Robert Wardlaw^[1]

1748 - 1820  (72 years)

• Name	Robert Wardlaw  [1]
  Born	1748	Augusta Co., Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Possessions	15 Aug 1774	Augusta Co., Virginia   [2]
  	Purchase of 375 acre tract, for £50, from executors of Benjamin Borden Jr (himself the heir of Benjamin Borden Sr)."Borden's Trace," a land grant of 92,100 acres, was the original settlement area for the Wardlaws who came to Virginia.
  Possessions	6 Mar 1787	Rockbridge Co., Virginia   [3]
  	Together with James Gilmore, loans £70 8s to Alexander Mitchell for one year, with Mitchell's 200 acre farm as security.
  Possessions	4 Jun 1793	Rockbridge Co., Virginia   [4]
  	Sells eight parcels of up to one acre to seven buyers for amounts varying between ten shillings and £5. These appear to be town lots in and adjacent to the town of Brownsburg
  Possessions	1 Apr 1794	Rockbridge Co., Virginia   [5]
  	Sells 15 more lots in Brownsburg to various buyers. The twenty-three sales make up perhaps the entirety of the community of Brownsburg.
  Possessions	1 Apr 1794	Rockbridge Co., Virginia   [6]
  	Sells a 410 acre tract, his current residence, to brother William Wardlaw, for £600. This is probably their father's former residence, that Robert had inherited.
  Possessions	28 Jun 1805	Williamsburg Twp., Clermont, Ohio   [7]
  	Purchased 502 acres 73 poles of land from James and Elizabeth Coleman for $1000.
  Possessions	28 Jun 1805	Williamsburg Twp., Clermont, Ohio   [8]
  	Purchases 500 acres of land from James and Elizabeth Coleman for $1000.
  Died	3 Aug 1820	Scott Twp., Brown, Ohio   [9]
  Notes	Earliest settler of Scott Township in Brown County, Ohio (Spring 1800). Moved there with his family, including his sons and daughters, from Kentucky. Previously they lived in Virginia. Not found in indexes to probate records (wills, estates, files) of Brown Co., Ohio (12 Feb 2016) Not found in Bourbon Co., Kentucky index to deeds (20 Aug 2023)
  Person ID	I1024	Wm L Gann Ancestors
  Last Modified	20 Aug 2023

  
  

  Father	William Wardlaw,   b. Abt 1700, Scotland ,   d. 2 Oct 1761 - 17 May 1762, Augusta Co., Virginia  (Age ~ 62 years)
  Mother	Jane Harper,   b. 1710, Ireland
  Notes	Earlier children were likely born in Pennsylvania; many Scots-Irish families first settled in the Chester/Lancaster county area of Pennsylvania in the early 18th century before resettling in Augusta Co., Virginia
  Family ID	F486	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Janet Martha Downey,   b. Abt 1738,   d. 4 Oct 1817, Scott Twp., Brown, Ohio  (Age ~ 79 years)
  Married	Abt 1769	Virginia
  Children	1. William Wardlaw,   b. 31 Aug 1771, Virginia ,   d. 6 Aug 1812, Brownstown Twp., Wayne, Michigan  (Age 40 years)   2. Samuel Wardlaw,   b. 23 Nov 1773, Augusta Co., Virginia ,   d. 6 May 1848, Washington Twp., Brown, Ohio  (Age 74 years)   3. Martha Wardlaw,   b. 19 Oct 1776, Augusta Co., Virginia ,   d. 3 Feb 1855, Brown Co., Ohio  (Age 78 years)   4. John Wardlaw,   b. 15 Jun 1779, Augusta Co., Virginia ,   d. 6 Sep 1845, Fillmore, Andrew, Missouri  (Age 66 years)   5. Janet Wardlaw,   b. 7 Apr 1784, Virginia ,   d. Oct 1851, Brown Co., Ohio  (Age 67 years)   6. James Wardlaw,   b. 22 Feb 1788, Virginia ,   d. 5 Sep 1858, Washington Twp., Brown, Ohio  (Age 70 years) + 7. Joseph Wardlaw,   b. 21 Apr 1791, Rockbridge Co., Virginia ,   d. 9 Jun 1848, Fulton Co., Indiana  (Age 57 years)   8. Hugh Wardlaw,   b. 21 Apr 1791, Rockbridge Co., Virginia ,   d. 24 Jan 1864, Washington Twp., Brown, Ohio  (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F482	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S291] Augusta Co., Virginia Will Books, 1745-1871, Virginia. County Court (Augusta County), (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1952), vol. 3, pp. 131-132 (Reliability: 3), 17 Aug 2023. [S292] Augusta Co., Virginia Deed Books, 1745-1866, Augusta County (Virginia). County Clerk, (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1952), vol. 20, pp. 337-340 (Reliability: 3), 18 Aug 2023. [S294] Rockbridge Co., Virginia Deed books, 1778-1915, Virginia. County Court (Rockbridge County), (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1953), vol. A, pp. 630-631 (Reliability: 3), 20 Aug 2023. [S294] Rockbridge Co., Virginia Deed books, 1778-1915, Virginia. County Court (Rockbridge County), (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1953), vol. B, pp. 487-498 (Reliability: 3), 19 Aug 2023. [S294] Rockbridge Co., Virginia Deed books, 1778-1915, Virginia. County Court (Rockbridge County), (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1953), vol. C, pp. 30-46 (Reliability: 3), 19 Aug 2023. [S294] Rockbridge Co., Virginia Deed books, 1778-1915, Virginia. County Court (Rockbridge County), (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1953), vol. C, pp. 28-29 (Reliability: 3), 19 Aug 2023. [S296] Harrison Co., Kentucky deeds, 1794-1866, Kentucky. County Court (Harrison County), (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1960), vol. 2, pp. 27-28 (Reliability: 3), 20 Aug 2023. [S296] Harrison Co., Kentucky deeds, 1794-1866, Kentucky. County Court (Harrison County), (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1960), vol. 2, pp. 25-27 (Reliability: 3), 20 Aug 2023. [S14598] History of Brown County, Ohio, (Chicago, W. H. Beers & Co., 1883), 664-665. The first permanent settlement made in what is now Washington Township is credited to the Wardlaw family.