Washington County, Virginia was formed from Fincastle County in 1777. It originally contained Sullivan County, Tennessee .
Head of Household
Comments
Tithes
Land
Horses
Cattle
Enslaved
Lax, Timothy
1
2
Kindrick, Thomas
1
1
Kindrick, John
b. bef. 1730
1
2
Allen, William
1
5
10
Slaughter, Joseph
1
4
3
McCaffery, John
1
1
Hensley, Joseph
b. abt 1755
1
274 a. on Cove Creek, Walkers Mountain
1
unnamed enslaved person
Robinson, John
b. abt 1765
1
130 a. on North Fork Holston, 220 a. on Middle Fork etc.
7
11
Robinson, Darius
1
6
12
Bright, Thomas
1
3
11
Smith, James
North Fork
5
1
Moor (torn)
1
5
Kitts, William
1
1
2
*Carmack, Cornelius
signed 1777 peition
1
Sinking Creek
13
10
Carmack, William
signed 1777 peition
1
2
Holland, Thomas
1
105 a in Rich Valley,
2
Jones, Diana
widow of Thomas Jones
4
280 a. Meadow Creek, 400 a. Beaver Creek
4
Winscot, Isaac
1
1
12
Carmack, Cornelius
also spelled Cormack
1
2
29
Shipes, John
1
2
3
Smith, William
1
5
5
Bealy, Stephen
1
2
Zimmerly, Adam
b. abt. 1757 in Germany, also spelled Zimely
1
5
7
Pitts, Lewis signed 1777 peition
1
340 a. Steele Creek, Beaver Creek, Walker's Mountain
11
11
Beals, William
1
4
5
Bond, Edward
1
8
10
Ripen, Peter, Nance
Bond, William
1
300
6
12
Luce, Bet, Obid, Stephen, Rose, Lewis, one child
Lane, John
b. 1761
1
4
6
Adam
Preston, Robert
b. 1750, m. Margaret Rhea d. of Joseph Rhea
1
270 a. Beaver Creek
7
16
Preston, Waller
1
1
Zimmerly, Jacob
1
400 a.
5
7
Owens, John
1
350
1
16
Dick
Mumpower, Peter
or Mumpour, b. 1757 in Pennsylvania
1
134 on Beaver Creek
2
8
McDonald, Alexander
son Reuben
2
4
Hobbs, Vinson, Sr.
also spelled Hobs,
1
2
13
Hobbs, Vinson, Jr.
1
3
12
Hobbs, Joel
signed 1777 peition
1
6
6
Sproul, James, Sr.
1
11
15
Fulkerson, Abraham
b. 1740 in New Jersey,
1
40 a. north fork of Holston, south of Poor Valley Knobs
16
27
Goff, Andrew, Capt.
b. 1748, married Grace Williams
1
9
9
Morris
Kindrick, John, Sen.
1
10
44
Will, Luke
Loving, Peter
1
10
17
Dublen, Molly, Mary
Smith, Thomas
1
100 a., Livingston's Creek
5
5
Jude
Smith, William
1
5
5
Mart
Moon, Richard
1
16
26
Jan
Norton, David
1
5
4
Edmund, Dixon
1
1
Frost, Joseph
1
5
9
Gray, Joseph
1
6
20
Gray, Margaret
5
14
Thomas, John
1
140 a. Beaver Creek
3
5
Harkeroad, Lauren
1
2
Ringley, Christopher
1
5
2
Spady, Henry
or Spahn
1
400 a. Rich Valley
10
13
Hans, Samuel
1
6
7
Kerr, James
b. 1734, M. Isabella Robinson,
1
5
12
Smith, James
Valley
1
2
6
Hughes, David
signed 1777 petition
1
600 acres on both sides of Little
5
10
Hughes, William
1
3
3
Hughes, John
1
1
Ferris, William
Farris, Pharos
1
1
5
Head, Mary
widow of Anthony
12
11
Bledsoe, Lovin
Bradson
1
5
10
7
Livingston, William
also spelled Levingston, b. 1752
1
1
4
Margot
Livingston, Samuel
b. 1757, m. Phoebe Head
1
12
7
Livingston, John
b. 1750
1
1
Skidmore, Thomas
son of Henry
1
2
McBride, Thomas
1
2
Callahan, Edward
1
3
13
Short, James
1
5
5
Maiden, Benjamin
Meaden
1
2
7
Fulkerson, James
b. 1768, m. Elizabeth McMillan
1
260 a. Cove Creek & Catharine fork
22
44
Peg, Ellen, Bob, Sam, Zelph, Nanie, Jude
Smith, John, Colonel
1
3
Davy, Jun, Shadrack, Mingo, Minty
Dorton, Alexander
Dortin
1
4
3
There were two Beaver Creeks in early Washington County, Virginia. One (also called Shallow Creek) flowed through Bristol and emptied into the South Fork of the Holston River in Tennessee. The other was a south branch of the North Fork of the Holston River in current Smyth County.
The Holston River flows from Kingsport to Knoxville. map by Kmusser
