| Birth | <1756-1760> | <Augusta Co., VA> |
| Death | ||
| Court | 20 Aug 1771 | Augusta Co., VA |
| ``Turk vs. Raferty Chalkley reports a lawsuit titled Turk vs. Rafferty under "County Court Judgments, March 1772, Vol. I, p. 365". The case involved a dispute over the estate of "Matthew Grove". Bob Allen obtained a copy of the original records in the Augusta County, Virginia Courthouse that Chalkley viewed in writing his abstract of this lawsuit. The actual record reveals that the family involved in the lawsuit is "Glave", not "Grove". Although the document is quite lengthy and overly verbose, the key points are listed below. Most documents from this time period were drafted using little or no punctuation and sometimes-random capitalization. This document is no exception to that trend. This author has attempted to transcribe this text exactly as it appears in the original lawsuit. You will notice that the spelling of the name appears with and without the "S". Turk & wife v Raferty & wife "George the Third by the Grace of God of great Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith To the Sherif of Augusta County Greeting we command you that you summon Thomas Raferty and Esther his wife To appear before the Justices of our said County Court at the Court House of the County on the third Tuesday in next month to Answer a Bill in Chancery (illegible) whereby Thomas Turk and Mary his wife, William Glave and Elizabeth Glave, and Michael Glave, Esther Glave and Matthew Glave. Infants by William Glave their guardian of this they shall in no wise omit under the penalty of 100 (pounds)" "To The Worshipful his Majesties. Justices of the County Court of Augusta (illegible) on Chancery Humbly Complaining their (illegible) of the Worships Your orator, Thomas Turk and Mary his wife, William Glaves, Elizabeth Glave, Michael Glave, Easter Glave, and Matthew Glave, infants by William Glave their guardian -- That sometime on or about the year one thousand seven hundred and sixty your orators' father Matthew Glaves departed this life intestate without making any disposition of his estate or effects and who at the time of his death was possessed of a very considerable personal estate. Orators having been informed consisting of Horses, Cattle, Hog's, Sheep, Household goods, and all kind of implements of Husbandry. That upon the Orator's father's death their mother Esther, since intermarried with Thomas Raferty the Defendants hereafter named possessed herself of the whole estate (your orators then being infants of very tender years) without ever taking out Letters of administration, soon after which before she disposed of the same intermarried with the other Defendant Thomas Raferty by virtue of which intermarriage he took the whole of your Orators estate into his custody and possession and used possessed and disposed of the same without ever rendering any account to either of your orators or to this worshipful Court. Your Orators Mary Turk and William Glaves since having come of age have often and in a friendly manner requested him so to do as such on his own account as on behalf of his infant brothers and sisters...." Although there is no record of a judgement, this single document provides a wealth of information about the Matthew Glaves family. It establishes Matthew's approximate date of death and names his wife Esther and his children. It tells us that Matthew died intestate, having no will. The document mentions "horses, cattle, pigs and household items", but no land. The family had probably settled on unclaimed land but had not had the necessary survey done in order to patent it and gain title. The actual lawsuit was dated August 20, 1771, although the case was not heard until the following March.'' | ||
| Apprentice | 24 Jan 1775 | Augusta Co., VA |
| ``Matthew Gleaves vs John Finley, March 1794, Augusta County, Drawer 449 This Indenture Wittnesseth that Mathew Gleaves son to Mathew Gleaves deceas'd of Augusta County and Colony of Virginia hath of his own Voluntary Consent and the Consent of his Guardian put and Bound himself apprentice unto John Finley wheelwright of the County and Colony afforesaid to learn his art trade or Mystery of a wheel-Wright and Cooper and after the Manner of an Apprentice to serve him from the Day and the Date hereof for and During ye full term of four years Next Ensuing During all which time he the said apprentice his said Master faithfully shall serve his secrets keep his lawfull commands every where Gladly obey he shall do no Damage to his said Master nor see it to be Done by others without giving notice thereof to his said Master he shall not waste his said Masters goods nor lend them unlawfully to others fornication he shall not committ Matrimony he shall not Contract at lands Dice or any other unlawfull game he shall not play whereby his said master may be damaged with his own goods or the goods of others he shall not buy nor sell without licence from his said master he shall not absent himself day nor night from his said Masters service without his leave nor haunt alehouses taverns or play houses but in all things behave himself as a faithfull apprentice ought to do During said term and the said master shall use the utmost of his Endeavours to teach or cause to be taught or instructed the said aprentice in the trade of Mystery he now professeth and procure or provide for him the said apprentice Sufficient meat Drink washing lodging and apparrel sufficient for an apprentice During said term and likewise at the Expiration of said term said Master is to provide for said aprentice a sett of tools fitt to carry on the business and for the true performance of every of the above articles we bind ourselves Each to the other by these presents in Wittness whereof we have interchangeably put our hands and seals this 24th Day of January 1775 Test John Finley John Davidson Matthew Gleave Robt Finley William Gleave Edward Hunter c:\docs\virginia\gleaves2.txt aaa0216 '' | ||
| Tax | 1779 | Augusta Co., VA |
| a Mathew Glaves was listed as delinquent on the 1779 tax of Augusta co., VA with the note "Rockingham" as in "gone/moved to Rockingham" | ||
| Buyer | 30 May 1783 | Augusta Co., VA |
| A Mat. Glaves was a buyer at the estate sale of John McDonough on 30 May and 10 Jun 1783. | ||
| Court | Mar 1794 | Augusta Co., VA |
| ``Matthews Gleaves vs John Finley, March 1794, Augusta County, Drawer 449 Augusta County to wit Matthew Gleave complains of John Finley in custody(?) ?? of a plea of Convenant broken for whereas by a certain Indenture made at the parish & County of Augusta on the 24th day of January in the year 1775 between the plaintiff by the name of Matthew Gleaves & by the consent of his Guardian who was William Gleave (the plaintiff being then an infant]) of the Colony of Virginia & County aforesaid of the one part & deft by the name John Finley Wheelright of the County & Colony aforesaid which written covenant signed and sealed by the said deft the plaintiff brings here into court the dates whereof in the same day & year ??? said ??? thereby witnessed that the plaintiff by his consent & that of his Guardian aforesaid had put and bound himself apprentice to John Finley the deft to learn his art trade & Mystery of a Wheelright & Cooper and after the manner of an apprentice to serve from ye date of sd indenture for & during the Term of four years ensuing the date during which time he was faithfully to obey the lawfull commands of the said deft & in all respects to demean himself as a faithfull apprentice ought to do during the said term & by the Indenture aforesaid the defendant on his part covenanted with ye ??? to use the utmost of his endeavours to Teach or cause to be taught or Instructed the said apprentice in the trade of Mystery he then professed (that is to say meaning the arts of a Wheelright & Cooper) and procure or provide for the deft sufficient meat drink washing lodging and apparel sufficient for an apprentice during said term & like wise at the Expiration of said Term the said Deft was to provide for the plaintiff a sett of Tools fit to carry on the business & employment aforesaid by Virtue of which covenant the plaintiff became an apprentice unto ye Deft for & during ye term aforesaid as he ought to do & the said plaintiff in fact saith that the Deft did not teach or cause him to be taught in the period aforesaid the arts of a Wheelright or Cooper nor did he at the expiration of the four years above mentioned furnish him with a set of tools suitable for each trade according to the form and effect of his agreement in his behalf made therefore the plaintiff says that the defendant altho often requested his agreement aforesaid in form aforesaid made to the Deft did not perform but broke & the same to him hitherto to perform the Deft hath refused & still doth refuse wherefore he saith he is prejudiced & hath damage to the value of two hundred pounds & therefore he brings suit. ???????? pledges of prosecution Stuart pg c:\docs\virginia\gleaves.txt aaa0215 '' | ||
| Allen, Turk queries dated Jan, Feb, Mar 1998 Robert M. Allen <BobBecAlln@aol.com> |
| The Glaves/Gleaves Family in America Dennis Glaves <dennis@glaves.org> |
| Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia orignial: Lyman Chalkley |
| Finley Family Collection; Carmen Finley Papers; gift; 1994 Finley Family? |
| Augusta County, VA - Will Book 6, Abstracts unknown, cites source: Chalkley's Chronicles of the Scotch- |
| How to cite this page as a source | |
| author: | Michael Sheppard < sheppard@cs.unm.edu > |
| title: | Genealogical events for Matthew GLAVES |
| url: | http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shep/shep/I621.html |
| updated: | 23 Jan 2005 |