Richard D. Belcher

Richard D Belcher Sr. was born in 1710  in Virginia and died in 1763 Chesterfield Co Va. He Married: Mary Obedience Clay who was born in and died in 1760. She was the Daughter Of Henry Clay And Mary Mitchell. Remember When Reading This Genealogy That Chesterfield County Was Made From Henrico County In 1749, So Some Research Says Chesterfield County And Some Henrico.

Henry Clay Wrote Will In 1749: William Clay Son Of Henry Clay Was The Administrator
Of Richard's Estate When He Died: Was Richard's Brother-In-Law In 1728 Richard Was A Witness Of A Land Transaction. Benjamin Hopkins To Thomas Oliver. In 1736 Richard Belshar Paid Levy And Clerk Fees To Your Promise For Richard Belshar The Balance Of 338 Lb Of Tobacco.  1736: Henrico County: Richard Belcher 1 Levy. For Your Last Year's Levy. Pd By John Belcher Sr. Source: Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Volume Iii, Henrico County - Southside, 1736, Page 367 1736: Paid By Inspectors Note; By John Belcher Jr For Richard Belcher.
Source: Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Volume Iii, Henrico County - Southside, 1736, Page 379

William Thompson 100 Acres Recorded 25 Feb 1753 Page 22 P 275 Chesterfield Co Deeds
1758,Son Isham Buys 100 Acres On Deep Creek From Thompson "Part Of Land
Richard Now Lives On" 24 Feb 1764 Richard Junior Belcher And Isham Sell Land On Deep Creek To Thomas Moore

Children:

1…Isham E Belcher

Born Ca 1732, Henrico (Now Chesterfield Co.,) Virginia Married: Elizabeth Clay
Migrated From Chesterfield Co Vir To Bedford County (Now Franklin C0)
3-1765 Isham Belcher Sold The Land Of Richard Belcher Deceased
Married: #1 2 June 1759 Elizabeth Clay B: 1740 Dau Of William Clay And Martha Runyan

Isham E. Belchers Genealogy

2...Richard Belcher Jr.
 Born: 1734 Henrico County (Now Chesterfield) Virginia

Married: Mary?  Age 45+ In 1820: After Father Died In 1763, Richard Jr Must Have
Inherited Some Land In 1764 Richard Belcher Sold 100 Acres
Of Land To Thomas Moore. 7-6-1764. Richard Listed Amelia County Va 1820 With 3 Males 10 And Under: 1 Male 10-16: 2 Males 16-26-1 Male 26-45: 1 Male 45+: 2 Females 10 And Under
2 Females 10-16: 2 Female 26-45: 1 Female 45+: 3 Slaves: Tazewelll Co Va1783 April 29: Richard 130 Acres On Both Sides Of The North Fork Of The Holstein River Treasury Warrant Beginning On A Spur Of Pine Mtn Of John Simmons Tract Tazewell Co Va 1781 Dec 11: On S Side Of Little Mountain On Turkey Gap Creek 28 Acres North Fork Of Holstein River To Corner Of Belchers Former Survey

3...Elizabeth Anne (Annie) Belcher

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 Born 1740 Henrico County (Now Chesterfield Co)., Va
Died: 1820 Tazewell County Va Buried: 1820 Leatherwood Farm, Bluefield West Virginia
Husband: Richard Bailey. B 1735 ..Married At Tazewell Dale Parish? Chesterfield Va: Richard Purchased 100 Acres Of Land In The Skinquarter Area Of Chesterfield Co Nov 1 1760:Migrated To Bedford Co(Now Franklin) Richard, Isham Belcher Was Among The Group That Migrated There: Richards Father James Wrote His Will Feb 1765: The Following Sept: Richard Sold His Land In Chesterfield And Migrated To Bedford: The Same Records Show Isham Sold Land Of Richard Belcher Deceased And Left For Franklin Co Va: Richard Bailey Was The Son Of James Bailey: The Earliest Record Of James Bailey  Was Henrico Co Va In John Nash's Sheriffs Bond Along With John And Richard Belcher
1760 Richard Bailey Purchased Land 100 Acres In Skinquarter Area.

Information On Sarah Ann Bailey Only: Information Obtained From Courthouse Records & Published Sources At Tazewell Co Library: Research Done By Barbara Boyce, Descendant Of Samuel Lusk And Sara Ann Bailey. Samuel Lusk Jr (B) Abt 1776, Wythe Co Va {Son Of Samuel Lusk Sr And Susan Stephenson} Sara Anne Bailey (B) Abt 1785, Tazewell Co Va {Daughter Of Richard Bailey & Elizabeth Belsher/Belcher} Samuel And Sara Ann Were Married In Tazewell Co; Jan 5, 1804 By John Tollett; Source: Tazewell Co Courthouse Records.

 

Bailey, Richard--Born England, Died Before Dec 1807 Tazewell Co., Virginia,
Emigrated Before 1760, Possibly Killed By Indians, Married Annie Belcher;
Served In The Revolution, Resided Black Water, Bedford Co., Virginia (Later Franklin Co), To Beaver Pond Spring  Bailey, Richard Jr.--S/O Richard Bailey & Annie Belcher
"History Of Middle New River Settlements,
Johnston Reference Book Wyoming Co., Wv, P. 358-367"
Bailey, John--Born Ca 1765? S/O Richard Bailey & Annie Belcher;
Married Nancy Davidson, D/O John Goolman Davidson "The Settler"
1789 Built A Log House On The South Side Of Bowyer's Branch;
Children: Jonathan--Eldest Son, Born 1790 South Side Bowyer's Brnach,
Virginia Sarah--Possible Daughter, Married Samuel Lusk
Bailey, Micajah--S/O Richard Bailey & Annie Belcher
Bailey, Reuben--S/O Richard Bailey & Annie Belcher
Married ???? Peters, D/O John Peters (Have Sheet); Children:
Bailey, Eli--S/O Richard Bailey & Annie Belcher
"History Middle New River Settlement.Johnson Reference Book Wyoming Co., Wv, P. 358-367"

 

4...Phoebe Belcher

Clay Family Genealogy

 

Born: 4-15-1742 Henrico County (Now Chesterfield Co)Virginia
Husband: Mitchell Clay Married:4-1760 In Franklin Co Va
Va. Son Of Henry And Mary Mitchell Clay Of Chesterfield Co.

Children:

1...Patience Clay B: 1760 Died 1866
2...Tabitha Clay B 1763 Died 1783 Clover Bottom Mercer County Va, Indian Massacre
3...Rebecca Clay B: 1764 Died 15 Apr 1844
4...Bartley Clay B 1766 Died  1783 Clover Bottom Mercer County Va Indian Massacre
5...Ezekiel Clay B: 1767 Died: 1783 Chillicothe Ohio Indian Massacre
6...David Peyton Clay B: 1769 Died Aug 1818 Wilkerson Co. Va
7...Obedience Clay Born 1770 Died Giles County Va M John French
John Born: 1760 Culpepper Va Died 1810: Married: 16 Jan 1787 Son Of Matthew French, B 2 Feb 1736 In Westmoreland County Va. Died 1814 And Sarah(Sallie)Payne B Culpepper Va, Matthew And Sarah(Sallie) Were Married 1758. Obedience And John French's Son St. Clair French Married Mariah Burdit, Their Daughter Rachel French Married David Doan Davis, Their Son William Davis, Father Of Michael Davis, Athens Al. Who Furnished This Information On This Family.
11 8...Mary Clay B 1771 Va Married 25 June 1788 Ralph Stewart
Montgomery County Va Died: 25 Apr 1851 Logan County Va
9...Mitchell Clay Jr B: 5 Jan 1772 Died 4 June 1850 Raleigh Co Va
10...Naomi Clay B 1773 Died 1855
11...Charles Clay B 24 Dec 1775 Died 8 Feb 1820
12...William Clay 7 Nov 1777 Mercer Co Va Died  12 Jan 1842 East Fork Boyd Co Va
13...Henry J. Clay B 1781 Died Wyoming County Wva
14...Sarah Clay B 1762

5...Thomas Belcher

We know he had a son named Isham
The census and land records of 1801 and 1802 Chesterfield County has Isham son of Thomas and Isham son of Henry listed.
One of these Isham's is most likely the one who married Winnifred Royall.

 

B: 1744 Henrico County (Now Chesterfield Co) Listed In Chesterfield Co Va
Tithables 1762 Russell Co Va 1787 Census1788 Russell County Census

 

6...Robert Belcher (Belsher)

 

B: 1746 Henrico County Va died 11 May 1783 Russell Co Land Abstracts: 89 A. Near Maiden Spring Clinch River G 29 P. 56 11 Oct 1787 Russell Co 178 A. 3 Miles From Maiden Spring Adj His Own
And Robert And Moses Higginbotham 11 May 1793, 100 A. On Pounding Mill Run, Paint Lick Mountain G 29 P. 59 16 May 1793 We Acres Fork Of Clinch River Maiden Spring Wash Co Side 29 P 89
6 June 1793 Both Sides Of McAdams Creek And Maiden Spring Fork Of Clinch River
Wash Co Side: 400 Acres. G 29 P. 170 17 Feb 1797 Russell Co 242 Acres Paint Lick Mtn

And Morris Knob Grant 39 P 311

7...William Belcher

 

B: 1748 Henrico County (Now Chesterfield Co) Va:
D: Before 22 Dec. 1796 When Will Was Proven: Book #5 P.329:
"Virginia Wills And Admin Inventoried 23 Feb 1797 Amelia County Va:"
Listed 1762 Chesterfield Co Va Tithables Listed: Amelia County Wills 1734-1800: Inventory 23 Feb 1797 P: 349-350 Listed Montgomery Co Va 17 Jul 1793 150 Acres On S Side Of Maiden Spring Fork
Of Clinch River Adj To Henry Anthony's Survey Grant 28 P 615
25 Aug 1796 Wythe Co 100 Acres On S Fork Of Maiden Spring Of Clinch River
And Adj John Young And Robert Campbell: Grant 35 P 633 William Served In The Revolutionary War At Annapolis Maryland, 4th Regimen With Brother Benjamin: William Enlisted 5 Oct 1775 For Duration Of War: Was On Roll Call 13 Oct 1781

8...Benjamin Belcher Sr
.  B 1749

Benjamin Belchers Genealogy

 

9...Anne Belcher
Married: Peter Blankenship;

10...Henry Belcher
B 1750 Chesterfield County: Signed Petition To Form Tazewell:
1799 Listed As Serving On Jury Of Tazewell In 1805 And Lived In Giles City:
Land Granted Tazewell County 1816:
we know he had a son named Isham
The census and land records of 1801 and 1802 Chesterfield County has Isham son of Thomas and Isham son of Henry listed.

One of these Isham's is most likely the one who married Winnifred Royall.

11...Elizabeth Belcher
born 1753/57 There is some question on her birth date. She is said to have married: Jeremiah Lumsden of Georgia.
He was surity a the marriage of Martha Belcher and was the JP at the marriage of Caroline Belcher daughter of Obediah, who was Richard's brother, Johns grandson. .

12...Jesse Belcher
B 1754: Chesterfield County Possibly This Jesse Belcher: Signed Petition With Brother Henry To Form Tazewell Co