George Belcher genealogy and sally Powell and mary fugate


      George William Belcher
      VII

      1...George William Belcher sr.
      Son of Isham E. Belcher and Elizabeth Clay
      Born: 1760 (Bedford County Virginia) now Franklin County
      Not listed in 1830 census of PIke Co. Ky when Mary is living with their son William

      there has been some speculation that he left Pike County Ky, he was in the 1820
      Census of pike
      so it would have to have been after 1820 and he would be over 60 years old
      they say he went to Ohio and never came back looking for land. but George owned quite a bit of land in Virginia,

      He left Ky or died before 1830 Pike County Ky

      Mary was living with William in Russell county by 1850 so they had moved back to Va,

      Married: #1 Sally Powell 8 14, 1762
      Sally died 1783 at childbirth with their only son John Belcher
      Sally was the daughter of George Powell and the stepdaughter of David Crawley
      he is listed as the father in the consent to marry form.

      Marriage Consent

      In April 1786 John Garland Married Nancy Crawley, Which States She Was The Ward Of David Crawley,
      Whether Nancy Was A Sister Of Sally Or Not Is Unknown,
      Since She Was Also His Ward

      Virginia Marriage Records, Marriage Bonds In Amelia County,

      Married: #2 Mary Fugate 1784 Russell Co. Va.
      born: 1763 daughter of Josiah Fugate and Elizabeth Smithers

      George Jr Is Listed As George William So Would Seem Logicallly that George's Middle Name Was William.
      George Died Before 1850 When Mary His Second wife Living With their Son In Russell County Va

      1790 Amelia County Tax List George Belcher
      no slaves are listed.

      Amelia 1790 Tax List

      George is Listed In 1795 In The Kentucky Deeds After Kentucky Became A State
      According To A History Of The Belchers In Virginia:

      Listed In Microfilm Records At The Utah Library Va. Deed Book Page 257 Grantors,
      George Belcher and Mary His Wife, Feb 25, 1795
      He still owned land in Amelia county Va and several other va counties

      The Josiah Fugate Family In Historical Sketches Of Southwest Virginia Are of French Huguenot Extraction,
      Were In Westmoreland County As Early As 1664
      Interestingly George And Mary's Son Bartlett Married Rachel Ramey
      which the Ramey Lines from Jacob Remy in Westmoreland County Va.
      to William Ramey in Pike county Ky are Also Of French Huguenot Extraction.

      The Belcher families and Ramey families, intermarry throught our ancestors.
      Josiah Fugate Born 1740 Orange County Died: 18 March 1823 Ralls County Missouri
      Listed 1788 Russel County Va Tax List Married: Elizabeth Smithers

      1760 Frederick Co Va. (Frederick was Made From Orange)

      Children:


          1...John Fugate
          2...Elizabeth Fugate
          3...Randall F. Fugate
          4...Sarah Martha Fugate
          5...Mary Ann Fugate B 1763 Russell Co Va
          Married: #2 Wife Of George Belcher Of Russell Co Va.
          6...Rachel Fugate
          7...Josiah Fugate
          8...Susannah Fugate
          9...William C. Fugate
          10..Reuben Fugate B: 1780 Va Died: 13 Jun 1833 Married: Mary ?
          11..James Fugate Josiah was the son of Randolph Fugate and Mary Ann Deelwood of
          Orange County Virginia Their children included, James Fugate who married
          Anne Williamson, Randolph Jr who married Charity?? Josiah
          married Elizabeth Smithers, and Rachel Fugate married William Ross.

      George Belcher Enlisted In The Revolutionary War On Jan 20, 1777. Expiration of Service as a 2nd Sergeant,
      was Feb 29, 1780. He was at Valley Forge, and was at the Battle of Cowpens in North Carolina.
      �National Archives, Revolutionary War Records

      In 1780-83 George Served in the Henry County Militia.


      George Belcher's Revolutionary War Record

      Rev War Listing for George>


      George Belcher's Revolutionary War Land Warrant Record

      11th Virginia Payroll


      George Belcher's Revolutionary War Valley Forge Record


      Land records

      Personal Tax Record

      George Was granted land for his service:
      1778: 100 Acres On Maiden Spring Fork Of Clinch River


      1783: Washington County Surveyors Records: George Belcher And John Fugate Assigne Of Joseph Fugate...380 Acres...Commissionaires Cert On Both Sides Of The Upper North Fork Of The Clinch River, Running Along, Joseph Fugates Line. 23 May 1783

      1785: Grant Abstract Shows 1 Apr 1785 George Belcher And John Fugate...308
      Acres In Washington County Va On Both Sides Of The
      Upper North Fork Of Clinch River Adjoining Joseph Fugate
      Grant #0 P 157

      1795: George Is Listed In Russell County Va Abstracts 25 Feb 1795
      George And Mary Signed For 32 Acres On Clinch River.

      1800: Russell County
      Dec 7 1800
      100 Acres On The South Side Of Clinch River On Both Sides Of A Branch Grant #46 Page 527

      1805:

      Indenture of Land between George Belcher and Mary his wife, and Abraham Fuller
      This indenture made �unto this 26th day of march, one thousand eight hundred and five between
      George Belcher and Mary his wife, of the county of Russell and state of Virginia
      of the��and Abram
      Fuller of said state and county of the other part.
      ��.George Belcher and Mary, his wife for the
      consideration of the sum of three hundred dollars
      in hand paid by the �Abram fuller the receipt
      whereof hereby acknowledged���..Description of land 100 acres(Seal) At March Court 1805.

      1809:
      George Witnessed Will Of Roeterman 2 Oct 1809 Franklin County Va

      By 1800 George Was Listed As Living In Floyd County Kentucky
      George Still Owned Real Estate In Russell, Franklin, And Tazewell Counties In Virginia.
      1805: Records Show He Was Selling It Up To March and April Of 1805
      even though he had moved to Floyd County Kentucky at that time.

      He Had Bought Land In Russell And Tazewell Counties Up To 1803.

      1810 Floyd county Ky Census

      >In 1814, He Was The Administrator For The Estate Of his son George Belcher, Jr.,
      Deceased In Jun 1814 In Floyd County, Kentucky.
      George Belcher, Sr. Appointed Administrator Of The Estate Of George Belcher, Jr., Deceased.
      Bartteth Adkins, Martin Thornsbury , Richard Johnson And John Sanders To Appraise The Estate.
      Page 97 In Annals Of Floyd County States: September Court, 1814, Inventory Of The Estate Of George Belcher, Decd. Is Received.

      1820 Floyd County Ky Census

      George living near William Ramey of Pike


      1830 Pike Ky. William Belcher is listed with his family and mother Mary living with him age 70
      next to his brother James Belcher and Polly Drake McCombs Belcher

      by 1850 william had moved back to Va

      1850 Russell County Census

      Mary Age 87
      In Home Of Son William Belcher Age 50. her oldest son

        Child of George Belcher and Sally Powell

        1...John Belcher
         Born: 1783 Washington County Va.
        Listed In The 1810 Census With Father George
        Died: 27 June 1859 Kanawha County WV At 75 Years Age
        Wife Given At Death Jane Taylor Fathers Name George Belcher Cause Of Death Dyspepsia, Information Given By (son) Eli Belcher
        Kanawha Vital Statistic Records.

        Married: Dec 13 1809 #1 Mary Born: 1784

        Married #2, 24 Jun 1822 Pike County Ky
        Pike county Marriage records; married: by William Campbell jpp Pike Co. Ky. Jane Taylor Born: 1810 Daughter Of Simon Taylor
        Married At Age 12. 1850 Kanawha County WV Lists her Age As 40

        1850 Kanawha County Wv Census:
        John Belcher Age 67
        Jane Belcher 40
        Peggy Belcher Age 17
        Burgis Belcher Age 16
        John Belcher Age 13
        Lewis R. Belcher Age 11
        Bartlett Age 8



        John (Jack) Belcher's Genealogy

        Children of George Belcher and Mary Fugate

        2...James Belcher Born: 1785 Washington County Va
        Died: 1832 Pike County Ky

        Married: 17 Jun 1822 Pike County Ky Polly Drake McCombs
        Born: 1785 Va
        Died: 1849
        Daughter Of Michael Drake And Jane Davidson Drake
        Polly Had Been Married Before To Bill McCombs

        JAMES BELCHER'S GENEALOGY LINE [OUR LINE]

        3...Bartley ,Bartlett, Belcher
        Born: 1785 Washington County Va
        Died: 28 Aug 1883 Slab Fork Dist. Wyoming County Wva
        Married: 10 Jan 1821 Floyd County Ky , Rachel Ramey
        Born: 1803
        Daughter Of Sanford Ramey Bartley

        Bartley Listed In The 1823 ,1825,1826
        And 1828 Tax And Census Lists Bartley Owned Land In Several Counties In Virgina And Kentucky

        Listed Land Grant 98 P 544, 31 Mar 1847 Tazewell County Va
        90 Acres On The Waters Of The Mud Fork Of Bluestone

        Bartley Belcher's Genealogy

        4...George William Belcher Jr
        Born: 1788 Virginia
        Died: 1814 Floyd County Kentucky Age 26:
        George Sr. Was The Administrator For The Estate Of George Belcher, Jr.
        Deceased In Jun 1814 In Floyd County, Kentucky.10 George Belcher, Sr.
        Appointed Administrator Of The Estate Of George Belcher, Jr., Deceased.
        Bartteth Adkins, Martin Thornsbury , Richard Johnson And John S anders To Appraise The Estate.

        Page 97 In Annals Of Floyd County States: September Court, 1814,
        Inventory Of The Estate Of George Belcher, Decd. Is Received

        Married: Elizabeth Childers
        Born: 1790 Daughter of Pleasant Childers And Sarah Jeffreys


        George Belcher's Genealogy jr.

        5...Margaret Peggy Belcher Born: 14 Sept 1792 Ky Became A State In 1792
        So Don�t Know Which State She Was Legally
        Married: 24 March 1808 Allen Pinson Son Of Sarah Pinson Lycans Allen Lived At The Mouth Of Bent Branch Of John's Creek, And Was A Farmer.
        Allen Died When His Wife, An Invalid, Was Smoking A Clay Pipe In Bed,
        And Caught It On Fire.
        He Tried To Put The Fire Out, But Caught Fire Himself.
        The Burns Caused His Death.
        He Is Buried On Bent Ridge Cemetery Overlooking His Home.
        The Pinson's Of John's Creek, Pike County,
        By Charlie V. Pinson.

        6...William Louis Belcher
        Born : 1799 Kentucky

        Married: 19 Aug 1824 Ky. Cynthia ,Cynthy Adkins
        Born: 1806
        Dau< Of Bartlett Adkins

        William Is Listed In The ,And 1830 Pike County Census And Tax Records
        living beside his brother James and his wife Polly
        His mother Mary Fugate is living with him and his family age 70

        after 1832 he moved to Russell County Va,
        William age 50 is listed there with his Mary Fugate Belcher age 87 in 1850 Census

        William Is Listed In Russell County Land Grants In 1832 At The Corner Of William Ramey And William Belcher Near Opposite The Lower Gap
        25 June 1852 105 Acres On Grassy Creek
        25 June 1852 109 Acres On Waters Of The S Fork Of Grassy Creek
        Part Of Exchange Warrant 2624 Dated 19 Dec 1832 Adjoining,
        Hunt, Deale, William Ramey, Abraham Stuart, Richard Potter, And Joshua Colley
        The Line Across Big Sandy From Pike County Into Virginia
        Is Closely Connected To, Russell, Tazewell And Floyd And Pike Counties In Va

        Children:

          1...Polly Jane Age 17 In 1850 Census B: 1833 Russell County
          2...Eliza A. Belcher Age 13 B: 1837
          3...James M. Belcher Age 12 Born: 1828
          Married: Fannie Frances Listed Age 31 In 1880 Pike County Ky Census
          James Listed In Same Census Age 41 Farmer Born In Va
          Children:
            1... Suzannah Belcher Age 11 In 1880 Pike County Census
            2...Eliza Belcher Age 9 In 1880
            3...William Alexander Age 7 In 1880
            4...Isatory Catherine Age 5 In 1880
            5...Julia Virginia Age 8 Months In 1880


          4...John W. Belcher Age 10
          1850 Russell County Census

          5...William Louis Jr. Belcher
          Age 8 1850 Russell County Census

          Married: Mary Epling daughter of Isaac Epling
          and Manning Taylor
          1...John Riley Belcher
          b. c 1869
          2� Alice b. c 1871
          3� William Belcher b. c 1873
          1910 Dickenson County, Willis Virginia
          4...William Belcher born 1874/75 according to this census
          Married 9 years: so married about 1902 depending on when census was taken.
          the below 1930 Census has 28 years married, would say married in 1902 Virginia.
          William M. Belcher age 36 farmer born in
          Nicy age 26
          mother of 5 children Married 9 years.
          Born in Virginia 1884/85
          Johnnie age 8
          Alice age 7
          Pricy age 6
          Albert age 4
          Arnie age 1 all born in Virginia
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          1920 Dickenson Co. Virginia
          William is listed as Bill
          Bill Belcher age 45 born in Virgina
          Nicey age 36 born in Virginia
          John age 18
          Alice age 16
          Pricie age 14
          Albert age 13
          Orvil son age 10
          Carsa age 7
          May age 2 all children born in Va.

          William�s brother Lewis is also listed a few houses down in the 1920 Dickenson Co. census
          Age 48.
          Nicy�s father James had married again
          and had several children with his second wife Millie He was 71 in 1920 and still had a 6 year old at home

          The 1930 Census for Boone County westVA
          William M. Belcher age 53
          born 1877 married age 25
          Nicy wife age 45 born in Virginia ages are off some on these census

          May daughter age 12
          Ted son age 10

          Children of William and Nicy Mullins Belcher

          1�Johnnie born           1902 died 1957

          Married Maybell, died in 1993

          1�Johnnie Jr. died about 1978

          2�Jack

          3�Bernice

          4�Robert E. Belcher a Baptist Preacher died in 1981.

          Married Joyce Miles in 1951


          Photo of Robert and Joyce Miles Belcher and Peggy and Debby

          5�Virginia

          2�Alice born 1904

          3�Pricie born 1906

          4�Albert born 1907

          5�Orvil son born 1910 was a Methodist preacher. Bald Knob Methodist, Barrett Methodist and Van Methodist Churches in W Va.

          6�Carsa born 1913

          7�May born 1918

          8�Ted born 1920


          4�Edith Belcher+ b. 15 Sep 1875, d. 15 Jul 1924
          5�James David Belcher b. c 1878
          6�(?) Belcher b. Feb 1880

          6...Martha Belcher Age 3 1850 Census

          7...Mary Ann Belcher Borrn 1800 Floyd County Ky
           (Formed In 1800)
          Married: Joseph Lawson 31 Oct 1816, Floyd Co., Ky By William Coffee.
          Joseph Lawson B. 1796, Scott Co., Va Was The 3rd Son Of Travis Lawson And Martha Simpkins.

          The Lawson Family Moved Into Eastern Kentucky Sometime Between 1808 And 1810. On 10 Sep 1814, At Age 17, Joseph Enlisted In The War Of 1812 (National Archives Certificate #15873). He Was Stationed At Fort Malden In Upper Canada And Assisted In Rebuilding Said Fort. He Was Discharged 9 Mar 1815. In Declaration Of Pension Filed 8 Sep 1871, Joseph Was A Resident Of Morgan Co., Ky And Stated His Wife's Name Was Mary A. Belcher Whom He Married In Morgan Co., Ky Oct 1815 (Note One Year Difference From Ky Marriage Records). He Died 11 Jan 1878, Wolf Co., Ky.


          Mary Ann, As A Widow, Applied For Joseph's Pension From The War Of 1812 On 1 Feb 1879. She Was A Resident Of Black Water, Wolf Co., Ky At The Time Of Application And Began To Receive An Allowance In Nov 1879. There Is No Death Date For Mary Ann In The Pension File.
          In The File It Is Stated That Joseph And Mary Ann Lived In Floid (Sic)(Floyd), Ky For 17 Years, In Blackwater, Morgan Co., Ky For 44 Years And At Wolfe Co., Ky For 2 Months. In The 1880 Wolf Co., Ky Census, Mary Ann, Age 78, Was Living With Her Her Son Francis Marion Lawson, His Wife Josephine, And Their Children.
          This Information Source: "Source: Belcher Family Bible" Eugene Matney: Grundy Va.
          "Pioneers Records Of S. W. Virginia, Elihu Jasper Sutherland"
          Deeds Of Richmond County" And Various Other Belcher Family Descendents"
          Children:

          1...William P. Lawson 1818-1863 Married: Sarah Ingram, One Child Known:
          William Moore Lawson, Morgan County Ky Married Phoebe Jane Swango 1858
          2...James B. Lawson B: 1819 1850 Morgan County Census
          James Age 31

          Eleanor Age 26
          Emily Age 8
          Isabel Age 5
          Perlina Age 1
          William B Lawson Age 25
          Emeline Age 22
          Elizabeth 10 Months

          3...Edmund R. Lawson B: 1821

          1850 Morgan County Census:
          Edmund Age 29
          Cassana Age 20

          4...Joseph Jr. Lawson B: 1825 1850 Morgan County Census:
          Joseph Age 25
          Mary Age 18

          1850 Census Morgan County:
          Joseph Age 54
          Mary Age 48

          Amos Age 18
          Frances Age 16 Male
          Martha Age 13
          Franklin Age 11
          Emily Age 9
          Elizabeth Age 6

          5. William B. Lawson B: 1825 Listed 1850 Morgan County In Brother Edmunds Home
          6...Mary Lawson B: 1830
          7...Amos Lawson B: 1832
          8...Frances Marion Lawson 1834-1915 Wolfe County Ky Married: Josephine Rutherford 1852-1939 Henrico Co Va Mother Mary Ann Listed Living In This Home In 1880
          9...Martha Lawson B: 1837
          10..Franklin Lawson B: 1839
          11..Elizabeth Lawson B: 1846

           

          8...Eli (Ali) Belcher B: 1803 Kentucky


          Married: 24 April 1824 Pike County Ky Polly Pinson,

          Sister To Allen Who Married her sister Margaret. Polly Was Born: 1806 Eli Is Listed In The 1823,1725,1826,1828,1829 And 1840 Pike County Tax And Census Records Listed In The 1824 Pike As Owning 50 Acers Of Land At Louisa Fork On Spring River Listed In The 1850 Census Wayne County Polly Age 47


          Children:

          1...Molly (Mary) Born 1826
          died: 1913
          Married: Henry Queen son of Absolam Queen
          born 1827 died 1887
          both are buried in the Queens Ridge Cemetery Wayne Co. West Va.
          located near Cabwaylingo State Park near the Logan County line
          information from a descendant: Della Perry Lilly
          tombstone on findagrave.com

          1850 Wayne County Virginia
          turned into West Virginia
          Henry Queen age 23 born in Va.
          Molly Queen age 23 born in Ky
          living next door to his father and mother
          Absolum Queen age 59 born in Va.
          < Elizabeth Queen age 48

          1860 Census Wayne Co. West Va.
          Henry Queen age 32
          Molly
          Sally age 7
          Lucinda age 5
          John A. age 3
          William age 1
          James age 37 (possibly his brother)

          1870 Census Lincoln County West Virginia
          Henry Queen age 43
          Mary Queen age 43
          Lucinda age 18
          Elizabeth age 8
          John age 15
          william a age 13
          James age 11
          Absolum age 5

          1880 Census Wayne county WVa.
          Henry Queen age 52 born in Va.
          Mollie age 53 born in Ky
          Absolam age 15
          Elizabeth age 18
          Henry C age 8
          James age 21
          William age 23

          2...Thomas Born 1829 Age 21
          3...Nancy A. Born 1835 Age 15
          4...Lucinda Born 1837 Age 15
          5...Margaret Born 1829 Age 11
          6...Sarah Born 1841 Age 9
          7...George W. Born 1844 Age 6
          8...Polliana Born 1848 Age 2
          Samuel Pinson Listed Living In Home As Laborer Age 20

           

          9...Lucy "Sally" Belcher

           

          Born: 1805
          Married Jesse Childers B: 1796 , son of Pleasant Childers.

          Listed In 1850 Tazewell Co Va Census: Household # 739
          Jesse Age 54, Sally Age 45,

          Children:

          1...Peggy Childers Age 27, Born 1823
          2...Lucinda Childers Age 14, Born 1836
          3...William Childers Age 10, Born 1840

          4...George Childers M Age 4, Born 1844
          May Have Been Other Children Between Peggy And Lucinda But These Are The Ones Listed At Home In 1850