Warrant granted]

#2165.  REUBEN MATTHIAS enters 100 acres on the waters of FLAT SHOLE CREEK, including PAGE PUCKET'S improvement —July 13, 1781. [Warrant issued to THOS. WORD November 12, 1802 by J. W., C. C.]

Isham Puckett, Thomas Puckett and Page Puckett all believed to be sons of Isham Puckett Sr and his wife, Martha LNU.

Isham Puckett Jr moved north into Henry Co, VA by 1785 (tax lists), the part of Henry which later became Patrick County in 1791.

Page Puckett moved to Union Co, SC by the 1790 Census.

Thomas Puckett stayed in Surry Co, NC, though he also has records in Grayson Co, VA.  Thomas Puckett and his descendants were Quakers.

The 'FLAT SHOLE CREEK' in these records believed to the modern Flat Shoal Creek in modern Surry Co, NC, flows under I-74 near Long Hill, and flows into Ararat River.  There is another 'Flat Shoals Creek' in modern Stoke Co, NC, near Stokes Early College; this Flat Shoals Creek flows into the Dan River.  Some Puckett researchers have confused these creeks, since Stokes Co, NC is right next to Surry Co, NC, and Stokes was formed from Surry in 1789.

It was common for settlers to 'squat' on land and start improving it - clearing some if it, planting crops, building houses.  The squatter was in good position to get a land entry, which led to a grant from the state of North Carolina.  Sometimes the squatters sold the right to an entry to someone else.  That appears to be the case with the Puckett men.  Though Isham and Page moved on, Thomas stayed and eventually got a NC land grant in Surry Co, NC.

Boaz Puckett - rough notes

Boaz Puckett appears to have been a son of Womack Puckett Sr and Mabel Walthall.  His first name spelled variously in records as Bows, Bose, Booz, etc.

Bows Puckett listed as a tithe (white male over 16) in household of father Womack Puckett Sr in the 1752 partial tax list of Chesterfield Co, VA:  https://sites.google.com/site/womackgen/puckett-family/colonial-tax-lists

The death of Womack Puckett Sr set off litigation until Ephraim Puckett, who was evidently the eldest son and had inherited his father's land by primogeniture, gifted that land to Womack Puckett Jr by deed.

• Chesterfield OB 2:317 img 477 - June 1757 Womack Puckett deceased more than 3 months, sheriff to administer
• Chesterfield OB 2:378 img 508 - Jan 1758 - Bows Puckett vs Womack Puckett
• Chesterfield OB 2:385 img 511 - Mar 1758 - Deed Ephraim Puckett to Womack Puckett
• Chesterfield OB 2:387 img 512 - Mar 1758 - Suit brought by Womack Puckett against Ephraim Bose & Mabil Puckett dismissed being agreed

The records don't say what the litigation was about.  Note that these records also show that Mable Walthall Puckett was alive in March 1758.  Notably, Isham Puckett, son of Womack Puckett Sr & Mable Walthall, is not mentioned; he had probably already moved away, and shows up in Lunenburg Co, VA by 1762.

Boaz had to be 16 or older in 1752 to be a tithe, and he had to be 21 or older in 1758 to sue in court.

Boaz next appears buying land in Mecklenburg Co, VA in 1777:

Mecklenburg Co, VA DB 5:112 (007895939:82) - 9 Sep 1777, John Brown Jr of MC to Booz [?] Puckett of MC, S side Avens Creek, Floyd’s line, 25 acres.  Wit:  Henry Pennington, Thomas Fowler, Philip Pennington.  Court 10 Nov 1777 ack by John Brown Jr. [OB 4:377/212]

From Deed Mapper, John Brown had a VA land patent near Pennington land patents, and within a couple miles of Isham Puckett's 1762 grant (VPB 35:55).  

Avens Creek is now called Evans Creek, a tributary of Meherrin River in Mecklenburg Co, VA:  https://maps.app.goo.gl/W6HSc6fjgSpAroV87 

Note it is near Taylors Creek, where Isham Puckett's land patent was, and near Interstate 85, Exit 12 interchange with US Route 58,   On the west side of I-85, and south of the town of South Hill is Flat Creek, where Thomas Taylor had a patent; Thomas Taylor's patent just west of Isham Puckett's patent.

Next records for Boaz Puckett are from Mecklenburg Co, VA order books:

OB 6:57 img 48 - June 1784 - Boaz Puckett exempt from levies, being old and infirm

OB 6:553 img 286 - July 1786 - Bannister Puckett orphan of Boaz Puckett deceased to be bound out.  Boaz Puckett died intestate with small estate which no person will administer, sheriff ordered to dispose of estate.

There are a couple other Mecklenburg records that might be related to Boaz Puckett.  

OB 6:4 img 22 - May 1784 - Grief Puckett apprentice to Stephen Mabry bound out

OB 7:72 img 432 - Aug 1787 - Susannah Puckett vs Senior Douglass

Note that Grief Puckett was bound out before Boaz Puckett died, but sometimes children were taken from homes where parents could not provide.  Grief Puckett may be the son of Boaz.  More on Grief Puckett:  https://sites.google.com/site/womackgen/puckett-family/chester-county-south-carolina

Susannah Puckett was possibly the widow of Boaz Puckett.  This was a "quiet period" for Puckett activity in Mecklenburg Co, VA.  Ephraim Puckett and Isham Puckett had left.  Shippy Allen Puckett had moved away as well, but just across the state line in what is now Warren Co, NC, though some of his daughters married in Mecklenburg.  It is possible Susannah Puckett was somehow related to Shippy Allen Puckett.  Later, around 1800, Abraham Puckett would move from Chesterfield Co, VA and buy land in Mecklenburg Co; Bannister Puckett has been mistakenly attributed as Abraham's son.

Note that William Smith Puckett's mother was supposedly Susannah Smith, married to an unknown Puckett.  William Smith Puckett seems somehow related to Grief Puckett, see link above.

If this Susannah Puckett was the widow of Boaz Puckett and the mother of William Smith Puckett, then she had William Smith Puckett out of wedlock, since he was born circa 1795 in SC.

I will do a future post on Bannister Puckett, son of Boaz Puckett.

David Puckett, Frances Butler - rough notes

Working mostly off memory, so probably a few mistakes -  David Puckett married Frances Butler in Prince Edward Co, VA in 1771, she the daughter of Aaron Butler, mentioned in his will.  David Puckett had at least 2 daughters, both married McDearman men in PE Co, VA (see PE marriage records), before David left.

David Puckett had a son and grandsons  named Douglas, but unsure if he was the son or nephew of the original Douglass Puckett.

Tax records show David in PE Co, VA to about 1806, near Aaron Puckett and Edmund Puckett, his sons.  Other Pucketts in PE in late 1700s/early 1800s include Peter Puckett (son of original Douglass, moved to Wilkes Co, GA by late 1780s), James & Joel Puckett (sons of Thomas Hobby Puckett of Lunenburg Co, VA).

David likely moved to Georgia since his sons were there.  There was a PE Co, VA chancery case trying to sue David Puckett (1808-007) and Edmund Puckett, but it appears they had already left Virginia.  David possibly the David Puckett with 1825 land grant in Franklin Co, GA.

Sons of David Puckett & Frances Butler:

Edmund Butler Puckett married Betsey Gray, 1812, Putnam Co, GA.  1830 census Jasper Co, GA.  1841 administrator bond, Stewart Co, GA for estate of Edmund Puckett by Elizabeth Puckett and David G Puckett.

Aaron Butler Puckett married Sarah H LNU, records in Pulaski Co, GA.  Won land in Gwinnett Co, GA in one of the GA land lotteries.  Widow Sarah on 1830 census Gwinnet Co, GA, next to son Edmund D[ouglass?] Puckett, one of several confusing Puckett lines in Gwinnett/Hall Co area.  Edmund D Puckett had married Nancy Pulliam in Franklin Co, GA.  Widow Sarah married next William Richardson 1848 in Gwinnett.  By 1870, listed in Bartow Co, GA as Sarah H R Puckett, age 83, born in VA with son Ed[mund] D Puckett, age 60, GA.  Sarah interred in Puckett Cemetery (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8752677/sarah-richardson), along with grandson Edmund Douglass Puckett Jr and others of this family.

John H Puckett married Tabitha Richards in Greene Co, GA, 1811.  Family bible lists birthdates of 9 kids, who by their names are obviously descendants of David Puckett & Frances Butler.  Bible link at ancestry (2 pages).  Tabitha buried in Rockdale Co, GA (formed from Newton).  John H Puckett on 1860 census of Newton Co, GA, then moved to Camp Co, TX where he died: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43305509/john-h.-pucket 

Douglass Puckett moved to Alabama.  In the Rev War Pension Application for Edmund Butler of Monroe Co, AL for naval service, Douglass Puckett signed a statement in 1829 saying he had known Edmund Butler for 40 years.  Douglass Puckett had BLM land grants in Dallas Co, AL, which he sold, one to a John B Butler.  Apparently then moved to Newton (later Rockdale) Co, GA, near brother John H Puckett.  Douglass Puckett apparently never married or had children.  Buried in same cemetery as sister-in-law Tabitha Richards Puckett, and mistakenly attributed as her husband on find-a-grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31756320/douglas-puckett 

In several GA counties where these Pucketts lived, other Puckett lines wee in the same county, making it hard to separate these lines.  The descendants of David Puckett & Frances Butler are a significant portion of the early Puckett records in Georgia.

Slowly documenting this here:  https://sites.google.com/site/womackgen/puckett-family

This is just rough notes, but maybe enough for another researcher to follow.

Book 'Pucketts and Their Kin' - Some Serious Mistakes

The book 'Pucketts and Their Kin' is on Internet Archives here:  https://archive.org/details/somepuckettsthei00garr.

This book was privately compiled and published by Hester Elizabeth Garrett in 1960.  It certainly has some great research, but in double-checking the records cited, there are some serious mistakes which have thrown off Puckett researchers for decades.

I will eventually try to make a full list of the mistakes, but a few in particular are the most egregious.

Page 2 - Marriage of James Westbrook and Elizabeth Westbrook did NOT happen ca 1678-9.  Garret cites the wrong record book, but correct page number.  The record is in record book Henrico Co, VA Wills, Deeds, etc. (which I abbreviate WD) 1697-1704, page 96.  My full abbreviation is Henrico Co, VA WD 1697-1704:96.  This book is sometimes erroneously called WD 1697-1699, but that is just the 1892 copy, which only copied records before 1700 (In the late 1800s, genealogy was becoming popular, and the old record books were falling apart from being handled so much, so Virginia had many of the pre-1700 records hand-copied.  The copies of Henrico records were made in 1892.)

The marriage record of James Westbrook and Elizabeth Westbrook is in Henrico Co, VA WD 1697-1704:96.  FamilySearch has images of the original (digitized film 007645094:51) and the 1892 copy (007676115:171).  The original is too difficult to read, partially due to the original record fading, and partially due to poor microfilm photography.  The 1892 copy is legible.  There is a list of probates and marriage licenses under the heading 'An Acct of Probat admcon Returned to Mr Sectys office Aprill ye 13th 1698' (An Account of Probate Administration Returned to Mr Secretary's office 13 Apr 1698).  One of the lines below that heading is for a marriage license:

Jany 3rd 97 James West Brook with Eliz. Puckett

This license was granted 3 Jan 1798 the way we reckon dates now.  See my article on Old Style Dates for why it was written as 3 Jan 1797.  James Westbrook and Elizabeth Puckett may have married the same day the license was granted, but likely the wedding was a few days later.

Note that Garret also says the marriage of Thomas Jefferson with Mary Field was in 1678-9 on the same page as the James Westbook & Elizabeth Puckett marriage.  However, the marriage license for Thomas Jefferson & Mary Field was granted 20 Nov 1697, which is a well-known fact given these were the grandparents of President Thomas Jefferson.  In the 1892 copy, the marriage license is recorded 3 lines above the Westbrook license with date '9br ye 20th 1697'.  9br was an old abbreviation for November.

Page 23 - Reported record for "Tyree Puckett" was actually for Gyll Furkett (Gill Fuquett).  Garret cites Henrico Co, VA WD  1672-1692:70, which is a bad citation, because the book is actually WD 1677-1692.  Garret must have got her notes confused, because she says the record is something about Tyree Puckett being a neighbor of Abraham Womecke (Womack) and Richard Kennon, dated 9 Mar 1678.  

This was actually a list of people accused of various infractions by sheriff Samuel Knibb; these infractions occurred at various times in 1678 and early 1679.  Many of the people were accused of public drunkenness, including Abraham Womack.  One of the lines in the list says "Aprill ye 21st [1678] Gyll Furkett told me that he was drunke" (007645093:18, 1892 Copy: 007642295:21).  I guess Garret misread this as Tyree Puckett.  

The pre-1700 records of Henrico Co, VA have mostly been fully indexed.  There are a few other references to Gill Fuquett or Gyll Furquett.  This appears to be a French name, and there were many French Huguenot refugees in Henrico Co, VA.  In old handwriting of the time, F at the beginning of a word was often written as a double-f, so it looks like "ffurkett" which looks kind of similar to Puckett.  However, this was not a Puckett reference, and there was no 'Tyree Puckett'.

Page 23 and Page 7 - William Puckett did NOT have a will dated 20 Nov 1682.  This stems from a badly abstracted deed record, Chesterfield Co, VA DB 1:534 (008578886:272, note you need to go to the Tools button and adjust the image contrast and brightness to read it).  In the deed, Lewis Puckett of Amelia Co, VA sells land to William Walthall on 17 Feb 1753.  The deed states “which said tract of 108 acres of land was given to the said Lewis Pucket by the last will and testament of his father William Pucket as more fully appears by one patent bearing date 20 Nov 1682”.  This does NOT say that William Puckett's will was dated 20 Nov 1682.  It says there was a patent dated 20 Nov 1682, meaning the land in the deed was part of that patent.

This was a reference to VPB (Virginia Patent Book) 7:200 (008570201:205), dated 20 Nov 1682 for 757 acres to William and Thomas Puckett.  A close reading shows that 500 acres was from the patent to John Puckett (father of William and Thomas), VPB 5:482 (008570200:780), copy in VPB 5 (Copy):589 (008570199:595); patent in 1665.  The other 257 acres was new land.  

It was quite common to reaffirm old patents when getting new patents as a way to remind the colonial government that one had legal title to the land.  An agreement contract between William Puckett and Thomas Puckett in Henrico Co, VA WD 1688-1697:3, dated 12 Oct 1688, states that Thomas and William inherited the 500 acres by the will of their father, John Puckett.  The will itself is lost, but is mentioned in Henrico Co, VA court records.

Anyhow, Lewis Puckett was the son of William Puckett Jr, son of William Puckett who, along with brother Thomas, had the 1682 patent.  Lewis Puckett was merely stating that the 108 acres he inherited from his father William Puckett (Jr) was part of the 1682 patent granted to Lewis's grandfather, William Puckett Sr, and great-uncle, Thomas Puckett.  William Puckett (Jr) died in Henrico Co, VA in June 1739 (see Chesterfield Co, VA Chancery Case Case 1764-002, William Walthall vs Thomas Pucket).  William Puckett (Jr) made a will which is mentioned in a few records, but the record book with the actual will is lost.  In any case, his will was not dated in 1682.

Puckett genealogy

 After many years of tracing all the Womack lines in America, I am doing research on my Puckett line.  I am revisiting a lot of old research on Puckett lines, and finding many individuals who were missed, and several mistakes in abstracted records.

Like Womack, Puckett is a big family, but not impossibly big, like Smith.  With Womack, I took all the Womacks (of all spelling variations) in the 1850 census, and tried to trace them back to the ancestral home in Virginia.  For the most part, I have traced most Womack lines.  I am not sure I will ever go into such depth with Puckett.  Just enjoying finding records.

I don't trust anything on the internet.  I do my own research, and draw my own conclusions.

I have gathered lots of Puckett info to organize and type out.

See my page on Puckett Y-DNA testing.  Gary Curtis Puckett published DNA results about 15 years ago.  I have studied these results, and combined them with my research to reach a very different conclusion than Gary.

Most of the Pucketts in America come from the Chesterfield County, Virginia Puckett family.  Chesterfield County was formed from Henrico County in 1749, and the Puckett family was in Henrico by 1655 and likely several years earlier.

There are at least three other Puckett lines in America, though I think they all come from the Chesterfield Puckett family:

1) Timothy Puckett who had a South Carolina land grant in 1736.  Probable son Ephraim had a SC grant in 1756.  The three Puckett men on the 1790 census of Orangeburg District, SC are likely grandsons and/or great-grandsons of the Timothy Puckett with the 1736 SC grant.  Part of this Puckett family went to Barren Co, KY (the part which became Hart Co, KY); the rest went to Amite Co, MS.  I believe the Timothy Puckett who got the 1736 SC grant was the same Timothy Puckett who was the son of John Puckett III and Elizabeth Allen.  DNA testing supports this theory.

2) Peter Puckett, who married Amie Keith on 27 Dec 1775 in St Paul's Parish, King George Co, VA.  This is far north of most of the Puckett family activity in Virginia.  Peter appears to be the father of a few Puckett men who later appear in marriage and tax records of Spotsylvania Co, VA.  Two of the Puckett men moved to Kentucky, and some descendants were there in 1850.   The Peter Puckett who married Amie Keith may be the same as the Peter Puckett from a 1762 Chesterfield Co, VA court record, in which a child Peter Puckett was bound out as an apprentice; no information was given regarding his parents.

3) Parham Puckett was born about 1775, the son of an unknown Puckett man and Mary Ezell who later married William Night/Knight.  In court records of Duplin Co, NC, Feb 1787, Parham Puckett was bound to Edward Dickson to learn to read and write.  Mary Ezell who married Mr Puckett was the daughter of Michael and Sarah Ezell, who sold their land in Mecklenburg Co, VA and moved to Duplin Co, NC, where it appears at least one Ezell son was already living.  The Ezell land was very near the Virginia land patent of Isham Puckett in Mecklenburg Co, VA.  Isham Puckett and Michael Ezell lived in western Mecklenburg Co, very near the line with Brunswick Co, VA.  The Parham family was nearby, perhaps the source of Parham Puckett's first name.  Solomon Puckett, likely son of Isham, signed the 10,000 Name Petition (for religious freedom for Baptists) in Virginia in 1776; his name appears in the same column as Benjamin Ezell and Richard Ezell and other men with surnames from western Mecklenburg and eastern Brunswick..  A Solomon Puckett was a Revolutionary War solder in NC, and his Captain had earlier been part of a unit based in Wilmington, NC, very near Duplin Co, NC.

Lots more Puckett info coming soon!

Streetman connection

 Richard Wommack, with descendants in Lincoln Co, MO, was Catherine; her maiden name supposedly Streetman.

In a bio of son Hiram Wommack, she was listed as Catherine Street - History of Monroe and Shelby Counties, Missouri , p.501 - Hiram Wommack

In 1904 bios of Wommacks in Yakima Co, Washington state, their father was listed once as William Streetman Wommack - An Illustrated History of Klickitat, Yakima and Kittitas Counties With an Outline of the Early History of the State of Washington, 1904, p.476.  In other bios for others of his children, he was referred to as William L Wommack and William F Wommack.

Boykin, Alford, Rogers, Cade

These are not my lines, just an interesting puzzle I ran across.  Also, I am not the first person to find these records, but I may be the first to link them and interpret them correctly (IMHO).

I believe these records will prove:

Thomas Boykin Jr, who died circa 1749 in Northampton Co, NC married Martha LNU (maiden/last name unknown) and had 3 daughters before he died:

1. Celia Boykin who married Michael Rogers
2. Winifred Boykin who married Drury Cade
3. Lurana Boykin who married James Alford

Northampton Co, NC Deed Book 7:77 - (LDS Film # 007517523, image 233) 27 June 1781, Michael Rogers, James Alford, Drury Cade of Wake Co, NC who married "Celia Boykin, Winefred Boykin and Susannah Boykin co-heirs with Thomas Boykin". 420 acres to Benjamin Branch.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8983-X3Z8?cat=296804

This would have been easier had the deed said:  "Celia Boykin, Lurannah Boykin and Winefred Boykin co-heirs of Thomas Boykin".

There are at least three odd things with this deed:

1. The wives, who are only named once in the deed, aren't in the same order as the husbands are listed.
2. When the clerk copied the original deed into the deed book, he apparently mistook Lurannah, a spelling variation of Lurana, for Susannah.
3. The deed says the women were co-heirs with Thomas Boykin, when I will show below, they were heirs of him.

The deed describes the land as 420 acres on Meherren river, and mentions Rebecca Braswell's corner and Thomas Moye's line.

This same land was sold in 1722 to Thomas Boykin Sr.

Bertie Co, NC Deed Book A:102 (LDS Film # 007510477, image 105)- John Bryan Junr for 11 pounds to Thomas Boyken of Chowan precinct, 23 May 1722, witness Henry[?] Roads, John Gray.  May Court 1723 acknowledged by John Bryan.  John Sutton Clerk.  420 acres in Chowan Precinct on south side of Meherren river.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99Z1-GWN?cat=330667

The description of the land is almost verbatim the same as the description from the 1781 deed.  It was common to copy the "metes and bounds" of a property from an earlier document, even if the neighbors from the earlier deed were all gone.  It was cheaper than paying for a new survey.  Other than the usage of "the" rather than "ye", there were just two differences, likely copying errors:  "his line" rather than "her line" (for Rebecca Braswell's line), and "No 58 Wt 68 pole" was "No 38 Wt 68 pole" in the earlier deed.

Notably, this deed was written when this land was part of Chowan Precinct, shortly before Bertie County was formed 2 Oct 1722.  The deed was proved and recorded in Bertie Co, and the land fell into Northampton Co, which was formed 31 Dec 1741 from Bertie.

Thomas Boykin Sr of Northampton Co, NC made his will 13 Apr 1748 (LDS Film # 007640346, image 372), in which he mentions wife Mildred, son Thomas Jr, and the following women, presumably his daughters:  Ann Craford, Martha Thornton, Eliz[abeth] Strickland and Patience Strickland.  The deed gave 1/3 of the estate to wife Mildred, and 2/3 to son Thomas, he to pay one shilling each to the above mentioned women.   Wife Mildred and son Thomas were named as executors.  One of the witness was Joseph Rogers, father of the Michael Rogers, above, who married Celia Boykin.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99GC-F9Q3-8?cat=457752

However, tragedy struck, because the will was presented in Northampton Co, NC Feb 1750 Court by "Martha Boykin relict widow of Thomas Boykin Junr who praying administration with the will annexed which was granted, both ye Executors nominated in ye sd [said] Will being dead..."

Since Thomas Boykin's Jr mother died, he inherited her 1/3 of the estate as eldest son by primogeniture.  So, Thomas Boykin Jr had all 420 acres his father bought in 1722.  Then Thomas Boykin Jr died, and since he had only daughters, they were co-heirs.  Had Thomas Boykin Jr had a son, the son would have inherited all the land.  Thomas Boykin Jr and wife Martha LNU were the parents of the three Boykin women in the 1781 deed.

Who married whom?

Michael Rogers married Celia Boykin - his 1793 will in Wake Co, NC names his wife as "Cele".

Drury Cade married Winifred Boykin.  Drury died intestate in Wilkes Co, GA, but on 2 Dec 1796, his heirs made 'article of agreement' to split his estate.  

Sorry, this record is on Ancestry (paid site) rather than FamilySearcch.

https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8635/images/005756824_00179?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=339784

The articles of agreement name the heirs, and state Robert Cade and Drewry B Cade "to give their mother a good and reasonable maintenance during her natural life".

Though not named, their mother was Winifred Boykin Cade.  She signed her will in 1812, Wilkes Co, GA, naming my "two youngest sons namely Robert Cade and Drewry B Cade".

https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/340406:8635?gsfn=Win*&gsln=Cade&ml_rpos=2

Since Robert and Drury B Cade must have been adults to enter into the article of agreement in 1796, they were born before the 1781 deed above, and from the 1781 deed, and Winifred Cade's will, she was the Boykin sister who married Drury Cade.

Which leaves us with "Susannah Boykin" - in the original deed given to the county to record, I am certain this was something like Lurannah,  Some people wrote cursive capital L like an S, and lower case r similar to n.  This is similar to the problem of distinguishing the names Samuel and Lemuel in old hand-written records.

James Alford made his will (Hancock Co, GA WB H:57) in 1812 naming wife 'Luraner'.

James Alford's wife was never Winifred Boykin, or Lurana Winifred Boykin.  It was just Lurana Boykin, mistaken for Susannah.

Also, Drury Cade who married Winifred Boykin was NOT Drury Boykin Cade, as seen in many trees.  The use of Boykin as a middle name by Drury's descendant comes from Winifred's maiden name.

John Rogers, father of Nancy Rogers Womack

Sherwood Womack married Ann 'Nancy' Rogers, circa 1798.  Sherwood's will here:  https://sites.google.com/site/womackgen/rcd/rcd/rcd/abr 

Sherwood's brother Mansel Womack married Sarah Rogers, daughter of Drury & Tabitha Rogers.

How were Nancy & Sarah related?

Digging through records of Greene Co, GA and Hancock Co, GA, I found the father of Nancy Rogers was John Rogers.  His widow was Eliza LNU (last/maiden name unknown); she may have been Nancy's mother.

John Rogers died in 1806.  Eliza Rogers, who appears to have been his widow, administered the estate with Thomas Dawson, who married Susannah Rogers - some undocumented source have her middle name as 'Hill'.  From legatees mentioned in probate records, we can construct this Rogers family.

John Rogers children:

• Susannah Rogers married Thomas Dawson
• Ann 'Nancy' Rogers married Sherwood Womack
• Celia Rogers (spelled Celee, Selea in the records)
• Henry Rogers
• James A Rogers
• Josiah Rogers
• Alley Roger married William Lucas
• Martha 'Patsey' Rogers married Willie Alford
• Sarah 'Sally' Rogers

The area of Hancock Co, GA that John Rogers and the Womacks lived in had been formed from Greene Co, GA in Dec 1793.

John Rogers purchased land in Greene Co, GA from James Alford, whose son Willie would later marry John' daughter Martha. These were the 'Aunt Patsy Alford and Uncle Wiley' in the 1850 letter written by John Warburton Womack to his cousin Rebecca (Womack) Hinds, daughter of Sherwood and Nancy Rogers Womack.

The land John Rogers purchased was adjacent Abraham Womack, father of Sherwood. The 1793 tax list of Greene Co, GA shows Abraham Womack with land adjoining 'Jno Rogers'.

Greene Co, GA DB 1:126 - James Alford to John Rogers both of Greene, 11 Aug 1787, 250 acres waters of Ogechee, description mentions Michael Rogers & Thomas Credelle corner, Nathan Jones line, Slawters (?) line, Reads line, Wommacks line. Wit: Dd [David?] Love, Wright Taylor. - most of this land sold in 1805 by John Rogers to Thomas & William Howell (Hancock Co, GA DB I:101).

https://sites.rootsweb.com/~gahanco2/willbooka.htm

Hancock Co, GA WB A:10 Film # 005759601, image 88 - Eliza Rogers and Thomas Dawson administrators of John Rogers security bond for $15000 dated 1 Dec 1806. - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-893L-5FNQ?i=87&cc=1999178&cat=214887

Hancock Co, GA Will Book E:1-12 Film # 005759602 - image 438-444 - John Rogers est, Sherwood Womack, Francis Coleman buyers, Francis Coleman appraiser. Division of negroes, 30 Nov 1808 - Sherwood Womack, Thomas Dawson, 8 Rogers: Celee, Henry, James, Josiah, Aeley (?), Patsey, Sally, Eliza. - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G93L-T963?i=437&cc=1999178&cat=214887


Hancock Co, GA Will Book K:282 (Film # 005759604, image 164) - Thomas Dawson adm of John Rogers decd, 1820-1821 vouchers to legatees - Josiah Rogers, James A Rogers, Willie Alford, Sally Rogers, Henry Rogers, Selea Rogers, William Lucas, Nancy Womack - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L93G-83T5?i=163&cc=1999178&cat=214887

Marriage - Aley Rogers to William Lucas, Hancock Co, GA 22 Aug 1820

Alabama, US Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981 - Thomas Dawson 25 Jan 1784 - 26 Feb 1846 (d Greene Co, GA) m Susanna Rogers 1 Dec 1803, she d 1 Oct 1864. - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73542808/suzanna-h.-dawson