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George PURVIS [Parents] was born about 1796 in Spotsylvania Co, VA. He died on 7 Feb 1846 in Spotsylvania Co, VA. He was buried in Spotsylvania Co, VA. He married Amanda Fox on 17 Jun 1845 in Spotsylvania Co, VA.

Other marriages:
Farrell, Elizabeth Jane

Residences & events:

Spotsylvania Co, VA, where he was a tobacco planter.

7/22/1814 - 8/17/1814 He was a Pvt in Capt Thornton's Co of VA Militia during the British invasion of the Chesapeake during the War of 1812.

1830 Stafford Co, VA, where he also raised tobacco.

The birth year is calculated from the death date.

His gravestone says: "Sacred to the memory of Goerge Purvis Who departed this life February the 9th in the 50th year of his age."

George, his wife, Elizabeth, and daughter, Elizabeth, are all buried in a corner of a graveyard overgrown with briars and surrounded by a forest located about 12 miles south of Fredericksburg and about 1/4 mile east of the RF&P railroad. Most of the others buried there are Bullocks. The old house spot nearby was known as Parmount.

Amanda Fox.Amanda married George PURVIS on 17 Jun 1845 in Spotsylvania Co, VA.


Nicholas Strother PURVIS [Parents] was born about 1795 in Spotsylvania Co, VA. He died about 1845 in Callawy/Montgomery Co, MO. He married Elizabeth Sterns.

Residences & events:

Caroline Co, VA

Abt 1839 Callaway Co, MO

1850 Montgomery Co, MO. His widow and most of the children lived there at census time and this may have been his residence before he died.

Elizabeth Sterns died in 1883. She married Nicholas Strother PURVIS.

They had the following children:

  F i Juliann PURVIS was born about 1825.
  M ii John Yelverton PURVIS was born on 14 Mar 1827. He died on 25 Sep 1903.
  M iii Edwin PURVIS was born in 1830 in Caroline Co, VA.
  F iv Margaret PURVIS was born in 1834.
  F v Frances PURVIS was born in 1838.
  M vi Montgomery Purvis was born in 1836.
  M vii Richard B PURVIS was born on 15 Sep 1843.
  F viii Virginia PURVIS was born in 1842.
  F ix Laura PURVIS was born in 1845.

Benjamin Plunkett was born in 1790 in VA. He married Frances PURVIS. Benjamin resided.

Frances PURVIS [Parents] was born in 1794 in Spotsylvania Co, VA. She died in MO. She married Benjamin Plunkett.


Charles Stewart was born in 1802 in VA. He married Harriet PURVIS in 1839 in Spotsylvania Co, VA.

Residences & events:

1850 Spotsylvania Co, Va. He lived in the eastern part of the county and at census time had $780 worth of real estate. He was a farmer.

Harriet PURVIS [Parents] was born in 1809 in Spotsylvania Co, VA. She married Charles Stewart in 1839 in Spotsylvania Co, VA.

Harriett had 2 children by Mr Stewart.


Samuel S Alsop was born in 1811 in VA. He married Mary H PURVIS.

Residences & events:

1850 Spotsylvania Co, Va. In the census he had real estate worth $2000.

Mary H PURVIS [Parents] was born in 1812 in Spotsylvania Co, VA. She married Samuel S Alsop.

Mary had 5 children.


George PURVIS [Parents] was born on 19 Oct 1757 in Caroline Co, VA. He died on 15 Oct 1838 in Nelson Co, VA. He married Elizabeth Murphy on 19 Oct 1795 in Amherst Co, VA.

Residences & events:

Amherst Co, VA. George was still at home when the Revolution began but even before actual fighting started, George enlisted in a company of volunteer minutemen, one of the many bands of "shirtmen" who equipped themselves with a hunting shirt, rifle, tomahawk, and trained in case they were needed.

5/1775 He was on the march to Williamsburg where the British governor was trying to subvert the American cause. This was the first organized military resistance to the British government in VA, leading to the governor fleeing the colony on 6/8/1775.

1781 He was part of the siege of Yorktown.

Following the war, he returned home and became a farmer.

1810 Nelson Co, VA. His place of residence had become part of the new county, rather than him actually moving. According to the census, he owned 2 slaves.

Elizabeth Murphy was born about 1760. She died on 20 Jan 1853. She married George PURVIS on 19 Oct 1795 in Amherst Co, VA.

They had the following children:

  F i Pamela PURVIS was born in 1796.
  M ii Samuel PURVIS was born on 30 Jun 1799 in Amherst Co, VA. He died on 23 Mar 1850 in TN, near Brownsville.

He never married.
  F iii Sophy PURVIS was born in 1800. She died before 1850.
  M iv George Murphy PURVIS was born on 7 Mar 1808. He died on 17 Sep 1870.

Charles S PURVIS [Parents] was born in 1763 in Amherst Co, VA. He died in 1855 in Nelson Co, VA. He married Mary Crisp on 1 Aug 1795 in Amherst Co, VA.

He was a farmer in Amherst Co but his farm became part of the new Nelson Co upon its organization.

Mary Crisp.Mary married Charles S PURVIS on 1 Aug 1795 in Amherst Co, VA.

They had the following children:

  M i John Y PURVIS was born in 1796 in Amherst Co, VA. He died in 1813 in Nelson Co, VA.
  M ii George Tunley PURVIS was born on 18 May 1798. He died in 1896.
  M iii William C PURVIS was born in 1800.
  F iv Elizabeth PURVIS was born in 1803. She died in 1883.
  M v Charles Wyatt PURVIS was born in 1805.
  M vi Simon Parker PURVIS was born in 1810.
  F vii Lucinda Francis PURVIS was born in 1812.
  M viii Sarah Loving PURVIS was born in 1814.

William PURVIS [Parents] was born in 1767 in Amherst Co, VA. He died on 9 Jan 1840 in Nelson Co, VA. He married Polly Gregory on 7 Dec 1792 in Amherst Co, VA.

Residences & events:

Amherst Co, VA

Nelson Co, VA. The county had split, his property falling into the new one. He was a prosperous farmer there, owning 11 slaves at the time of his death with personal property inventoried at $4100.

Polly Gregory.Polly married William PURVIS on 7 Dec 1792 in Amherst Co, VA.

They had the following children:

  M i James P PURVIS was born in 1795 in Amherst Co, VA. He died in 1813.

He died of an unspecified disease while serving as in the 7th Regt of VA Militia under Col Saunders during the War of 1812.
  M ii William W PURVIS was born in 1798.
  F iii Sally PURVIS was born in 1799.
  M iv George Washington PURVIS was born on 1 Aug 1801. He died on 15 Aug 1878.
  M v Winston PURVIS was born on 13 Sep 1803. He died on 28 Sep 1872.
  M vi Edward Louis PURVIS was born on 4 Jul 1806. He died on 30 Apr 1887.
  M vii Daniel G PURVIS was born on 4 May 1809. He died on 1 Feb 1891.
  F viii Mary C PURVIS was born in 1812.
  M ix Parker PURVIS was born in 1816.

William Bell.William married Pamela PURVIS on 10 Dec 1814 in Nelson Co, VA.

Pamela PURVIS [Parents] was born in 1796 in Amherst Co, VA. She married William Bell on 10 Dec 1814 in Nelson Co, VA.


James Lucky was born in 1785 in VA. He married Sophy PURVIS on 18 Mar 1819 in Nelson Co, VA.

Residences & events:

KY

Abt 1830 PA

Abt 1837 Elkhart Co, IN

Sophy PURVIS [Parents] was born in 1800 in Amherst Co, VA. She died before 1850 in Elkhart Co, IN. She married James Lucky on 18 Mar 1819 in Nelson Co, VA.

Sophy and James had 10 children.

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