10/1/1746 "Francis Kirkly, 400 acres, Swift Run Pass, and 400 northof f ormer; 400 acres adjoining above."
4/21/1748 "£20. Francis Kirkley, of Orange County, to Jno. Anderson,f armer, 400 acres on a draft of North River of Shanandoe called theLong G lade joining James Anderson's and James Cathey's Teste: SilasHart, Joh n Anderson, Geo. Anderson, James Anderson, Francis
Kirkley. Acknowledged, 18th May, 1748."
1/10/1749 Culpeper Co, VA, Northern Neck Grants G, p. 343. Grant toF rancis Kirtley
. . .do give grant and confirm unto Francis Kirtley of the County ofCu lpeper a certain Tract of waste and ungranted land in the saidCounty o n the branches of Conway River and Bounded as followeth,Beginning at t wo Red Oaks and one Chesnut Tree corner to FrancisConway and John Powe ll, thence with the sd. Conways Lines N70W114Poles to the said Conway' s Corner Dogwood Gum and white Oak, thenceN15W114 Poles to one Hickory o ne Dogwood and Chestnut Oak anotherCorner of the sd. Conway's, thence N 35W80 Poles to a locust, aButterwood and Poplar Corner to the sd. Conw ay and Pickett, thencewith the said Pickits Line E20 Poles, thence N5E 60 Poles to one whiteoak one Hickory and Chestnut in the said Line of P ickets, thenceN70E120 Poles to the side of a Steep Stoney Mountain the nce S30E80Poles to one Poplar and Chestnut Tree on the Head of a branc h, thencedown the sd. Branch S20W50 Poles to a Chestnut and Dogwood in a F orkof the said Branch; thence -- down the several Meanders of the said Branch S50W26 Poles, S25W60 Poles, S27E166 Poles to John Powells Line,t hence with his Line N85W66 Poles to the Beginning Containing Threehund red and Ten acres. . .Dated the tenth day of January. . . Onethousand S even hundred and Forty nine.
Fairfax
Mr. Francis Kirtleys Deed for 310 Acres of Land in Culpeper County
6/12/1749 G-188: Francis Kirtley now of Culpeper Co. 174 A. inCulpep er Co, Surv. Mr. George Hume,. On the Gret Mt. between Huse'sR. & Haz el R. 12 June 1749
Same day G-189: Francis Kirtley late of Orange Co, Now of CulpeperCo, 1 757 A. in Culpeper Co. Surv. Mr. George Hume. 700 A. granted10 Sept. 1 735 and surplus in inclusive deed. In Fork of RappahannockR., adj. Ki rtley's other land, Henry Field. 12 June 1749
9/3/1750 "Francis Kirkly, 400, on Naked Creek, above Offal's survey;4 00 on the east fork of the Creek at the mountain; 400 on MiddleFork; 4 00 on head of said creek near Fairfax line; 400 on West Branchof Naked C reek; 400 on East Branch of Dry Run; 400 on West Branch ofDry Run; 400 o n East Branch of Hawksbill, joining Martin's land; 29thDecember, 1765, m oney for rights tendered by the surveyor on behalfof Kirkly. Thomas Ke neley, vid. Thos. Turk."
1755, John Powell of Culpeper co., Va and Mary his wife sell toFRancis K irtley of same place for 5 shillings current money ofVirginia, 1012 ac res of land, head branch of Garth's Run adjoiningCapt . Thomas Buckner a nd on the ridge of mountains, on side ofBrushes Bluff, in line of anot her survey of said Powell and adjoiningIsaac Smith, David
Jones and Robert Key, including all houses, buildings, and orchards,et c.
Signed: John Powell and Mary Powell.
Test: Thomas Stanton, Micajah Pickett, Elias Powell, William Kirtleyan d Thomas Kirtley.
On 20 Feb 1755, John Powell and his wife acknow ledge recp. of 100poui nds current money of Virginia (for release).
Note: This was the 412 + 600 acres he purchased in 1749 and 1753.Elias P owell mentioned here is perhaps John and Mary's son.
cites source: Culpeper co., Va Deed Book B, page 256, 251-8.
5/5/1755 His name and that of brother-in-law, Simon Powell, wereamong t he list of buyers at the estate sale of a Matthias Shaw.
21st August, 1756. John Bingaman's appraisement, by Jacob Miller,Hance M agot, Francis Kirtley.
17th February, 1762. Sebastian Hover's bond (with Francis Kirtley), asa dministrator of Michael Ryan
4/16/1763 Rockingham, VA. He received a new commission and laterrece ived 940 acres in return for his military service.
3/13/1764 "Jeremiah ( ) Early and Elisabeth ( ), of Culpeper, toFranc is Kirtley, £80, 240 acres on Elk Run. "Beginning confirmedunto Jeremi ah Early a tract containing 40 acres between Elk Run andthe Hawk's Bil l; corner said Jeremiah Early; corner survey of Francis
Kirtley's to the beginning, thence the several courses of Martin'spate nt, on the south side Elk Run. being the remainder of Martin'spatent t he said Francis Kirtley purchased before, &c." Teste: JamesKirtley, Jo hn Earley, William ( ) Bohanon, William ( ) Smith."
11/17/1767 "William Russell, late of Culpeper County, by FrancisKirkl ey to John Stevenson, yeoman, £32.10, 700 acres on Mill Creek,part of S tover's 5,000 acres, part whereof being lapsed and forfeitedwas grante d to William Russell, Gent., father of said William Russelland contain s 250 acres whereon John now lives as by survey made byThomas Lewis, c rossing Hooks' Branch; corner Perkey's land, Weaver'sline; another tra ct of Perkey's; corner Francisco's land. Delivered:John Stevenson, Oct ober, 1769."
4/2/1768 "William ( ) Bohannon (Buchanan) and Ruth ( ) to FrancisKirt ley, £30, 200 acres, corner said Kirtley, foot of Blue Ridge.Teste: Ja cob Nicholas. Henry Tamewood, John Fudge."
1/4/1770 "Francis Kirtley and Elizabeth to John Futch, £50, 210acres, l ower fork of Elk Run in a line of Earley's land. Teste: JacobBear, Con rad Futch, David Magert. Delivered: John Futch, November,1776."
3/16/1770 He was among the purchasers the sale of Nicholas Null'sesta te.
5/24/1774 "Elisha Estis, of Caroline County, and Gabriel Long, ofCulp eper County, to Cap. Francis Kirtley, Sr. Teste: William,William, Jr., J ohn, Francis Kirtley, Thos. Fortson. First proved bytwo witnesses and c ertified, 15th November, 1774; 20th February,1787, proof compleated, b ut court refused to order record unntil taxof 3 shillings per 100 acre s was paid, which was refused, and then on19th June, 1787 the tax bein g paid, ordered recorded."
Augusta Co, VA Court Records:
8/4/1774 "Francis Kirtley's will--
To wife, Elizabeth Kirtley, the tract his youngest son is to have;
to son, Francis, tract at foot of the mountains where testatorformerly l ived, 1,100 acres, and the place Thos. Berry now lives on,and 5 negroe s;
to son, John Kirtley, 3 tracts in Orange County called, viz: Bryan'sTr ackt, Golding's Trackt, and Maddey's 600 acres, and also tractcalled t he Grass Thicket in Augusta and the land on Nacked Creek;also testator 's part of the land where Ruben Roach lives, and 5negroes;
to daughter, Elizabeth Kirtley, land bought of Eastise's estate calledP inkey's Old Mill Place;
to son, Honorius Powell Kirtley, infant, land on Buns Run, being parto f land testator lives on;
to son, Sinkle Kirtley, other part of the land on Buns Run. (Fifteenne groes bequeathed besides those above.) Brother William Kirtley, ifliv ing, to make division.
Executors, wife Elizabeth, son Francis Kirtley, son John Kirtley.
Teste: William Kirtley, John Caurfey, Jane Crawford. Proved, 16thNovem ber, 1774, by the witnesses. Elizabeth refused to execute andrenounced t he provisions of the will. Francis Kirtley qualified withThomas Lewis, D aniel Smith."
(Daugther, Elizabeth, may not be his birth daughter but the daughterof b rother-in-law, Simon Powell, whom they raised.)
Again from court records:
3/21/1775 "Recorded. Francis Kirtley's appraisement by Wm. Nalle,Mart in Nalle, Jr., John Seller."
11/22/1775 "Dower to be laid off to Elizabeth, widow of FrancisKirkle y."
