A Wilson Family Tree

Notes for Joseph Gathright


Situation is very mixed up. WFT Volume 5 Tree 1346 does not have the name of Joseph's wife, and it shows Sarah Bottoms as Benjamin's wife. WFT Volume 5 Tree 1179 shows Sarah Bottoms as Joseph's wife and does not list Benjamin at all. The two trees have different dates for Joseph, also. Carolyn Gathright Web page shows two wives for Joseph: Ann and Phebe Hattock, but not Sarah Bottoms. She does list Sarah Bottoms as Benjamin's wife. Children are also mixed up. WFT Volume 5 Tree 1179 does not have any children under Joseph and Sarah. WFT Volume 5 Tree 1346 lists Josiah and Miles as children (but no mother listed). Carolyn Gathright Web page lists Josiah under Joseph and Ann, and Nancy and Dabney under Phebe, but no Miles.


WFT Volume 5, Tree 1346:
Joseph Gathright was a captain in the Virginia militia. Located in the 1790 census of Virginia, head of household, Hanover County.


From Craig Gathright (Dallas Gathright family tree):
Listed as Head of Household on 1790 Hanover County, Virginia Federal Census.


From Carolyn Gathright:

[JOYCE] Captain in the Virginia Militia. [HOWELL]- Capt. VA Militia Rev War.
[CAG]- Only Joseph I have Now
[stPauls]- p 524 "It is ordered that the Several precincts for processioning lands in this parish be laid off as they were in the Year 1771 with such alterations as is necessary, and the persons appointed to see the same procession'd be according to the memorandum hereto annexed, and that the said parish be processioned and that the same be returned & recorded in the Vestry book."... No. 31 William Clopton & Joseph GATHRIGHT are appointed to see the parish lines procession'd at the lower end of the County. p 546 (quote same as above only laid off as the were in the year 1775) ... no 1. Jeremiah
Lindsay & Joseph GATHRIGHT. ... p 548 At a Vestry held for Saint Paul's Parish, 12th Nov 1779. No 1 Ordered into one precinct for processioning the Lands of Joseph Gathright, John Carter, Joshua Acree Samuel Lindsay, Jeremiah Lindsay, Landy Lindsay, Henry Talley's Orphans, Robt Carter, .... & that Jeramiah Lindsay & Joseph Gathright do see the said processioning performed and return their proceedings according to law And it is Also Ordered that if any of the several persons appointed to see the processioning perform'd find any persons land adjacent to the Lands named and not mentioned in the said orders for processioning that they do see the lands so left out of the said orders processioned and return an account of the same with the other lands mentioned in said orders for processioning. We the within mentioned Jeremiah Lindsay & Joseph GATHRIGHT have processioned the within mentioned lands together with the land of Elizabeth Stanley not mentioned in said orders. [signed] Jerymiah Lindsay, Joseph GATHRIGHT. p 572 Ordered that Joseph GATHRIGHT & Wade Gouch do Procession district no 1.
[W&MQTRv23]- p118, records of Hanover Co, May 11, 1784, Valentine tucker, of Hanover, & Elizabeth, his wife, to Joseph GATHRIGHT 69 a. adj, Joshua Acre, & said GATHRIGHT.
[CALENDARv5] (p40)- Oct 17,1789, Hanover Co, Petition from Capt. Thomas White's Company of Militia of Hanover County, to the Govenor & Council of State. (fines for non-attendance at General Muster) Showing that every one of them had been fined 10s Each by a Court Martial for non-attendance at a General Muster, & praying to be acquitted for the following reasons: That they had not been warned so to do; that the sheriff gave them the first notice by demanding the fines; that they conceive that they have the Constitutional right to be heard before being condemned; are convinced that upon principals of
common justice, they could have cleared themselves, had they been allowed the liberty of defending themselves; and appeal to the dispensing power of the Executive for relief from the fine. This petition is accompanied by a swarn statement from John Chappel, Nathan Barker, & Jeremiah Lindsey, Sergents in Capt. Thomas White's Company, setting forth that they did not receive orders to warn the said Company to appear at the General Muster, & did not warn them that they heard no such orders given; Lindsey however recollected hearing the Lieutenant of said company, after the company was disbanded, and a great part gone, give notice of the General Muster. The names of the Company are Wm. Spur, David Martin, John Bailey, Nathaniel Talloy, David Gooch, Edmund Hooper, James Bingham, John Wood, John Boatright, Obediah Tucker, George Slaughter, Anthony Ingram, JOSEPH GATHRIGHT, Thomas Slaughter, Elias White, David Acre, Heartwell Boatright, John Perry, James Hooper, John Acre, Aaron Marsh, Richard Meux, & Joshua Acre.

[CAG]- appears to have sons John & Josiah. taxes collected in Hanover after Joseph was deceased. 1803-1815)

[VGSQxxxi1]-Legislative Petitions - Hanover County.. p 7, November 10, 1779, Freeholderso of Lands on both sides of Chickahominy Swamp show that their property boundaries are very difficult to ascertain since the run divides the land into several sluces. The county line at that point is also uncertain so the petitioners ask that commisioners be appinted to run the county line in the said swamp which in their ipinion would prevent many expensive lawsuits and also the public would derive great advantage therefrom. signatures are: ... Elisha OWEN, Josiah Parsons, John Smith, Julus Allen, Jospeh Gathright, James Spears,
p 16, May 28, 1784, Subscribers and inhabitants of the counties of Henrico and Hanover Petition the House of Delegates to ascertain and establish the county line along the main run of the Chickahominy Swamp. The location of the county line has been under dispute many times. ... (some signatures) Matthew Whitlock, Frances Ellis, Joseph Gathright, John Ferriss, Robert Spear, Ben Gathright, Wm S. Smith, John Spear, William Cocke, John Cocke,....
(this is a constant petition that is repeated several times... another in November 9, 1784)

Note: Some of the information in these pages is uncertain. Please let me know of errors or omissions using the email link above.    ...Mike Wilson
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