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Family of Richard Povall

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1.  RICHARD¹ POVALL  He married TABITHA HUDSPETH? in 1751 in Cumberland Co., VA, daughter of GEORGE HUDSPETH and UNKNOWN.  She was born 1723 in Henrico County, Virginia, and died Aft. 1767 in Goochland County, Virginia.

 

Notes for TABITHA HUDSPETH?:

Extracted from Connie Collins paper that she presented at the Clay Gathering in 2002:
"Rachel’s parents remain a mystery. Most genealogies list her as the daughter of Richard Povall and Tabitha Hudspeth. However Richard and Tabitha’s marriage took place in Cumberland County in 1751 when Rachel was 12. Richard Povall gave consent for Rachel’s marriage in 1753, and names Rachel Clay as his daughter in his will but there is no information on her mother. There are Clay descendants working on the Povall line and perhaps there will be a breakthrough by the next Clay Gathering."
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Children of RICHARD POVALL and TABITHA HUDSPETH? are:

              i.   FRANCIS² POVALL.

              ii.   LUCY POVALL, b. Abt. 1738, Goochland County, Virginia; d. Bef. April 17, 1759; m. WILLIAM HUDSPETH, January 26, 1756, Goochland, Virginia; b. Abt. 1730, Goochland County, Virginia; d. May 20, 1806, Wilkes County, Georgia.

 

Notes for WILLIAM HUDSPETH:

William Hudspeth was the son of William Hudspeth. He had been previously married to Lucy Povall, daughter of Richard Povall. Mary Stamps and William were married June 26, 1758 in Cumberland County.3 They made their home in the Southern Parish of Cumberland County.

 

On February 27, 1758, William traded 200 acres on the south side of the James River in Cumberland County, formerly Goochland County. This land had been inherited from his grandfather, George Hudspeth, who obtained the land by a patent dated April 29, 1735. This land was traded to Richard Povall for land in Goochland County. On August 1761, William sold this land to Charles Hudspeth.

 

William Hudspeth was a Revolutionary soldier. In 1776, William and Mary lived in Cumberland County, but sometime thereafter, they moved to Georgia. On the way, they stopped off in Surry County, North Carolina. .In 1787, William and Mary were in Wilkes County, Georgia. On the 1794tax return he is listed in Captain William Johnston's District for Wilkes County. In 1805, William was taxed for 14 slaves and 500 acres in Wilkes County on Clark's Creek.

 

William's will, dated April 13, 1802, was filed in Wilkes County for probate on Jan. 05, 1805. The will names his wife, Mary, and their children. His friends John Hanson and Thomas Terrell, Sr. and his son, George Hudspeth, were co- executors. David Kerr, M. Roby, Harris Coleman and Isaac McLeRoy witnessed the will. Among the property inventoried was a bond for 65 pounds given by Stephen Lyons, now in possession of Robert Hudspeth, to collect.

Issue:

a. Mary Hudspeth

b. Robert Hudspeth

c. George Hudspeth

d. Thomas Hudspeth

e. Richard Hudspeth

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More About WILLIAM HUDSPETH and LUCY POVALL:

Marriage: January 26, 1756, Goochland, Virginia

 

             iii.   RACHEL POVALL, b. November 15, 1739, Goochland County, Virginia; d. April 27, 1820, Paris/Escondido, Bourbon County, Kentucky; m. DR. HENRY CLAY, April 09, 1754, Cumberland County, Virginia; b. September 19, 1736, Southern Parish, Cumberland County, Virginia; d. January 17, 1820, Paris/Escondido, Bourbon County, Kentucky.