The following information was taken from a small booklet: Krauss,
Jewell Bell,
Adams-Bell Genealogies and Allied Families: Library
of Congress Catalog Card Number: 83-60029; January 1983. Stevens Publishing
Company, Astoria, Illinois.
CHRISTOPHER
VINEYARD
And
DESCENDANTS
The family name of Vineyard seems to have had a variety of
spellings; such as Winegart, Winegard, Vingard, etc. Christopher Vineyard
showed up in the Natural Bridge area in Virginia
in 1754 where he bought 300 acres and received
a land grant of 60 acres from King George. He could have been the Christopher
Wingar who bought several items at the sale of property of John Vineyard who
died in 1758 just north of Natural Bridge at Staunton. (
Truett L.
Vineyard’s records – direct descendant, grandson of George Washington Vineyard
Jr., brother to my Edna Campbell Vineyard) (Possibly the Bell family was also
living in this area at this time).
The inventory of Christopher Vineyard’s estate, Rockbridge
County, Virginia (Archives, Virginia State Library, Richmond) shows a total
inventory of $942.71 which was dated 11 December 1807 and signed by Wm.
Houston, Jo Gilmore, Joseph Paxton, Peter Sally. It consisted of three legal
size pages of evaluated items which included 4 horses, total value $190; 6 cows
and heifers and 1 bull, $56.50; corn, wheat, rye, oats, flax, and hay, $102;
bonds on the following: John Blair and John Miller $60, John Miller $166.64,
Richard Guthry $83.34, George Vineyard $66.68, and James Brawford $12.37.
Recorded
January Court 1808, Rockbridge County
Teste
A. Reid cc
From Rockbridge County Clerk, Lexington, Virginia:
“Rockbridge Oct. term 1809 directing us to settle with George Vineyard and John
Croddy administrators of CHRISTIAN Vineyard deceased, we have received the
following acct.: Appraisement Bill of personal estate $942.71. “We note that
$942.71 is the exact gross inventory of CHRISTOPHER Vineyard’s estate.
Obviously, some clerk inadvertently wrote “Christian” instead of Christopher.
The DAR Registrar General has accepted this.
Debts paid totaled $62.84 (Included was the burial expense
of 3 Lbs, 6-0, apparently about $10.00) leaving net estate of $879.87 to be
divided – one-third to the widow & one-fourth of remaining balance to each
of the following: Peggy Croddy, John Miller, George Vineyard, Mary Kelly. These
represent the children of Christopher Vineyard.
Signed
Jo Gilmore
Jo Paxton
I.
Christopher Vineyard b. 1741 in Germany (DAR
rec.), m. Elizabeth ? (estate papers), d. before Dec. 1807 Rockbridge County,
Virginia. Several had joined DAR on Christopher Vineyard’s Revolutionary War
service but Jewell Bell Krauss was the first to establish Christopher’s son,
George (my line) as a patriot.
Their
children were:
1.
Ann Vineyard b. ca 1760 m. John Miller d. before
Oct. 1809 (her share of her father’s estate when to her husband.)
2.
George Vineyard b. 21 June 1759 in Virginia, m.
Mary Campbell
3.
Mary Vineyard m. George Kelly
4.
Peggy Vineyard m. John Croddy
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2. George Vineyard b. 21 July 1759 in Virginia.
In his pension papers he stated he did not know where in
Virginia, moved to Rockbridge County at age 5, and remained there until after
the War of the Revolution. Then he moved to Montgomery County, Virginia and in
his later years resided in Scott County, Virginia.
During the War, he served as a volunteer in the militia in 3
encounters – all from Rockbridge County. He wound up under the direction of
General Washington and was sent to Yorktown. He became ill there and was sent
to a hospital about 12 miles away, causing him to miss the capture of
Cornwallis. He was then dismissed from service but never received discharge
papers. Because of rheumatoid arthritis, he circulated very little which was
perhaps the reason he did not learn until 1844 of the pension bill of 1831
making available a pension to all who served in the Revolutionary War.
The census of 1810 shows George Vineyard living in
Montgomery County, Virginia with his family. He sold his holdings in Mongomery
County to his sister, Mary “Polly” Vineyard Kelly, deeded some of his land to
the Methodist Church, and moved to Gate City, Scott County, Virginia where he
is buried. The 1850 census of Scott County shows George Vineyard, age 90,
living in the household of Campbell Vineyard, his son. (George Vineyard
information from his
pension papers #S7794 and Truett L. Vineyard’s
records).
NOTE: Truett was a great-grandson to George 1759, Truett was a
grandson to George Washington Vineyard Jr 1838 who married Margaret Elizabeth
Agee. Truett supplied much of this information.
George Vineyard b. 1759 m. Mary Campbell, dau. of Geroge
Campbell, on 11 Feb 1790, Rockbridge County, VA., d. 1852 Scott County, VA age
92. Their children were:
A.
George Washington Vineyard (1793-1860) m. 1823/5
Hannah Hart, (1802-1882)
B.
John Vineyard m. Malinda Whitt. Moved near
Booneville, Mo. (Tipton). John T. Vineyard was appointed curator of the estate
of Malinda Vineyard 13 June 1859, Moniteau county, Mo. Security, William
Vineyard and George Vineyard. John T. Vineyard died Jan. 1861. George C.
Vineyard then became Adm. de binis non 1 Mar 1861. Security, William Vineyard,
J.W. Renshaw, and James Barger.
C.
Cambell Vineyard b. 1812 Montgomery County, VA.
M. Nancy Pate. Moved to Gate City, Scott County, VA.
D.
Elizabeth Vineyard
E.
Margaret vineyard
F.
Sarah Vineyard b. 1803 VA m. Robert Bell Jr.,
son of Robert Bell Sr., Montgomery County, VA Oct. 1820. The family moved to
Missouri in the mid 1830’s. some of their children are listed under the Robert
Bell Jr. lineage.
G.
Nancy Vineyard b. 1797 VA m. William Bell, Son
of Robert Bell Sr., Montgomery Co. VA 18 Oct. 1820. This family also went to
Missouri in the mid 1830’s, preceding the Robert Bell family. D. 5 June 1860,
Cole County, MO.
H.
Mary Ann “Polly” Vineyard m. John Bell, son of
Robert Bell Sr. 17 Oct 1818 Montgomery Co VA. He died 1839 at age 50. She was
mentioned in deeds through the early 1850’s. They had 10 children.
I.
Hannah Vineyard
