Pittsylvania County, VA

See also: The History of Pittslyvania County, Virginia and Old Survey Book 1 (Pittsylvania County).

"Land grant 16 February 1771" (LVA). Description:

Location: Pittsylvania County.

Description: 400 acres on Fly Blow Creek adjoining Eckols.

Source: Land Office Patents No. 39, 1770-1771, p. 245 (Reel 39).

Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.

In "Pittsylvania County (Va.) Register of Free Negroes, 1807-1865" (LVA):

Name: Milly Wooton Age: 30 Sex: Female Color: bright mulato Description: has long right hair intermixed with white hairs has an apparent mark or scar Height: 5 ft 3.75 in Free Status: born free/free born Registration number: 32 Registration date: 1820-07-17 Additional Info: served her time with Moses Echols of this County to whom she was bound by an overseer of the poor, having been born free Image Number: 25

Using the official "1861 Marriage Index D-F" for Pittsylvania County (archive.org), there are multiple references to the Echols family: