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INDEX
From the Fluvanna Co. Deed Index 1777-1898:
Edward Burgess to William Basket, book 1 (1777-1783), p. 92. William Burgess to Pleasant Cocke, book 1 (1777-1783), p. 96. George Corn to William Burgess, book 1 (1777-1783), p. 454. William Burgess to John Hunt, book 2 (1784-1793),p. 439.
John Burgess to Allen Bond Book 3 (1793-1801), p. 158 (in 1795, there is a lot in this deed about Robert Bond, Allen Bond and a complicated deal involving their mother, Elizabeth Sanders). According to Margaret Wheeler this was a sale of the old Bond place to John Burgess from Allen Woodward Bond and Robert Nicholas Bond. They were to have the household furnishings at the time of their Mother's death. This deed was recorded in December of 1795. Allen Bond to John Burgess, book 3 (1793-1801), p. 174 (also in 1795). William Clements to John Burgess , book 3 (1793-1801), p. 159.
Stephen Burgess to Nathaniel Burgess, book 7 (1812-1817), p. 61-63. John Burgess to Nathaniel Burgess, book 7 (1812-1817), p. 488. John Burgess to Daniel Burgess, book 10 (1830-1835), p. 13. Nathaniel Burgess to John Burgess, book 10 (1830-1835), p. 289. Daniel M. Burgess to Powell S. Morris, book 11 (1835-1838), p. 593-4. John Burgess to Cary Jones, book 14 (1843-1846), p. 629.
Albemarle Co, VA 1810 census: 1M under 10 1M 16-26 1M 45 & over-John 1F under 10 1F 10-16 1F 26-45-Elizabeth
The Locust Grove" Plantation" was the property of Charles Bond, father of William (Billy) Bond. A deed dated 18Nov1774 did not go through transferring the ownership to Billy Bond because Billy died in May 1775. Instead the property was passed to Allen Woodward Bond and Robert Nicholas Bond, Billy's sons, when Billy's father Charles died in 1775. Elizabeth Saunders married John Burgess in 1778 and the family stayed in the same home. About 1795 John Burgess bought the place from his step sons. The farm was passed from John Burgess to his son Pleasant Burgess, and to his son Pleasant M. Burgess, and to his son William Edward Burgess, the photographer. The farm was finally sold out of the family to John Stokes in 1948.
Highway 6 crosses the Hardware River a few miles from Scottsville, VA. Years ago there was a covered bridge here called "Temperance Bridge." Today there is a roadside picnic area at the bridge called Temperance. Immediately after crossing the bridge, traveling toward Richmond, there is a curving driveway leading rather steeply up a hill through an avenue of ancient cedar trees to a white, two story frame house of the typical style of architecture seen throughout the Virginia countryside. The walk leading from the driveway to the house was bordered with huge English boxwoods. There were several cedars in the yard and, like those on the driveway, they were large and old. Everything was in a beautiful state of repair. No houses are near enough to mar the scenery. The house is owned by Mr. Stokes in Richmond, who comes out on weekends, but he has a caretaker to watch the place. Ms. Marshall found from inquiries that the house had been built by Pleasant Burgess, son of John and Elizabeth in about 1830. The family cemetery is on the next hill to between the house and Highway 6. It was quite large with at least two rows of stones with headstones upstanding, eight in all. There were many sunken places and some broken headstones just above ground. There were several cedars in the cemetery. The cemetery is enclosed by a three foot binder block wall and barb wire fence.
The deed with Allen Bond shows the property to be from Marches Branch to the Hardware River. A map shows that the Hardware River flows about five miles into Fluvanna County from Albemarle County where it begins near Carter Mountain. It flows around the mountain to the South where "Carter's bridge" crosses it. Sec. John Carter patented this land in 1730, and maintained two residences although he never lived in them (one a house named Blenheim and one a mill on the Hardware River) on the mountain until his death in 1743. He left the mountain to his second eldest son Edward who maintained a the property until he died in 1794. His eldest son John got nothing. Edward lived his early life in Fredericksburg but in later life spent much of his time at Blenheim. After Edward's death the property was distributed to Edward's children. According to Albemarle County property tax records Edward Carter paid tax on from 237 slaves in 1782 down to 97 just before he died, from 110 horses in 1782 to 18 just before he died, and from 62 cows in 1782 to 50 just before he died. He was the wealthiest tax payer in the county during this period.
Linda Demlo and I visited the place in Nov1992. The cemetery was in very bad condition with several of the grave makers fallen over. I photographed several that were still standing. Mr. Butler, the caretaker, was there working on a fallen fuel tank. He told us that the place was called Locust Grove Plantation and that John Stokes had bought it from a Burgess in 1948. The current tenant allowed us to see the house. He was a young student at a local school. The house was dirty and badly maintained. It was furnished like a student dormitory and the tenant was keeping two large dogs in the house.
All of the Burgess children were grown and gone when Daniel Morgan Burgess, the youngest, married in 1810.
From his 3Oct1833 application for a service pension we have his military record. He enlisted in 1775 under Cpt. William Henry as a substitute for Joseph Burton, and was marched to Williamsburg, Hampton and sundry places in lower Virginia. After three months he was discharged and returned to Fluvanna County. In early 1776 he re-enlisted for three months under Cpt. Roger Thompson as a "minute man." A few days later his unit was called up and marched to Richmond, Hanover Town, New Kent Court House, Barwell's Ferry, and other places in lower Virginia. After several months the unit was ordered to the western part of Virginia against the Indians. They marched under Col. Haynes Morgan to Holstein River were they remained for three months. After obtaining a treaty with the Indians, they returned to Fluvanna where they disbanded. He obtained his pension and died in Fluvanna on 16Feb1835 according to the records. According to Margaret Wheeler's research, he was living with his daughter Martha and her husband James Tapscott, in Warren's Ferry, when he died.
The Fluvanna County census in 1782 lists as heads of household: Elizabeth Chandler 8 whites, 1 black John Burgess 9 whites, 1 black Julias Sanders 3, 1 Julias Sanders, Jr. 6, 2 William Cole 5, 5 William Carter 7, 10
Burgesses still living in Union Fork, near Charlottesville in 1959 according to Mrs. Wheeler. Eldest is Mr. B. A. Burgess Mrs. J. P. Snead is her contact in Union Fork.
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