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ADAM SYMES and HIS DESCENDANTS 5 Cute It, the Suit Was Dismissed ADAM SYMES AND HIS DESCENDANTS By JANE MORRIS PHILADELPHIA DORRANCE AND COMPANY Publishers COPYRIGHT 1938 BY JANE MORRIS MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PREFACE A great deal of valuable information in this volume, not quoted word for word, was taken from histories which are now out of print, such as the “History of Greene County, Missouri,” 1883, the “History of Tennessee,” 1886, William M. Leftwich’s “Martyrdom in Missouri,” 1870, from various newspapers and magazines, and it was impossible in every case to give the exact source of ideas which seemed worth while. For further necessary assistance and kindness, I acknowledge with grateful appreciation my in- debtedness to Miss Mabel McClure, Librarian, Public Library, Enid, Oklahoma; Miss Ruby L. Read, Springfield, Missouri; Mrs. W. B. Abernathy, Deputy Clerk of the County Court, Law- renceville, Virginia; Miss Charlotte Easton, Deputy Clerk, Superior Court, Oxford, North Caro- lina; Mr. N. H. Newell, Deputy Clerk, Superior Court, Warrenton, North Carolina (Mrs. Aber- nathy, Miss Read, and Mr. Newell spent many months searching through old records that have been stored away in attics and left undisturbed for a century and more); “History of Ellis County, Texas,” published in 1892 by the Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois; The St. Louis Globe Democrat; Virginia Magazine of History and Biography; William & Mary Quarterly; Ox- ford Public Ledger, Oxford, North Carolina; “Abstracts from The Records of Augusta County, Virginia,” by Dr. Lyman Chalkley, Dean of the College of Law, Kentucky University; “Old Churches and Families of Virginia,” by Bishop Meade, published by J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia; “Historical Sketches of North Carolina,” by Col. John H. Wheeler; “Colonial Re- cords of North Carolina,” by William L. Saunders; “State Records of North Carolina,” by Walter Clark, Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina; “History of Arkansas,” 1889, by The Goodspeed Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois; “History of St. Charles, Montgomery, and Warren Counties, Missouri,” 1885; Mr. Scotland G. Highland, author of “Descendants of The Rev. Isaac Morris;” Hon. Landon C. Bell, author of “The Old Free State”; Hon. Henry Upson Sims, Birmingham, Alabama; Dr. Archibald Henderson, Historian, Head of Department of Mathematics, University of North Carolina; Dr. Wilson Gee of the University of Virginia, author of “The Gee Family of Union County, South Carolina;” Mrs. V. C. Royster, Raleigh, North Carolina; Mr. William H. Bason, Genealogist, Raleigh, North Carolina; “Historical Sketch of Bruton Church,” by Rev. W. A. R. Goodwin, A.M., Rector of Bruton Church; “History of Rock- bridge County, Virginia,” by Orin F. Morton. J.M. Little Rock, Arkansas U.S.A. CHAPTER I While this is the story of Adam Symes himself and his descendants, records are given to show that his brother was George of Brunswick and Hanover counties, Virginia; that John, Matthew, and Edward Symes of Hanover were his kinsmen, if not his brothers; that his father was George, in 1687 of Surry County, Virginia, son of George who died in 1687 in Antigua (descendant of William of Poundsford; arms in 1591); and that in October, 1698, George of Surry gave John Skelton a general power of attorney to handle his affairs and sailed for Antigua, as English re- cords show that legacies were due January, 1699, to Christopher, Henry, and George “who was then in Antigua,” children of George Symes, late of the Island, dec’d. (English Lineage and Re- cords in Appendix.) In 1733 Symes (English spelling) became Syms, Simms, Sims. Concerning the counties in the Colony of Virginia, Charles River (afterwards called York), Isle of Wight, James City, and Charles City were four of the original eight shires which were formed in 1632. Surry was formed in 1652 from James City and lies next to Isle of Wight. Prince George was taken out of Charles City in 1702 and lies next to Surry. In 1720 Brunswick comprised part of Prince George, with additions later from Surry and Isle of Wight. In 1720 Hanover was cut off from New Kent, taken from York, 1654. There was much exchange of land between the inhabitants of these places, and in old records it is usual to find a man living and trading first in one county and then in another. John, Matthew, and Edward Symes were of Hanover. George was of Surry, Hanover, and Brunswick. Adam was of Surry, Brunswick, and Prince George, although he may not have been of the latter. It may have been more convenient to go to Prince George to have a transaction recorded than to go a greater distance to the county seat of Surry. In Adam Symes time, the courthouse was in Southwark Parish, and still is. John Cargill told the Bishop of London in 1724 that Southwark Parish was more than a hundred miles long and that the adjoining Parish of Lawnes Creek was quite as long, and both extended to the North Carolina line. From 1687 to 1703 George Symes, Sr., was a tithable in Lawnes Creek Parish, Surry. It would seem that he was either employed by those with whom he was listed or that he was living in the homes of his kinsmen. In 1698, he gave John Skelton, of Isle of Wight County, a power of attorney, as has just been said. This paper was witnessed by Charles and John Chapman. John Chapman died in Brunswick County in 1743. His son, William, married January 24, 1756, Tabitha (Sims) Wyche (Brunswick County Record), granddaughter of Adam Symes, whose grant of land in Brunswick, bearing date October 31, 1726, lay next to Mrs. Chapman’s. Two sons of Adam Symes were married in Isle of Wight County, Charles to Easther Murry and John to Hon- our Lightfoot. At a Court held for Surry County, November 8, 1709, George Symes was a witness in a suit against John Lane. On June 20, 1711, he had a suit in Court (Surry), but not appearing to prose- 4 ADAM SYMES AND HIS DESCENDANTS 5 cute it, the suit was dismissed. In that year, 1711, George Symes appeared, with Edward Symes, in the Parish Register of Hanover County (New Kent), where John and Matthew Symes were noted earlier, in 1708. The application of George Syms to the Executive Council in 1718 for 3,000 acres of land was only recited in the Minutes. It was thus: “George Symms, March 11, 1718, was granted leave to take up 3,000 acres in New Kent near the foot of the Little Mountain.” (See Executive Journal, Vol. 3, pg. 496). On May 24, 1723 (Vol. 4, pg. 39) the grant was authorized to “John Symes, Math. Symes and Jno. Symes 3,000 acres of land on Locust Creek in Hannover County.” On June 16, 1727, the patent was issued to John, Matthew, and George Syms. The “Jno.” in the Journal was evidently a clerk’s error for “Geo.”, since the grant was so issued. It would seem that the father applied for the grant which was afterwards issued to his three sons. When Louisa County was taken from Hanover in 1743, this grant of 3,000 acres lay in Louisa, with two others to George Symes of Hanover, bearing date August 17, 1725. As will be seen later, George Symes gave land to his son-in-law John Walton and Mary his wife, the amount of which was not stated in the deed, and sold fifty acres of land to James Hall, these tracts being within the bounds of his several grants. The latter transfer was signed by “Sarar Simes.” George Symes probably married Sarah Snead (see his Bond as administrator of Matthew Snead’s Estate, with Edward Syms and his son James, securities). On September 28, 1728, Edward Symes of Hanover had a grant of land in Hanover and Adam Symes of Brunswick one in Brunswick. Between the years 1808 and 1813, many grandchildren of Edward and Adam Syms removed to Maury County, Tennessee. George Syms and Adam, both of Brunswick County, Virginia, had each a grant of land in Brunswick, both dated October 31, 1726, and lying together. On June 27, 1733, George Syms of Hanover conveyed his holding to William Syms of Brunswick, son of Adam. For Matthew, John, and Edward Symes see Appendix. GEORGE SYMES IN SURRY AND ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTIES Tytheables listed in Book 1687-94 Lawnes Creek Parish, Surry County, Virginia For the year 1687, pg. 6—”Robert Litteboy (or Littlebury) and Geo. Sims—2” For the year 1688, pg. 66—”Thos. Mathers (also Matthews) & Geo. Symes—2” For the year 1689, pg. 127—”Thos. Mathers & Geo. Symes—2” For the year 1690, pg. 152—”Phill: Shelly & Geo. Sims—2” For the year 1691—”Geo. Blow and Geo. Sims—2” For the year 1692—”Robert Savage & Geo. Simes—2” For the year 1693—(not noted, but these papers are hard to find and hard to read). For the year 1694-1703, both inclusive—”George Symes—1”, except for the year 1700, when the list gives “Geo. Symes and Edwd. Mathews—2” No Tytheable List was recorded in Surry County after 1703. 6 ADAM SYMES AND HIS DESCENDANTS In 1704 the Quit Rent Rolls carry George Sims with 200 acres. Surry County, November 8, 1709, George Sims was a witness at Court in a suit against John Lane. Order Book 1691-1713, pg. 334. The suit was dismissed. Surry County, June 20, 1711—George Sims had a suit in Court: “At a Court held at Southwark for the County of Surry June ye 20th: 1711. George Simes not appearing to prosecute his Suit against John Lane the same is therefore dismisst.” (Same source, p.
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