"[L]iberty must at all hazards be supported.
We have a right to it, derived from our Maker.
But if we had not, our fathers have earned and bought it for us,
at the expense of their ease, their estates, their pleasure, and their blood."

Richard Humphreys was born about 1746 in Virginia. His parents were John and Susannah Humphreys.

Richard Humphreys served in the American Revolution from Washington County, North Carolina (now Tennessee).

Richard married Mary Polly Hamilton about 1773, the same year as the Boston Tea Party.

Richard and Mary's children included:
Elizabeth Humphreys West (1774, married Edward West),
Susannah Humphreys McFall (1776, married John McFall),
Nancy Humphreys Gilbert (1778, married John Gilbert), and
and Mary Humphreys Willet (1782, married Francis Willet).

On June 7, 1774, Richard Humphreys had 404 acres surveyed on the middle fork of Neil's Branch.

In 1775, Richard Humphreys was constable in Captain William Campbell's company in Fincastle County, Virginia. Part of Fincastle County became Washington County in 1776.

In 1777 the Washington County, Virginia court recorded that

Col. William Campbell produced a claim in behalf of Richard Humphreys for furnishing a guard upon John Border a felon with fifteen Diets at 6 pence, sevevn shillings and six pence.

Richard married Aseneth Hunt about 1787. Aseneth was born on September 15, 1765. Her father was Thomas Hunt.

Their children included:
Asenath Humphreys Jones (1788, married Samuel Jones) and
Hannah Humphreys Glaze (1789, married Lawrence Glaze)

The Washington County Deed Book A, (p 390-391) shows that on October 24, 1782 Richard Humphrey was granted 150 acres from the State of North Carolina on the north side of the Nolechucky River adjacent to Joseph Butler for 50 shillings per 100 acres.

In 1795 the Washington County court made Richard Humphreys overseer of the road in the place of Adam Panther.

In 1799, Abraham Blevins made a bet for $500 with Richard's brother, Moses Humphreys that Henry Massengill's horse, The Collector, could beat any other horse. Moses Humphreys claimed Richard's horse, Paul Jones, could beat The Collector.

Abraham had to buy Massengill's horse for $500, but Humphreys failed to appear on the appointed day of the race because Paul Jones had become lame in an earlier race. Abraham sued Moses and won for the amount of the bet.

On January 7, 1812 three of Richard Humphrey's daughters sold land they inherited after the death of their father. They were Mary Humphreys, wife of Francis Willet of Washington County, Hannah Humphreys wife of Lawrence Glaze/Glaize of Washington County, and Susannah Humphreys wife of John McFall of Carter County. They sold the land to John Gray.

On November 2, 1814, Nancy Humphreys, wife of John Gilbert, also sold some land to John Gray. On April 9, 1827 she sold him more land.

Elizabeth Humphreys, wife of Edward West, also sold land to John Gray.

Fincastle County, Virginia, was created in 1772 from Botetourt County. In 1776 it was divided into three counties; Montgomery, Washington, and Kentucky (which the state of Kentucky).

Children of John and Susannah Humphreys William Humphreys David Humphreys Richard Humphreys Moses Humphreys Mary Humpreys Tullis Jesse Humphreys Elizabeth Humphreys Greenway Elisha Humphreys George Humphreys

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