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or Shenandoah County, created 1772 from Dunmore County (now Frederick)

her consent signed by Cunradh NeuMan and Anna NeuMennen, witnessed by Edmund Franklin (his mark) and Samuel Wilks (signature), both married to Newman girls; bondsmen John Wilks and Edmund Franklin (signed their marks)

BOND: "August 30, 1795; John Wilks & Barberry Numan; Edmond Franklin, Surety; Consent of Conrad Newman; Married by Alderson Weeks, September 3, 1795."

listed as John Wilks and Barbary Numan

of Grayson County sold to Anderson Melton of same for 50 pounds current Virginia money, 156 3/4 acres on water south of Crook Creek being part of survey patented to Joseph Powell bearing date 21 Nov 1782

probably lived a few years in South Carolina where two sons said to be born

original grant No. 586 on federal land patent for 159 acres in Section 9, Range 11, West of Huntsville, about 6 mi. NNW of Florence, as shown in old Alabama Patents and Alabama Platte books in Lauderdale County court house. Today the land is site of Stony Point Church of Christ and Cemetery, which slopes sharply down in rear to a branch of Little Cypress Creek (graves in cemetery are more recent than John). Quite a distance off the road and almost inaccessible is Denson Cemetery, where John's son Philip was probably buried 1831; Jesse Denson was Philip's uncle.

when her husband got a patent from just-vacated Indian lands

in the first census taken there, John was 50-60, had one male 15-20, one male 20-30 and two females 15-20, and wife 50-60 and

sold 80 acres to Samuel Brumley for $230, the N. 1/2 of N.W. 1/4 of Section 29, Township 2, Range 13 W, land deeded to Samuel WILKES by the U.S. by deed on 29 September 1832. Recorded 4 November 1835.

along the Chickasaw (Natchez) Trace onto the Chickasaw Purchase, as nephew Ben Wilks wrote to his brother Henry in Bedford County, Virginia, dated 2 Aug 1835, "I can informe you that the new perchace of Land from the Chickasaw Indians part of that Land is Seeded to the State of Alabama and part to the State of Mississipa the sails of the Lands will Commence on the third Monday of January Next. If I can have luck I want to go to the Sales and if I like I Calculate to get a small tract of Land there but I don't Calculate to move there. Uncle JOHN Exspects to move there this fall all his children is their Exscept 2 of them and they Calculate to go. He is at me to go. I have good Land good water good orchard and Dwelling houses and I could not exspect to git them together again . . ."¶ Samuel Newman Wilks wrote to Henry on 18 Sep 1835, "I have bought Unkle JOHN WILKES land and give him $700, paid $250 down and $100 at June and therest Crismas come year. Unkle JOHN is going to move to Mississipia where his childrenis in the Chickasaw perches the 1st of Nov . . . Unkle JOHN has ben sick but is abut. The times is sickly but in places with jbilious fever but not in this nabourhood . . . I shall move home as soon as I git done at Wilsomns it will be three or four weeks live in one room with Unkle tell he moves. The house is very large. I shall be lost when he moves with my little family. I shall keep entertainment fore there is a heep of people goes that road. Nothing more but our love to you all etc."¶ On 28 Oct 1835, Ben wrote to Henry, "Uncle JOHN WILKES starts to the Choctaw country this week and family."¶ No evidence was found in county records that Samuel Newman Wilks purchased John's land.

also known as Barberry Numan

three days before her husband, John, died of sickness, TB