| Sources:
. 1796 Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia, Personal Property
Tax List (online).
| Name |
White
Tithes |
Blacks
16+ |
Blacks
12-16 |
Horses |
| Siers, John |
2 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Also on same list: Joseph SIERS. The second white male tithable
is presumably a son of John, now age 16 or older (males became tithable
at age 16). If we assume this son is James, then James had to be
born in or before 1780. And if Isaac is also son of John, he had
to be under age 16 because he doesn't show up as a tithable; therefore,
Isaac had to have been born in or after 1780.
. Pam Shelton Anderson. Ancestors of Pamela Loretta Shelton
(Family Tree Maker User Page [link died]) and a gedcom at WorldConnect
(online at RootsWeb.com). Among her sources are:
. Fauquier County, Virginia. Deed Book 7, 1778-1783.
LDS FHL Film No. 0031586. Quoting Anderson:
| 24 Sept 1781, John Siers sold land in Fauquier co to John Chick. This
land had belonged to his grandfather John Siers this sale could also have
been between John Siers son of John sen [Sr.] and not this grandson though
the deed seems to indicate that it was a grandson of John sen [Sr.] who
was the grantor of the deed. |
To own/sell land, a male had to be 21 years of age. This transaction
fixes John's birthdate at no later than 1760 — if, indeed, this John is
our subject.
. Monroe County, West Virginia. Deeds Index, Grantees,
1789-1969 (S-Z). LDS FHL Film No. 0589736. Quoting Anderson:
| 1785 John bought 200 acres of land on Indian Creek in what at that
time was Greenbrier co VA. This is the earliest land record for him in
Greenbrier/Monroe co area. |
. Larry Shuck. 1989. Greenbrier County Records:
Volume 2: Tax Records. Iberian Publ. Co., Athens, GA. Quoting
Anderson:
| He appears in the Greenbrier co tax lists in 1786, 1792 and 1796.
In 1796, he has a second tithable in his household, probably his son James-
this would seem to indicate that John was old enough to have a 21 year
old son and makes it more likely that he was Joseph and James father. |
Males became tithable at age 16, not 21.
. Helen S. Stinson. 1988. Greenbrier County, West
Virginia, Court Orders, 1780-1850. [Apparently self-published.].
Quoting Anderson:
| p. 99 |
30 April 1790 |
John was defendant in a case against Samuel Caldwell, who John owed
money. |
| p. 111 |
30 Mar 1791 |
Joseph Siers was a deft in a case against James Halstead, and John
Siers undertook for the defendant. |
| p. 122 |
2 June 1791 |
John was deft in a court case against Roger Killpatrick, assignee of
Hugh Paul. |
pp. 160,
163, 175 |
1794-1795 |
[John] was involved as a defendant in a court case against William
Hinchman. Apparently this case escalated to the point that the sheriff
was directed to take custody of John Siers in 1795, but the debt that he
owed Hinchman was satisfied to the court's satisfaction. |
| p. 229 |
1798 |
In a Greenbrier co Court Case, John Siers was said to have intermarried
with Sarah Paul, and the other Pauls listed may have been her siblings,
John Paul, Isaac Paul, Gregory Paul, Daniel Paul, Jesse Paul, Mary Paul. |
| p. 91 |
28 Aug 1798 |
John Siers was deft in a case (which he lost) against James Kelly |
. Larry Shuck. 1988. Greenbrier County Records:
Volume 1.... Iberian Publ. Co., Athens, CA. Quoting Anderson:
| This same day [2 June 1791] he [John Siers] was also involved in a
case with Joseph Siers against James Holstead. |
. Greenbrier County, West Virginia. Deed Book 1, 1780-1789, p.
486. LDS FHL Film No. 0593544. Quoting Anderson:
| p. 385 |
28 Apr 1792 |
John and Sarah sold property in Greenbrier co to Andrew Wilson. |
| p. 486 |
1795 |
[John] appointed Robert Rennick as his attorney to represent his interests
in the estate of his grandfather of John Siers of Fauquier co. |
. Greenbrier County, West Virginia. Deed Book 2, 1798-1803, p.
126. LDS FHL Film No. 0593545. Quoting Anderson:
| p. 126 |
16 May 1798 |
John Siers sold livestock and personal property to James Graham in
Greenbrier co...
Rhoda Siers witness... |
Rhoda had to be 21 to witness a deed, so she must have been born in or
bef. 1777. It does seem odd to me that John would have had his daughter
witness a deed. Could she have been a sister? Or sister-in-law?
. Monroe County West Virginia, County Court Records, Box 28,
1794-1858 (LDS Film #0239178, as quoted by Anderson):
| This 29th day of September 1814 Between Sarah Seires widow and Relict
of John Seires decd, James Seires, Moses Kean and Rhoda his wife - late
Rhoda Seires, David Parsons and Jane his wife late Jane Seires and Charlotte
Seires - Children and heirs of John Sieres decd Plantiffs |
. John Gott. 1993. Fauquier County, Virginia, Court
Records, 1776-1782. Heritage Books, Bowie, MD, p. 38. Quoting
Anderson, with regard to Sarah PAUL, wife of John SIERS:
| Possibly the Sarah Syars that received an allowance in 1778 as being
the wife of a Continental Army soldier. |
My understanding is that a woman would not receive an allowance unless
she was a soldier's widow, and John SIERS, our subject, was alive at least
as late as 1798.
. Additional sources at WorldConnect (online at RootsWeb.com). |