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Revolutionary War patriot and the first settler of present day MercerCounty, West Virginia; b. 1738 in Henrico County, Virginia; m. Phoebe  Belcher Franklin, Franklin County, Virginia; d. April, 1811 Giles County, Virginia  "Mitchell Clay died April 1811 on New River. On 24 April 1811, his last  will and testament was returned into court and proven by oaths of Andrew  Johnston, John Brown, and Henry Dillon.  Mitchell and his family were buried in a little cemetery in Pearisburg,  Giles County, Virginia. The farm on which the marker rests formerly  belonged to Edward Cooper of Bramwell. The Celanese Corporation later  acquired the land where the cemetery was located. About March or April  1985, the Celanese Corporation had the graves removed to the Birchlawn  Memorial Park in Pearisburg. It was originally thought that only Mtchell Clay's grave was to be moved; however, there were 15 graves moved. Only  Mitchell Clay's was marked. The old stone from Mitchell Clay's grave was  given to the Giles County Chapter of the Genealogical Society and is  stored in the society's building at Pearisburg. The new foot type  monument, which was to be a bronze one of 72 by 32 was to be furnished by  the Celanese Plan. The George Pearis Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Giles County was to get the marker erected.  There is a native sandstone sculpture representing Mitchell and Phoebe  (Belcher) Clay standing on the lawn of the courthouse at Princeton,  Mercer County, West Virginia. The sculpture has been referred to as a  "Torment in Stone." It represents Mitchell Clay and his wife in a moment  of agony over the massacre of members of their family in 1783.  According to history, Mitchell Clay had settled on Clover Bottom, now the  Shawnee Lake section of Mercer County, in 1775. All went well with the  family until August 1783. In August 1783, a band of 11 Indians attacked  his home while he was away on a hunting trip. Mitchell had harvested his  crop of small grain, and wanting to get the benefit of the pasture for  his cattle off the ground on which his grain crop had grown, he asked two  of his sons, Bartley and Ezekiel, to build a fence round the stacks of  grain, while he went to search for game.  While Mitchell Clay was out hunting, the two sons were building fences  around the grain. The older daughter, along with some of the younger  girls, was down at the river bank putting out the family wash. At the  same time, a party of eleven Indians crept up to the edge of the field  and shot Bartley Clay dead. The girls hearing the shot ran to the house for safety. Their path to the  house was directly crossing where Bartley had fallen. An Indian attempted  to scalp the boy and at the same time capture Tabitha Clay. She was  trying to defend the body of her dead brother and prevent the Indiana  from scalping her brother. In this struggle, Tabitha was cut to pieces by  the Indian with a butcher knife. The younger girls made it to the house  safely.  About this time, a man named Liggon Blankenship called at the Clay cabin.  Mrs. Clay begged Blankenship to shoot the savage and save the life of her  daughter Tabitha. But Blankenship ran away from the scene and reported to settlers on New River that the Clay family had been murdered by the  Indians.  The Indians got the scalps of Bartley and Tabitha Clay and captured  Ezekiel Clay. Mrs. Clay took the bodies of Bartley and Tabitha to the  house and laid them down on the bed. She took her small children and went  to the home of a neighbor James Bailey, about six miles away.  His wife and two daughters escaped, but the Indians killed his son and  daughter. They also captured his son, Ezekiel. It was later learned that  Ezekiel was burned at the stake in the Shawnee Indian town at  Chillicothe, Ohio.  When Mitchell Clay returned from his hunting trip, he discovered the  bodies of his family. Thinking that all of his family had been killed or  captured, he left the cabin and headed for the settlements on the New  River.  A party of men under the leadership of Captain Matthew Farley went to the  Clay cabin and buried the two children. They then pursued the Indian  party. They caught up with the Indians in present day Boone County. Some  of the Indians were killed.  The pursuit party consisted of Captain Farley, Charles Clay, Mitchell  Clay, Jr., James Bailey, William Wiley, Edward Hale, Isaac Cole, Joseph  Hare, John French, and Captain James Moore.  Charles Clay, brother of the two murdered children, killed an Indian who  begged him in broken English not to be shot. Ezekiel Clay, the captive,  was hurried away by the Indians who escaped the search party and was  taken to the Indian town of Chillicothe, Ohio, where the third Clay  child, Ezekiel, was burned at the stake by the savages."  Mr. Clay then sold his farm to George Pearis. Will: 26 Jul 1810 Giles Co., VA Codicil: 13 Mar 1811 Giles Co., VA  He married Phoebe Belcher in Bedford Co. Va, 1760. Phoebe was born in Bedford Co. Va about 1740. She was the daughter of Richard Belcher and  Mary Obedience Clay. Phoebe died 1810 in Giles Co Va. Phoebe died 1810 in Giles Co Va.  Mitchell applied for bounty land in Fincastle County, VA, April 1774. In  April of 1774, there was granted by Lord Dunmore, the Royal Govenor of  Virginia, to Mitchell Clay, assignee of Lieutenant John Draper, 800 acres  of land on Bluestone Creek, Clover Bottom, then Fincastle Co Va now  Summers Co Wv.  The Will of Mitchell Clay Sr  He made a will in Giles Co, Va, March 13, 1811.  ast will and testament of Mitchell Clay, Giles County, Virginia---Will Book A, page 71.  In the name of God, Amen, I Mitchell Clay Senior, of the County of Giles  and State of Virginia, being sick in body but perfect in mind and  memory.......do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament.  First. I give and bequeath to my dearly beloved daughter, Patience  Chapman, one dollar.  Secondly. I give and bequeath to my dearly beloved daughter, Rebecca  Pearis, one dollar.  Thirdly. I give and bequeath to my dearly beloved daughter, Obedience  French, one dollar.  Fourthly. I give and bequeath to my dearly beloved daughter, Polly  Stewart, one dollar.  Fifthly. I give and bequeath to my dearly beloved daughter, Sally Peters, one dollar.  Sixthly. I give and bequeath to each of the children of David Clay,  deceased,one dollar.  Seventhly. I give and bequeath to my dearly beloved son, Mitchell Clay,  the younger, one negro girl named Lidy.  Eighthly. I give and bequeath to my dearly beloved son, William Clay, one  negro boy named Ned.  Ninethly. I give and bequeath to my dearly beloved son, Charles Clay, one  negro boy named May.  Tenthly. I give and bequeath to my dearly beloved son, Henry Clay, one  negro girl named Rachel, together with all and singular, the tract of  land whereupon I now live, it lying on the North side of New River  adjoining and below the lands of Mitchell Clay,the younger, with all its  appurtenances, mesauges, tenants, dwelling house and out-house, also all  my stock of horses, cattle, hogs and stock of every kind and household  and kitchen furniture, excepting three cows of an average value which I  give and bequeath to my son, Charles Clay. Also I give to my sons, Mitchell Clay,  the younger, and Henry Clay, the tract of land I bought of Reuben Roberts  and was by the heirs of Reuben Roberts conveyed to me, to them and their  heirs forever to be equally divided between them, provided the said,  Mitchell Clay and Henry Clay do pay unto Reuben Roberts adminstrator the  sum of one hundred and sixteen dollars, or thereabouts, with the interest  on the same, which sum I am owing to the estate of Roberts, and in case they fail to make the payment aforesaid, then it is my will and desire  that the said tract of land be sold and the money arising thereunto to be  appropriated to the payment of the debt aforesaid. Also it is my will  that a tract of land I own on the Five Fork of East River of about 100  acres, shall be sold to pay my debts. I also give and bequeath to my four  sons, Mitchell, the younger, Charles Clay, William Clay and Henry Clay,  one negro woman, named Phoebe and her boy child named Jack, to be equally  divided between them, that is to say that either two of my sons may keep the two  negroes and pay the other two sons their share of their value, and in  case they cannot agree, they, the two said negroes, be sold and the money  divided among my four sons aforesaid equally. Also it is my will and  desire that my four sons to wit: Mitchell Clay, Charles Clay, William  Clay and Henry Clay do pay all my just debts that remain unpaid after the payments are made hereunto provided for and in case they fail to pay the  remaining debts aforesaid, then the negro woman and her child, Jack to be  sold and the remaining debts paid and the residue of the money to be  equally divided between my four sons aforesaid. Also it is my will and  desire that my executors collect all the debts that are coming to me and  appropriate them in payment of my debts. I do hereby ordain, constitute and appoint my  four sons my executors of this my last Will and Testament, in witness  whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty sixth day of  July 1810.  Signed: Mitchell Clay (X) (Seal)  Witnesses:  A. Johnston  John Brown  Joseph Stephens  Henry Drillian (His mark)  Codicill to the Will of Mitchell Clay Sr.  I Mitchell Clay Sr of the County of Giles and State of Virginia being in  perfect health of body and of sound mind and memory do now ordain and  constitute the following codicill as part of my will made and  acknowledged the Twenty sixth day of July 1810. That is to say that so  much of the said will and devise as bequeathed one Negro girl named Lidy  to my son Mitchell Clay the younger. I do hereby revoke and disannul and  in leiu thereof. I give and bequeath unto my son Mitchell Clay my black woman named Phobe and her boy child named Jack to him and his heirs  forever revoking and disannuling that part of said will here referred to  as given the said Phoebe and her child Jack to my four sons Mitchell  Clay, Charles Clay, William Clay, and Henry Clay.  2ly I give and bequeath unto my son William Clay one negro girl named  Lidy to him and his heirs forever in lieu of a negro boy named Ned as  mentioned in my former will to which this is a supplement revoking that  part of the said will or bequeath the said Ned to my son William Clay.  3ly in my former will to which this is a supplement I give and bequeath  unto my son Charles Clay 3 cows of an average value and since the making  of the said desire I have given him two of the cows therein mentioned. I  therefore Now give and bequeath unto the said Charles Clay only one cow  agreeable to the terms in the said will mentioned.  4ly It is my will and desire that my negro boy named Ned shall be sold  and the money applied to the payment of my trust and debts in case the  provisions made in my former will to which this is a supplement proves  insufficient to the payment of my debts, but in case the provisions  therein mentioned be found equal to my debts or in case there should be a  surplus of the price of the negro boy after paying the debts in either  case my will is that the money be equally divided between my four sons Mitchell Clay, Charles Clay, William Clay, and Henry Clay, and I do  hereby disannul all and every part of my former will to which this is a  supplement, that comes within the provisions of this codicill. Ratifying and confirming this codicill together with my former will to which this  is a supplement to much thereof as is not attained nor changed by this  codicill to be my last will and testament in whereof I have here and set  my hand and seal this thirteenth day of March in the year of our Lord,  1811. Mitchell Clay   At Giles County Aprill 1811 this last will and testament of Mitchell Clay  deceased, was proven in Court by the oaths of Andrew Johnson, John Brown,  and Henry Dillon, also this codicill was proven by the oaths of Andrew  Johnson and David Johnson, two of the witnesses there to subscribe which  codicill together with the original will is ordered to be recorded.   Test XXX David French  218 William Clay, GGGG Grandfather.  Record of Will: The Will Of William Clay, received from the Virginia State Library.  I William Clay of Franklin County, State of Virginia do hereby make my  last Will and Testament in monies and farm following, that is to say.  First, I will and bequeath unto my eight childred reiz Patsey Woodall,  Betty Dodges, Hannah Tyree, Sudah Clay, Milly Cowden, William Clay, John  Clay and the heirs of my son Meridith Clay deceased, the property gave by me to them  previous to this day to have and enjoy the same without claim to my  present estate.  Secondly, I will and bequeath to my beloved wife, Milly, all my Estate  both real and personal during her natural life, for her to enjoy the same.  Thirdly and lastly, at the death of my beloved wife, Milly, I do give and  bequeath unto my son Ezekiel all my Estate that is in my possession, both  real and personal, to be his own right of property forever and do hereby  constitute and appoint my son Ezekiel Clay Executor of this my last Will  and testament, hereby revoking all other forms, Wills or testaments by me herefore made In Testimony where of I have hereto set my hand and Seal  the 12th April in the yeart of Lord 1810.  Signed, Sealed, Published, and declared Wm (his) Clay  as and for the last Will and Testament X SEAL  of the above named Wm Clay in the (mark)  presence of us  Jona Patterson  Josiah M Dickinson  At a Court hereto for Franklin County October 5th 1812  This Last Will and Testament of William Clay deceased was proved by the  oath pf Jonathon Patterson and Josiah W Dickinson two witinesses hereto  and order to be recorded  Teste, James Callaway C.F.C.   88 Mitchell Clay, GGGG Grandfather.  Military: Some excerpts from the Annals of S.W. Virginia, by Summers, for Montgomery County (Giles County after 1806) are shown below:  page 83. Mitchell Clay appointed administrator of the estate for David  Clay. (This David was his brother and was killed by the Indians on Tug  River while on an expedition with some other men.)  page 833 June 6, 1792 Mitchell Clay recommended as Capt.of 2nd. Battalion,86th Regt., Charles Clay Lt., William Clay Ensign.  page 802 22 Nov. 1785 Ordered that a wagon road be opened from the road  leading down Sinking Creek to begin at the lower crossing of Doe Creek  and thence by Capt. Pearis; to the Greenbriar line and that Phillip  Snidoe be appointed overseer of the same from said river to Capt.  Pearis's and that Mitchell Clay be the same from thence to Greenbriar  line and that John Chapman and Capt. Pearis lay off and divide the  Tithables between said overseers to clear out and keep the same in repair.  page 806 Nov. 22,1785 The following claims were allowed upon the County;  Among others, Mitchell Clay, one old wolfhead 350.  page 918 June1, 1790 Mitchell Clay and wife Phoebe sold 203 acres in  Clover Bottom to George Pearis for 300 pounds. On the same day Mitchell  Clay and wife Phoebe sold to George Pearis one acre on East side of New  River for 10 pounds. Onsame day Mitchell Clay and wife Phoebe sold 109  acres on Black Lick Creek for 50 pounds.  page 930 April 3, 1797 Mitchell Clay sold to Reuben Roberts 100 acres on  New River for 180 pounds.  page 1423 June 2, 1774 Mitchell is listed as a private in Capt. Daniel  Smith's Company of Militia in Fincastle County Revolutionary soldiers.  Revolutionary Index, W.Va., Oct.10, 1744----MSS. Alphabetical list of  names of men who participated in the Battle of Point Pleasant, W.Va., the  first battle of the Revolution,includes among others: John Chapman, John  Peck, Mitchell Clay, and his two sons David and Zekiel. Authorized Roster  by Reddy. The descendants of the above named men are entitled to membership  in the D.A.R. or S.A.R. Mitchell Clay drew land in what was then  Fincastle County, Va. for services rendered as a soldier in the French  and Indian War, which began in 1754. Summers' History of S.W. Virginia,  (1746-1786), page 146 states that on april 25, 1774, Mitchell Clay had  1000 acres, both sides of Bluestone Creek, Clover Bottom, according to a  survey by Floyd and others in 1774-5,being mostly in Kentucky. (Ky. and W.Va. were not separated at that time; the land acquired was actually in  what is now W.Va.) This land was acquired under the King's Proclamation  of 1763, for services rendered in the French and Indian war of 1754-63.  The grant was made by Dunmore, Governor of the Colony, and embraced 1000  acres. It is probable that both Mitchell and his father were in the war.  Giles Co Va History- Families by Research Committee Giles Co  Historical Society 1982 printegby Walsworth Publishing Co  Marceline, Mo, USA Call# 929.3g  pg 10 Mitchell Clay Sr  Rev War, Mitchell Clay recommended as capt 2nd Batallion, 86th regiment.  Listed on Capt Daniel Smith's Co of Fincastle Co Militia. Capt George  Parris Co. Particiapant in Battle of Point Pleasant. Capt James Robertson  Co 51 days, paid 3.16.6 51 days rations. Spa. Mitchell Clay and sons,  Ezekiel and David, swore alligiance to the state of Va 10-13-1777 51 days  on duty, found one provision. On Michael Woods List.  Court Records: 1782, Montgomery Co, one tithable, three, hourses,  seventeen cattle and land. Mitchel Clay Sr to Philip Peters northeast  side of New River, corner to Reuben Roberts. Witness: John Peters, Lewis  Ford, Elizaj Roberts.  List C One whate male 16-21; 1 slave, four horses  6-1789- Mitchell Clay, Grantor, Hugh Jurores, Grantee 400 pounds, 400  acres- Mont Co.  6-1789- Mitchell Clay and wife Phebe, Grantor, George Paris, Grantee 300  pounds 203 a Clover Bottom.  6-1-1790- Mitchell Clay and wife phebe grantor, to George Pearis 19  pounds, 1 acre e side of New River.  6-1-1790- Mitchell Clay Grantor- Goerge Paris Grantee, 50 pounds, 109 A  Black Lick Creek.  6-1-1790- Mitchell Clay and Phebe his wife Grantor, George Pearis  Grantee, 60 pounds, 189A banch of Little Sinking creek. D Trigg, Exor of  Wm Ingles to Mitchell Clay 80 pounds, 180 A Black Bottm.  4-3-1797- Mitchell Clay Grantor- Reuben Roberts, Grantee, 180 pounds, 100  Acres across New River.  11-22-1785- Allowed claim for one old wolf's head. Mitchell Clay appointed administrtor of estate of David Clay.  7-8-1806- Mitchell Clay from Robert Franceis.  4-25-1774- 1000 Acres on both sides of Bluestone Creek, Clover Bottom.   176 William Mitchell Clay, 5G Grandfather.  Military: 12Death of William Mitchell Clay  Excerpt:  When the army was preparing to leave Camp Union,there was for a while  some reluctance manifested on the part of Col. Field to submit to the  command of Gen. Lewis. This proceeded from the fact, that in a former  military service, he had been the senior of Gen. Lewis; and from the  circumstances that the company led on by him were Independent Volunteers,  not raised in pursuance of the orders of Governor Dunmore, but brought  into the field by his own exertions, after his escape from the Indians at Kelly's. These circumstances induced him to separate his men from the  main body of the army on its march, and to take a different way from the  one pursued by it,--depending on his own knowledge of the country to lead  them a practicable route to the river.  While thus detached from the forces under Gen. Lewis, two of his men  (Clay and Coward) who were out hunting and at some little distance from  each other, came near to where two Indians were concealed. Seeing Clay  only, and supposing him to be alone, one of them fired at him; and  running up to scalp him as he fell, was himself shot by Coward, who was  then about 100 yards off. The other Indian ran off unarmed, and made his  escape. A bundle of ropes found where Clay was killed, induced the belief  that it was the object of these Indians to steal horses; --it is not however improbable, that they had been observing the progress of the  army, and endeavoring to ascertain its numbers. Col. Field, fearing that  he might [126]encounter a party of the enemy in ambush, redoubled his  vigilance 'till he again joined General Lewis; and the utmost concert and  harmony then prevailed in the whole army.  "Chronicles of Border Warfare", pp.165-167 Alexander Scott Withers, 1895,  ed. by Reuben Gold Thwaites  Court Records: Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Deed Book 2, 1770-1772, p.  300  John Esdale Plaintiff  against In case  William Clay Defendant  This day came as well the Plaintiff by his Attorney as the Defendant in  his Person and the said Defendant saith that he cannot deny the  Plaintiffs action for then Pounds thirteen Shillings and eight Pence  Therefore It is considered by the court that the said Plaintiff recover  against the said Defendant the said Sum together with his Costs by him in this behalf  expended And the said Defendant in Mercy &c (Court of 27 March 1764)  --------------  Cumberland County, Virginia, Order Book 1762-1764  Whereas my wife Agnes has eloped from my bed, and robbed me of things of  considerable value, and I expect will endeavor to run me in debt, I  therefore forewarn all persons from dealing with her on my account, as I  will pay no debts of her contracting.  William Clay  --------------  Virginia Gazette, September 22, 1768, p. 2  November ye 12, 1747. We don a lin betwen Will Clay and timson timson not  ther, A lin betwin Will Clay and Henry Cley A lin betwin John Moseley &  Watkins & John Moseley, A lin between John Moseley, & John Farmer a lin  between John fermer & Eeard Wadkins A lin between Thomas Wadkins &  Stev(en) Mallet, Alin betwin Thomas Wadkins & Henry Cley, a lin between Steven  Mallit & Henry Clay, A lin betwin John Mosley & J Jinson ts nt Alin  betwin Will Clay & John Mosley Alin betwin J Mosley & Thomas Wadkins Alin  betwin Thomas Wadkins & John Worley, Alin betwin betwin John Worley &  Henry Cley, Alin betwin John Worley & William Worley, Alin betwin John Worley &  William rigen Alin betwin John Mosley & John Worley, Alin betwin John  Mosley & William rigen Alin betwin Edard Wadkins & Franses Chactune a lin  betwin Fransses Cheatone & Morris Hobards we us dun by us Henry Clay,  William Clay John Mosely  All the land was bin prosesond in pees only wone bine betwin Merry  Robards & timson narrow wone there the parttys by or agreed that We shuld  do it all the rest.  ------------------  Anglican Church Records, Southam Parish (St. James-Southam)  Vestry Book, 1745-1836, pp. 25-26.  Be it remembered that James Dillion William Clay and George Nicholas  ---all of the County of Cumberland this day came before us Stephen  Bedford & Abraham Sallee Gent. two of his Majesties Justices of the Peace  for the said County and acknowledged themselves indebted to our Sovereign  Lord King George the Second in the Sum of forty Pounds Sterling that is to say  the said James Dillion in the sum of twenty pounds Sterling & the said  William Clay & George Nicholas in the Sum of ten Pounds Sterling each to  be levied of their respective Lands & Tenements Goods and Chattels and to  our said Lord the King his Heirs and Successors rendered Upon Condition that if  the said James Dillion shall make his personal Appearance before his  Majesties Justices of the Peace for the said County at the Court House of  the said County on the fourth Monday in January next then & there to  answer our said Lord the King of & upon a certain felony of which he is accused and  shall not depart thence without the Leave of the said Court Then this  recognizance to be void else to remain in full Force  Acknowledged this 22d Day of Decr. 1750  before us James Dillon LS  Stepn. Bedford Geo. Nicholas LS  Abram. Salley William Clay LS  --------------------  Cumberland County, Virginia, Loose Papers 1750  Virginia State Library, Archives Division  Yuille v Clay  May 1753 Dism.  August 19th 1752  George the Second, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and  Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. To the Sheriff of Cumberland  County, Greeting. We command you that you take William Clay if he be  found within your Bailiwick; and him safely keep, so that you have his  Body before our Justices of our said, County Court, at the Courthouse of  the said County, on the fourth Monday in August next to answer Thomas  Yuille of a Plea of Trespass upon the Case Damage ten Pounds and have then there this Writ. Witness Thompson Swann Clerk of our said Court, at the  Court-house aforesaid, the XXVIIth Day of July in the XXVIth Year of our  Reign.  Thompson Swann  ------------  Cumberland County, Virginia, Loose Papers 1752  Bond  L 8.8.11 3/4 8.8.11 3/4  Wm. Clay 8.8.11 ?  16.17.11 1/2  Know all Men by these Presents that I William Clay of Cumberland County  am held and Firmly Bound unto John Pleasants Senr & Junr in the Just and  full Sum of Sixteen pounds Seventeen Shillings & Eleven pence half penny  Virginia Money to be paid unto the said John Pleasants Sen & Junr thir Certain Attorney their Exrs. Admrs. or Assigns to which payment well and  Truly to be made I bind my Self my hairs Exrs. and Adms. firly by these  presents Sealed with my Seal. and Dated this first Day of April anno Dom. one thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty Three The Condition of the Above  obligation is Such that if the above named Wm. Clay do and Shall well and Truly  Cumberland County, Virginia, Original Loose Papers  John Esdale Plaintiff  against In case  William Clay Defendant  This day came as well the Plaintiff by his Attorney as the Defendant in  his Person and the said Defendant saith that he cannot deny the  Plaintiffs action for then Pounds thirteen Shillings and eight Pence  Therefore It is considered by the court that the said Plaintiff recover  against the said Defendant the said Sum together with his Costs by him in this behalf  expended And the said Defendant in Mercy &c (Court of 27 March 1764)  Cumberland County, Virginia, Order Book 1762-1764  1738: Bowman vs. Clay, March, April, August, September, 1738  Original Loose Papers, Goochland County, Virginia  1748: Processioners Return for Survey taken November 12, 1747, dated May  21, 1748 Anglican Church Records, Southam Parish Vestry Book 1745-1836,  pp.25-26  1749: Children of Henry Clay named in Will, signed March 28, 1749,  probated Sept. 1760 Will Book #2, pp.244-247,Henrico County, Virginia  1750: Payment of bond for James Dillion, Dec. 22, 1750  Loose Papers 1750, Cumberland County, Virginia  1752: Arrest warrant for trespassing against Thomas Yuille, July 27, 1752 Loose Papers 1752, Cumberland County, Virginia  1753: Dismissal of trespassing charges, May 29, 1753  Order Book 1752-1758, p.76, Cumberland County, Virginia  1754: Appraisal of the Estate of Richard Belcher  Will Book #1, p. 341, Chesterfield County, Virginia, witnessed  1762: Marriage Bond of Hannah Clay to Thomas Gideon, July 25, 1762  Cumberland County, Virginia, witnessed  1763: Bonded to John Pleasants Senr. and Junr., April 1, 1763 Original  Loose Papers 1763, Cumberland County, Virginia  1764: Court case between John Esdale and William Clay, March 27, 1764  Order Book 1762-1764, Cumberland County, Virginia  Land Deeds: Cumberland County, Virginia, Order Book 1762-1764  This Indenture made this ?? day of August in the year of our Lord one  Thousand seven hundred and seventy one, this is to Sartefy the William  Clay of Pittsylvania County and Colony of Virginia do give unto Michael  Clay one hundred Acres more or less beginning at a red oak Corder runing  South Six degrees East one hundred and fifty poles to a white oak South Seventy and  a half degrees East ninety poles to a white oak on the said River and  thence up the Stream as it meanders to the first Station hickory of  theold line on the north Side North Twenty degrees East forty six poles  to a black Walnut North fifteen degrees west twenty poles to a hooptree  oak thence new lines to the first Station will all houses Edifices  orchards Gardengs waters Ways and all other Profits Commodities and Hereditaments Whatsoever to the Same belonging To have and to hold the said Granted  Land and Premisses and every part thereof with their and every of their  appurtinances unto the Said Michael Clay, to his heirs and assigns  forever to the only use and behoof of him the said Michael Clay his heirs and assigns forever and the Said William Clay doth warrant and forever  Defend the within Granted land from him the said William Clay his heirs  and assigns and from all other persons Whatsoever unto the Said Michael  Clay his heirs and assigns forever In Witness Whereof the Said Clay hath  hereunto Set his hand & affixed his Seal the day and year above written.  his  James Dillon Jesse X Dillon William Clay LS  mark his Danl X Ward Jesse Heard mark  At a court held for Pittsylvania County on the 29th day of Augt 1771 The  within Indenture was by the within named William Clay ackd to be his Act  and Deed and the same was Ordered to be Recorded By the Court.  Test  Will. Tunstall CP  1770: Indenture between William Clay Sen. and William Clay Jun., July 23, 1770 Deed Book #4 1771-1773, pp. 98-99, Bedford County, Virginia  1771: Indenture between William Clay and Mitchell Clay, August 29, 1771  Deed Book #2 1770-1772, p. 300, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  1772: Indenture between William Clay and Jesse Clay, September 23, 1772  Pittsylvania County, Virginia  1773: Indenture between William & Jesse Clay and John Kendall, July 1,  1773 Original Deeds 1773 R-Z, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  1764: Indenture between William & Martha Clay and Mathew Moseley, January  21, 1764 Deed Book #3, p.459-461, Cumberland County, Virginia