Matthew Belcher Will
Oglethorpe
son of Francis son of John Jr.
ROBERT BELCHER
B.1640 ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY VA DIED: VIRGINIA
MARRIED: PHOEBE ISHAM B: 1648:HENRICO COUNTY VA TURKEY ISLAND:
JOHN BELCHER SR. BORN: 1670 VIRGINIA HENRICO CO NOW CHESTERFIELD
MARRIED: MARY ELIZABETH FROGLEY. 1689
JOHN JR. BELCHER BORN: 1690 VIRGINIA
MARRIED: MARY GOODING IN 1736
7TH SON OF JOHN BELCHER JR.
FRANCIS BELCHER SR BORN 1745
LISTED IN 1769 LUNENBURG VA TITHABLES LIST WITH BROTHER EDMUND
DIED 7-29-1781 AMELIA CO VA FROM REVOLUTIONARY WAR WOUNDS
will probated:29th day of
July in the year 1781
MARRIED:#1 MARY CABANISS AND THEN HER SISTER #2 PHOEBE CABANISS
MADE WILL, NAMING WIFE PHOEBE, (PHEBE) AND CHILDREN AS HEIRS
NO NAMES OF CHILDREN MENTIONED. AMELIA COUNTY VA
WILL WAS DATE 7-28-1771 FRANKLIN COUNTY VA(PARENT COUNTIES;
BEDFORD,HENRY AND PATRICK)
INVENTORY 8-1822 LISTS 14 SLAVES...
MARRIED:#1 MARY CABANISS AND THEN HER SISTER #2 PHOEBE CABANISS
MARRIED: PHOEBE IN NORTH CAROLINA BECAUSE VA FORBID THE MARRIAGE
OF A MAN AND HIS SISTER-IN-LAW IN VA:
BOTH DAUGHTERS OF MATTHEW CABANISS AND HANNAH CLAY CABANISS OF
NOTTOWAY CO VA: PHOEBE LATER MARRIED JOSEPH SWINNEY
PROPERTY APPRAISED 10-11-1822
HOGS,MARE, COW AND CALF,HEIFER, OATS, ETC. 4-6-1807
INDENTURE BETWEEN ROBERT PRUNTY OF FRANKLIN
CO AND FRANCIS BELCHER OF FRANKLIN CO. SOLD FRANCIS BELCHER THE LAND
LONG BRANCH.
11 1 ...MATTHEW BELCHER LIVED IN OGLETHORPE CO GEORGIA 11 1 ...MATTHEW BELCHER
LIVED IN OGLETHORPE CO GEORGIA
RELINQUISHED LAND OWNED BY FATHER TO ISHAM BELCHER
12-29- 1814 AMELIA COUNTY VA LEFT IN FRANCIS SR.'S WILL
OF AMELIA CO 1781. PHOEBE M SWINNEY/ BELCHER DEED LISTED
FRANKLIN COUNTY COURT HOUSE. 4-20-1807
Matthew, Sr. Belcher found in:
Early Georgia Settlers, 1700s-1800s
Listed in: Index to the 1830 Census of Georgia Newton County
Page number: 32
CHILDREN:
12 1....NANCY BELCHER B 1802 M RICHARD MANOR
1-11-1822 PATRICK CO VA. MOTHER NANCY
12 2... JANE BELCHER B 1810
MARRIED JESSE HAN 8-17-1826
12 3...MATTHEW JR BELCHER BORN 1812 LISTED 1830 NEWTON COUNTY GEORGIA
CENSUS RECORDS
Children: 1...Belcher Andrew. S. 48 Ga. pg00460.txt 464 35
Belcher Mary 50 Ga. pg00460.txt 464 34
Belcher Amanda C. 13 Ga. pg00460.txt 464 36
Belcher Andrew J. 8 Ga. pg00460.txt 464 32
Belcher James N. 18 Ga. pg00460.txt 464 31
Belcher Mary J. 15 Ga. pg00460.txt 464 33
Belcher Tho's J. 17 Ga. pg00460.txt
12 4...BENJAMIN
1850 AGE 30 BORN 1820
12 5...ELIZA BORN 1839
(COULD BE BENJAMINS DAU)
Belcher Estate , 1814
Deed Book #7 - page 249 - Microfilm 0031499 FHC
Olglethorpe County, Georgia
Know all men by these Presents that I, Matthew Belcher of the
County and State aforesaid (Oglethorpe, Georgia), for and in
consideration of the sum of four hundred dollars to me in hand
paid by Isham Belcher of the State of Virginia have bargained, Sold,
conveyed and relinquished unto the said Isham Belcher all my right
title, interest and claims to my portion of my deceased fathers
estate who was Francis Belcher and made and executed his will
in Amelia County in the said State of Virginia on the 29th day of
July in the year 1781. To have and to hold unto the said Isham Belcher
my said portion of my said fathers estate in as full simple & perfect
a manner as the same is or may be held by any one of the legatees
of the said Francis Belcher. In Witnesseth whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and Seal this 29th day of Dec 1814. Sealed Signed and
Delivered in the presence of Barnabus Arthur, John Arthur.
Matthew Belcher(mark)
Georgia, Oglethorpe County
Personally came and appeared before a Magistrate for said county and after
being duely sworn maketh oath and saith that they were subscribing witnesses
to the within relinquishment of dowry and that the said Matthew Belcher
signed, Sealed and delivered the same for the within mentioned purpose sworn
to before me this 30th day of Dec 1814.
Zelverton Thorton, J. P.
Barnabus Arthur, John Arthur (neighbor of Isham Belcher)