General Notes

Isaac registered to pay taxes in Greenbrier Co., VA, 1796. A census listed Isaac as head of household in Giles Co., VA, 1810. Sowards, Isaac Greenbrier Co., VA NPH Co. Tax Lists 1783-1786 Isaac Sowards II lived on Peters Mountain and came to Fayette Co., OH about 1812. Vol. A, page 116, 7 March 1812 from Thomas H Richardson of Pickway, OH to Isaac Sowards, $200.00 for 100 acres in Fayette Co., OH on Paint Creek. 1792 SR R Bk.S3 pg 245, 300 acres for 30 shillings sterling (recorded 31 August 1795) on the foot of Peters Mt. where John Dickerson and said Sowards now live known by the name of Bowmans Camp. Grants 33 p. 121-122 23 June 1798 Greenbrier Co., VA Deed Bk. 6, Pg. 445 Isaac Sowards and Elizabeth to John Dickerson for 5 shillings 300 acres on Peters Mt. (recorded in 1817 ?) 1810 Census Giles Co., Va Males (2) 1-10 Thomas 1803 Solomon 1802, (2) 10-16 Isaac James 1795 and Griffith 1799, (1) 45 up Isaac 1765: Females (2) 1-10 unknown, (1) 10-16 unknown, (1) 17-26 Sophia (2) 45 up Elizabeth and one could be his mother Milescent who was living in 1803 when the will was recorded. (Giles Co. was formed in 1806 from Montgomery, Monroe, Tazewell, Craig, Mercer and Wythe).