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25. Joseph RUTHERFORD Sr. was born in 1700 in Essex Co., VA. He signed a will on 7 June 1787 in Rockingham Co., VA. Joseph Rutherford died testate. He devised his estate to his wife Mary, and to his living sons Elliot, Joseph, Reuben, Robert and Archiblad. He appointed Elliot Rutherford as his sole executor. He died in 1788 in Rockingham Co., VA.6 Will proven for name at place on date. Joseph Rutherford was a resident of Essex County, Virginia in the 1720's and early 1730's as he appeared in Essex County court proceedings December 16, 1727 in Conjunction with John Rutherford, Jr., his brother, and August 17, 1730 with Thomas Rutherford, also his brother.
County court record in Essex, Goochland, Cumberland, Augusta and Rockingham Counties, Virginia, attest to the fact that Joseph Rutherford bought and sold land and was active in those areas of Virginia for many years. Joseph Rutherford was a witness to a conveyance of land in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, for John Miller of Caroline County, Virginia, February 1, 1729. August 11, 1764, Joseph witnessed for John Miller in Augusta County. Joseph Rutherford entered 260 acres of land on Willis River in Albemarle County, Virginia, and later conveyed one-half the original patent to John Rutherford, his brother, November 25, 1751. The suit of Joseph Rutherford's son Elliot, to clear the title of the other one-half of the patent, is recorded in the District Court of Prince Edward County, Virginia. Mary Rutherford, his sister, widow of Colonel James Wood, conveyed a tract of 400 acres of land on Cub Creek in Augusta County, Virginia, to Joseph Rutherford, December 31, 1760. May 16, 1768, Joseph Rutherford divided this tract of land equally among three of his sons, Joseph, Jr., Reuben and Thomas. Joseph Rutherford entered an importation right on Hill Meadow Spring, and obtained the land from Elinor Mountyjoy, July 16, 1753. Joseph RUTHERFORD Sr. and Mary (?) were married. Mary (?) was born (date unknown). Elizabeth ELLIOTT was born (date unknown). Page 183, Rutherford book, volume 1. Joseph RUTHERFORD Sr. and Elizabeth ELLIOTT had the following children: |