Charles McCORMACK

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rphaned. Apprenticed to John Hardwick of Orange Co in St Thomas Parish 27 Nov 1754.

McCormack,Charles Louisa Co Master: Hardwick, John Occupation: blacksmith Beginning Date: Nov 27,1754 Ending Date: unspecified Sex: male Race: white Age: 13 Source: Fredricksville Parish Deeds 1742-1787,65-66

Fredericksville Parish Vestry Indentures and Processioning Returns 1742-1787 abstracted by Rosalie Edith Davis - p.20 Indent. 27 Nov 1754 Thomas Paulett and Thomas Meriwether, Gent, Churchwardens of Fredericksville Par., Louisa Co. to John Hardwick of Orange Co. in St. Thomas Parish, by order of Louisa Co. Court have put Charles McCormack of the age of 13 years an apprentice unto the sd. John Hardwick to serve until age 21 years. Hardwick to provide wholesome diet cloths, lodging and teach or cause him to be taught to read and write and also the art and mistery of a blacksmiths trade and at the expiration of sd. term pay such allowance as by law appointed.

hese are taken from photo copies of CARSON-MCCORMICK FAMILYMEMORIALS (pages 125-128) obtained by Sarah Rosenbaum in 1981 from the Department of Cultural Resources, Division of State Library, Genealogical Services Branch, 109 East Jones Street, Raliegh, North Carolina 27611 I OCR scanned them and edited them for missing text which the scanner couldn't recognize .

In New Kent Co., Va., are recorded the births of David, a son, l724-25, and "Mary ye Daught", 1727 of William McCormick; also of Charles, 1728, and Martha, 1725, children of Gresel" (Grissell) McCormick ( (320p477,478,479,481). The will of this William Mccormick is in Louisa Co., Va.; 1753, and in it are named sons David, William, Thomas, John, Micajah, and Charles; daughters Mary, Nancy, Sarah, and Elizabeth; and wife Rebecca, Of these, David and Thomas are listed among the taxpayers of Buckingham co., 1732-87; William, Micajah and Charles are found in Bedford Co., where William's will is dated 1775. In this will are sons John, David, and William, daughters Lucy, Jessie, and Nancy, and wife Agnes. Micajah was a surveyor and constable, and is last mentioned in Bedford county records in 1795-99. Charles removed to Pittsylvania Co., where his name appears in the court minutes of 1778. John m. Susannah Bullington in Goochland Co., 1763, and a son Joel was born to them there, 1765. There is no more rccord of him in Virginia; but he married too late to have been the first husband of Mrs. John Davis, Sr., and she had no son Joel. David had a land grant of 282 acres in Buckingham co.,Va., 1769, and must have gone there then. (345). Thomas, before going toBuckingham co., m. Lucy Profitt, l754, Goochland Co., Va.(304;305);138p32).A Thomas McCormick was in the militia of Lunenburg Co., Va., 1754; and a person of the same name was a fife major in the Revolution;(73p75;262); at least the first was probably the Thomas of Goochland co. A younger Thomas McCormack (McCormick), no doubt a son of Thomas or David above, m. Mary Taylor, dau. of Daniel Taylor, in Buckingham Co,, 1791 (53v57p82). Also, in Goochland co., Sarath McCormic m. William Morris, 1765 (138p32). There are many descendants of this family in southwest Virginia and West Virginia, most of them through William the son of William who left a will in Bedford Co., 1775. Among them is Kyle McCormick, publisher, of Princeton, W. Va.

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