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Joseph Wilcher, Sr.

Male 1765 - Aft 1830  (> 66 years)


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  • Name Joseph Wilcher 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Birth 1760-1765  Amherst County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Death Aft 1830  [2] 
    Person ID I37138  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 5 May 2015 

    Family 1 Mildred "Milly" LNU   d. Bef 1798, Amherst County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Y  [1] 
    Children 
     1. Joseph Wilcher, Jr.,   b. 0___ 1790, Amherst County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Lawson Green Wilcher,   b. 2 Sep 1793, Amherst County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Dec 1843, Amherst County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years)
    Family ID F10312  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

    Family 2 Sarah "Sally" Tyree,   b. Abt 1760, (Amherst County, Virginia) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 28 Apr 1798  Amherst County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • 1798 Apr 28 Bond: Virginia, Amherst Co.. Joseph Wilcher & Jacob Tyree are bound to commonwealth of VA $150 28 Apr 1798. A marriage is intended between Sally Rutherford (widow) & Joseph Wilcher (Widower) signed Jos Wilsher Jacob Tyree
    Children 
     1. Sarah Ann Wilcher,   b. 0___ 1820, Amherst County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Jane Watkins Wilcher,   b. 1820-1822, Amherst County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F15358  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1760-1765 - Amherst County, Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 28 Apr 1798 - Amherst County, Virginia Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Joseph Wilcher Amherst Co., VA Chronology Report

      Carol Mitchell (View posts)

      Posted: 20 Nov 2002 2:39PM GMT

      Classification: Query

      Surnames: Wilcher, Rutherford Printed by Legacy on 20 Nov 2002

      Age Name: Joseph WILCHER Sr.

      Life Range: 70 1760-1765 - After 1830

      1760-1765 Birth: 1, 2

      Between 1760-1770 Spouse (#2): Sarah TYREE (Between 1760- ).

      1 1761 History: Virginia, Amherst Co.. Formed from southern half of Albemarle County.

      1 1761 History: Virginia, Amherst Co.. Amherst Parish was formed from St. Anne's Parish to cover the county. . 3

      11 1771 May 25 To 1771 May 27 History: Virginia, Amherst Co.. Amherst suffered a disaster when the James river ws a t flood stage, 150 persons were lost at that time.

      Marriage (1): Mildred "Milly" ( -Bef 1798). 17

      Unknown Spouse (#1): Mildred "Milly" ( -Bef 1798). Died before 28 Apr 1798. 4

      23 1783-1786 Tax: Virginia, Amherst Co.. list Charles Wilcher & Joseph Wilcher. 4

      25 1785 Tax: Virginia, Amherst Co.. Welsher, Joseph 5 white.

      27 1787 Tax: VA, Amherst Co., List B. List B: Wilcher, Joseph self, 0 16/21 white males, 0 black 16/+, 0 black 16/-, Horses 2, Cattle 7. 5

      29 1789 Nov 12 Deed: Virginia, Amherst Co.. Saml Meredith, Jno Stewart & Jos Wilsher, AC to Jas Owen AC for 70 lbs 95 acres 56 acres is that of Wilsher; Lines. Christian, Saml Meredith (formerly Braxton) Wit. Nelson Crawford, Lindsey Coleman, Jas Callaway, Jas Ballinger. 6

      Abt 1790 Child born (1-#1): 30 Joseph WILCHER Jr. (Abt 1790- ).

      1793 Sep 2 Child born (1-#2): 33 Virginia, Amherst Co.. Lawson Green WILCHER (1793-1843). Born in Amherst Co., Virginia, USA. Died on 4 Dec 1843 in Amherst Co., Virginia, USA.17

      36 1796 Feb 23 To 1798 Sep 22 Deed: VA, Amherst Co., 102a. Saml & Jane Meredith to Jos Wilcher 5sh 102a pt. tract Rockey River, Braxton's old line, Notley Maddox, Jos Higginbotham. Wit. Davis S Garland, Jas Garland, Jas P Garland.. 7

      38 Bef 1798 Apr 28 Death of Spouse (#1): Mildred "Milly" ( -Bef 1798).

      38 1798 Apr 28 Bond: Virginia, Amherst Co.. Joseph Wilcher & Jacob Tyree are bound to commonwealth of VA $150 28 Apr 1798. A marriage is intended between Sally Rutherford (widow) & Joseph Wilcher (Widower) signed Jos Wilsher Jacob Tyree. 19

      38 1798 Apr 28 Certificate: Virginia, Amherst Co.. Married Wilsher, Joseph and Sally Rutherford, widow by the Rev Walter Christian. (M.R.).. 20

      1798 Apr 28 Marriage (2): 38 Virginia, Amherst Co.. Sarah TYREE

      (Between 1760- ). In Amherst Co., Virginia, USA. 19

      38 1798 May 12 Deed: Virginia, Amherst Co.. Jos Wilcher AC to Andrew Monroe (Munroe) AC for 300 lbs 231a branches Rockey Run, Lines :Jos Higginbotham, Peter Cashwell, Charles Christian, Richa Wilson, Saml Huckstep. Wit. Chas Christian, Jacob Pierce, Rich Wilson. 8

      38 1798 Jun 21 Deed: Virginia, Amherst Co.. Jacob Tyree AC to jos Wilcher AC for 5 sh & love a slave Sue for his wife Sarah who is my daughter. Wit. Francis Bunt, Nicodemus Vermilion. 9

      50 1810 Census: Virginia, Amherst Co.. Joseph Wilcher m. 2 16/26, 1 26/45, 1 45/+ f. 1 0/10, 1 16/26, 1 45/+; slaves 8. 1

      51 1811 Jun 12 Bondsman: Virginia, Amherst Co.. Joseph Willshire Jr. and Joseph Willshire Senior are bound; a marrriage is intended between Joseph Wilcher Jr. & Nancy Rutherford; Sarah Willshire signed dau. Nancy is 20y of age. Recorded in Marriage Regiter #1 p. 226, Amherst County Clerks Office, Amherst, Virginia. 12

      Jun 1811. Know all men by these presents that we Joseph Willshire Jr. and Joseph Willshire Senior are held jointly bound unto his excellency Gov. Wm. South Lieutenant governor of chief magistrate of the 10 52 1812 Aug 17 Deed: Virginia, Amherst Co.. Joseph WILSHIRE, Jacob PIERCE & Joseph KENNEDY- Joseph WILSHIRE debt to Joseph KENNEDY 200 lbs due 1 Jan 1814, slaves, Moll Isham, China (life est of wife Sarah Wilshire) Dick, Wiatt, Robinson, Joe, Clara, horse, cattle, beds, furniture, hogs . 11

      57 1817 Tax: Virginia, Amherst Co.. Joe Wilchar 1 wm/+16, 2 horses; Joseph W Wilcher 1 wm/+16, 1 bm/+16, 1horse (2nd hundred); . 12

      57 1817 Tax: Virginia, Amherst Co.. Jos Wilshar 1 wm/+16 1 bm/12-16; Joseph W Wilcher 1. 13

      59 1819 Tax: Virginia, Amherst Co.. Joseph Wilcher Sr 1 wm/+ 16, 1 slave; Joseph Wilcher 1 wm+16, 1. Tax list 1819 Amherst Co. VA. 14

      60 1820 Census: Virginia, Amherst Co.. Wilsher, Joseph Amherst Co VA p. 38 No Twp. . 15

      61 1821 Mar 12 Purchased: Virginia, Amherst Co.. James M (W) Wilshire, Amherst County, to Joseph Wilshire, amherst Co $133 horse; beds, etc. Wit. Charles A Christian, Samuel DChristian, William Pollard (could be Jr). 16 70 1830 Census: Virginia, Amherst Co.. Joseph Wilcher m 1 80/90, f 1 15/20, 2 20/30, 1 60/70 9 slaves. 2 70 After 1830 Death:

      Source Citations

      1. 1810 U. S. Census Amherst Co., Virginia. Wilchers, Calab m. 2 10/16 1 16/26 1 45/+ f. 1 16/26 1 45+26/45:
      Richard m. 1 45/+ slaves 11: Joseph m. 2 16/26 1 26/45 145/+ f 1 0/10 1 16/26 1 45/+ slaves 8
      2. 1830 U S Population Census Amherst Co., Virginia.
      3. Charles Frances Cocke, Parish Lines Diocese of Virginia, (Richmond, VA: The Virginia State Library, 1967).
      4. Smith, Melba M, Wilcher Family Information, a descendant of Lawson Green Wilcher son of Joseph Wilcher Sr
      & Milly, (1998). 5. Netti Schreiner-Yantis and Florene Speakman Love, The 1787 Census Of Virginia: An accounting of the Name of Every White Male Tithable Over 21 Years; the Number of Wite Males between 16 & 21 Years; the Number of Slaves Over 16 & those Under 16 years, together with a Listing of their Horses; Cattle & Carriages: and also the Names of all Persons to whom Ordinary Licenses and Physician's Licenses were Issued, (Genealogical Books in Print, Springfield, VA).
      5. Netti Schreiner-Yantis and Florene Speakman Love, The 1787 Census Of Virginia: An accounting of the Name of
      Every White Male Tithable Over 21 Years; the Number of Wite Males between 16 & 21 Years; the Number of Slaves Over 16 & those Under 16 years, together with a Listing of their Horses; Cattle & Carriages: and also the Names of all Persons to whom Ordinary Licenses and Physician's Licenses were Issued, (Genealogical Books in Print, Springfield, VA).
      6. Rev Bailey Fulton Davis, The Deeds of Amherst County, Virginia 1761-1807 & Albemarle County, Virginia 1748-1763, (The Rev. S Emmett Lucas Jr, P O Box 738 Easley, SC 29640: Southern Historical Press, 1979), p. 243: 413.
      7. Ibid, p. 325: p. 204 & p. 340: p. 429.
      8. Ibid, p. 333. p. 329.
      9. Ibid, Deed Bk L p.335/358.
      10. William Montgomery Sweeny, Marriage Bonds, and Other Marriage Records of Amherst County, Virginia 1763-1800 [Although Amherst was formed in 1761, no marriage records have been found before 1763], (Baltimore MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1937 & 1973), Recorded in Marriage Regiter #1 p. 226, Amherst County Clerks Office, Amherst, Virginia.
      11. Rev Bailey Fulton Davis, The Deeds of Amherst County, Virginia 1807- 1827: Books L-R, (The Rev. S Emmett Lucas Jr, P O Box 738 Easley, SC 29640: Southern Historical Press, 1985), p. 39. DB M p228.
      12. Tax list 1817 Amherst Co., VA.
      13. Tax list 1818 Amherst Co., VA.
      14. Tax list 1819 Amherst Co. VA.
      15. AIS Census Indexes: This collection contains Federal Census Indexes, State Census indexes, and indexes to various Federal non-population schedules (Mortality Schedules, Veterans Schedules, Slaves Schedules) for most of the U.S. and parts of Canada. The scope of the collection includes colonial records (pre-1790 tax lists, resident's lists, etc.) and censuses from 1790 to 1870. Some census indexes for later years exist for some states, (1999 , Url: http://data/ancestry/com), Wilsher, Joseph Amherst Co VA p. 38 No Twp.
      16. Rev Bailey Fulton Davis, The Deeds of Amherst County, Virginia 1807- 1827: Books L-R, (The Rev. S Emmett Lucas Jr, P O Box 738 Easley, SC 29640: Southern Historical Press, 1985), p. 635. 12 Mar 1821.
      17. Smith, Melba M, Wilcher Family Information, a descendant of Lawson Green Wilcher son of Joseph Wilcher Sr & Milly, (1998).
      18. The Holy Bible, Containing The Old and New Testaments: Together with The Apocrypha: Translated out of the Original Tongues, and with The Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, with Canne's Marginal Notes and Refrences, to which are added an index; An Alphabetical, Table of all the names in the old and new testaments, with their Sigifications, tables of Scripture weights, measures and coins & C., Family Info: Lawson G. Wilcher, (White & Hutchinson & Dwier, Hartford, 1836), Lawson G Wilsher Died the 4 of December 1843.
      19. William Montgomery Sweeny, Marriage Bonds, and Other Marriage Records of Amherst County, Virginia 1763-1800 [Although Amherst was formed in 1761, no marriage records have been found before 1763], (Baltimore MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1937 & 1973), Marriage Register #1 p. 125, Amherst County Clerk's Office, Amherst, VA.
      20. Ibid, p 28. [1]
    • Descendants of Joseph WILCHER Sr.
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      1-Joseph WILCHER Sr. b: 1750-1765, d: After 1830 +Mildred "Milly" d: Bef 28 Apr 1798

      |--11-Joseph WILCHER Jr. b: Abt 1790, d: After 1821 +Nancy RUTHERFORD b: 1791, d: Bef 18 Sep 1831, Amherst Co., Virginia, USA, m: 12 Jun 1811, Amherst Co., Virginia, USA, par: ?chey RUTHERFORD and Sarah TYREE
      | |--111-Sarah Ann WILCHER b: 1820, Amherst Co., Virginia, USA, d: After 1885
      | |--112-Jane Wadkins WILCHER b: 1820-1822
      | |--113-Mildren A WILCHER b: 1822-1824, Amherst Co., Virginia, USA

      |--12-Lawson Green WILCHER b: 2 Sep 1793, Amherst Co., Virginia, USA, d: 4 Dec 1843, Amherst Co., Virginia, USA +Parmilia Madison GOOCH b: 16 Mar 1806, Orange Co., Virginia, USA, d: 4 Dec 1891, Amherst Co., Virginia, USA, m: 16 May 1827, Amherst Co., Virginia, USA, par: Gideon GOOCH and Sarah
      |--121-Meriah Louisa WILCHER b: 18 Mar 1828, At 10 A.M., Amherst Co., VA, USA, d: 6 Apr 1828, Amherst Co., Virginia, USA
      |--122-Robert Coleman WILCHER b: 19 Oct 1830, At 10 O'clock P.M., Amherst Co., VA, USA, d: 25 Jan 1910, Amherst Co., Virginia, USA
      |--123-Susan Ellen WILCHER (Sp Wilsher) b: 25 Sep 1832, At 5 O'clock P.M., Amherst Co., VA, USA
      |--124-William Pitt WILCHER b: 28 Jun 1834, 11 O'clock A.M., Amherst Co., VA, USA, d: Abt 30 Apr 1912, Amherst Co., Virginia, USA
      |--125-James Lawson WILCHER b: 26 Mar 1836, 6 O'clock A.M., Amherst Co., VA, USA, d: 28 Aug 1862, Army Camp, Texas, USA,
      |--126-Alexander Rice WILCHER b: 14 Jan 1838, 10 O'clock P.M., Amherst Co., VA, USA, d: 2 Jul 1839, Amherst Co., Virginia, USA
      |--127-Stafford Coon WILCHER b: 19 Mar 1839, 11 O'clock A.M., Amherst Co., VA, USA
      |--128-Sarah Jane Madison WILCHER b: 31 Oct 1840, 10 O'clock P.M., Amherst Co., VA, USA, d: 2 Mar 1908, Glascock Co., GA, USA, bur: Pleasant Grove Baptist Cem., Jefferson Co., GA, USA
      |--129-Charles Thomas WILCHER b: 7 Nov 1842, At 12 O'clock P.M., Amherst Co., VA, USA
      |--12A-Pamela Green WILCHER b: 7 May 1844, Amherst Co., Virginia, USA, d: 2 Aug 1864, Amherst Co., Virginia, USA

      +Sarah TYREE b: 1760-1770, d: After 1812, m: 28 Apr 1798, Amherst Co., Virginia, USA, par: Jacob TYREE and Mary

      Would like to correspond with anyone who had data on these... [2]

  • Sources 
    1. [S51405] http://boards.ancestry.com/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=133&p=surnames.wilcher.

    2. [S6377] CarolMitchell, http://genforum.genealogy.com/wilshire/messages/19.html.

    3. [S6346] http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.wilcher/131.1/mb.ashx.


  

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