Jeremiah Hatcher
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: Abt 1747 - Henrico Co., Virginia 1 Christening: Death: 24 Jun 1804 - Bedford Co., Virginia 1 Burial: Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Edith Logwood (Abt 1755 - Abt Feb 1826) Marriage: 2 Jul 1773 - Chesterfield Co., Virginia Children: 1. Hardaway Hatcher ( - ) 2. Jeanne Hatcher ( - ) 3. Jeremiah Hatcher (Abt 1777- ) 4. Henry Hatcher (Abt 1783- ) 5. Edmond Hatcher ( - ) 6. Pegga Hatcher ( - ) 7. Archer Hatcher ( - ) 8. William Hatcher ( - ) 9. Julius Hatcher (Abt 1776- ) 10. Thomas Hatcher ( - ) 11. Harvey Hatcher ( - )
Notes
General:
One of Jeremiah Hatcher's grandsons was Jeremiah Bell Jeter. He, like his grandfather was a Baptist preacher. The following is on page 7 of Life of J. B. Jeter (William Eldridge Hatcher, 1887). The whole book is available online.
His mother's name was Jane Eke Hatcher. She was the daughter of Rev. Jeremiah Hatcher. This Mr. Hatcher, if we can trust a tradition, was the descendant of an English officer, who, far back in colonial times, retired from the navy, came to America, settled near City Point, in Chesterfield County, Va., and reared a family. Jeremiah Hatcher was a native of Powhatan County, and was baptized by Elder Eleazar Clay, and in early life entered the Baptist ministry. Not much is known of his ministry in Lower Virginia; but it is a matter of history that he was, for a season, the pastor of the well-known, but cruelly named old Tomahawk Church in Chesterfield County. This church still survives, but maintains a very feeble and unprogressive existence.
In the prime of his manhood Mr. Hatcher moved to Bedford. It was then comparatively a wilderness, but with a fast-incoming population. He secured the possession of an extensive area of mountain land, and reared many sons and daughters. He was a man well suited for the times in which he lived. While unhelped by the discipline of the schools, he was yet a man of marked strength and influence. He possessed a rugged mind, a fiery zeal and an intrepid spirit. If he did not have culture, he at least had that heroic courage which made him a man of valor in his Master's service. He was an earnest believer in the gospel, and had an ardent love for the souls of men. His ministry brought him neither riches nor popular applause; but it won for him an honor which grows brighter as the days go by. At his own charges and for many years, he traversed the hills of Bedford and the adjacent counties, and preached the good news to the people. He did a good work. He was a pioneer, and bore a conspicuous part in laying the foundation for that sturdy moral and Christian sentiment which so strikingly marks the inhabitants of that part of Virginia. He did much also to implant that deep-rooted Baptist conviction which so largely prevails even to the present day in Bedford.
I remember well the ruins of a long, rude loghouse, which stood about a mile distant from my childhood home, and which, though it had long been abandoned as a place of worship, was still known as "Hatcher's Meeting-House,"— so called because built on the land and by the efforts of this man of God, and because, too, it was the chief scene of his ministerial labors. For many years it was the centre of religious influence in Northern Bedford, and continued to be so for years after the old veteran had ended his labors and gone to his reward. Out of that church went forth several other Baptist churches, which still exist and steadfastly maintain the faith of their fathers. Mr. Hatcher died about the opening of the present century, and possibly not until he was permitted to look upon the face of the grandson that was to inherit his name and take up his fallen mantle.
The mother of Dr. Jeter is said to have been a woman of shrinking modesty and deep religious convictions. So far as I can ascertain, she never be.came a church member; but Dr. Jeter delighted to testify that she exerted over him a quiet and potent religious influence. He said that while she rarely spoke to him on Christian themes, he knew well where she stood. Now and then she ventured to utter a plea for Christ, and it fell upon him with irresistible force. Her feeble health, her household cares and her poverty, combined to debar her from the privileges of the Lord's house. But her father's faith lived in her soul, transformed her life and consoled her in the midst of her sorrows. Her lot was a harsh one for a spirit so timid, sensitive and grievously tried. Her shifting life and the dissipated and reckless habits of her husband overburdened her; and worn down by many adversities, she sank a victim to consumption in the later prime of her life.
BEDFORD CO. TAX RECORDS:
Land tax records are available from 1782 onward. From 1782 until 1802 Jeremiah Hatcher owns 580 acres. From 1784 onward his land is worth either £190 18/4 until 1800 or $632.20 in 1801 and later. The tax is either £2 17/3 or $3.05. 1803 is illegible. From 1804 until 1812 the same 580 acres belong to his estate. From 1816 to 1826 the estate pays taxes on 419 acres on Auslin/Oslin Creek 10 miles north or northeast of the courthouse and adjoining Thomas Logwood. That tract appears to adjoin lands of John Wharton as well. It may or may not be part of the 580 acre tract. I have not seen the land tax records after 1826.
Personal property tax records are available from 1782 onward. Jeremiah Hatcher appears for the last time in 1805. Categories in the tax lists vary significantly from year to year, which complicates comparison and presentation of data.
Between 1782 and 1790 the first column in the tax list is labelled 'white males over 21'. After 1803 the first column is 'white males over 16'. Between 1791 and 1802 the term 'white tithe' is used. I feel confident that it refers to white males over 16. See the following article concerning the concept of 'tithe' and 'tithable':
http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/rn17_tithables.htm
To simplify the presentation of data I am omitting 1) all tithes (1793-94) and 2) tax paid (1798-1803,1815-16).
The columns below are
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1) Wo21 -- White males over 21
2) Wo16 -- White males over 16/white tithes
3) Wint -- White males above 16 and under 21
4) Bo16 -- Blacks over 16
5) Bu16 -- Blacks under 16
6) Bint -- Blacks over 12 and under 16 but in 1815 over 9 and under 12
7) Bo12 -- Blacks over 12
8) Btot -- Total blacks
9) Hors -- Horses, mares, colts, mules
10) Catl --- Cattle
Wo21 Wint Bu16 Bo12 Hors
Wo16 Bo16 Bint Btot Catl
1782 1 1 3 8 4 12 Jeremiah Hatcher
1783 1 3 5 8 5 10 Jeremiah Hatcher
1784 1 3 6 9 5 13 Jeremiah Hatcher
1785 1 3 7 10 4 15 Jeremiah Hatcher
1786 1 3 8 11 4 13 Jeremiah Hatcher
1787 0 3 9 4 14 Jeremiah Hatcher
1788 1 0 4 0 4 Jeremiah Hatcher
1789 1 0 4 0 4 Jeremiah Hatcher
1790
1791 1 3 2 3 Jeremiah Hatcher
1792 1 3 2 4 Jeremiah Hatcher
1793 5 3 Jeremiah Hatcher
1794 5 3 Jeremiah Hatcher
1795 1 3 4 5 Jeremiah Hatcher
1796 2 4 4 5 Jeremiah Hatcher
1797 2 6 7 5 Jeremiah Hatcher
1798 1 6 8 4 Jeremiah Hatcher
1799 2 6 8 4 Jeremiah Hatcher
1800 2 6 8 4 Jeremiah Hatcher
1801 2 6 7 3 Jeremiah Hatcher
1802 2 8 8 8 Jeremiah Hatcher
1803 1 2 3 3 Jeremiah Hatcher Sen
1804 1 8 8 5 Jeremiah Hatcher sen
1805 0 7 7 3 Jeremiah Hatcher's est
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LAND in BEDFORD CO.:
On September 27, 1779 Moses Dooley of Bedford Co. sells to Jeremiah Hatcher of Powhatan Co. for £1000 a tract of 204 acres, more or less, in Bedford Co. on the south side of Hurricane Creek. (Bedford Co. Deed Records 6/322)
On February 28, 1780 Josiah Coffer of Bedford Co. sells to Jeremiah Hatcher of Powhatan Co. for £1000 a tract of 380 acres, more or less, in Bedford Co. on the branches of Auslin's Creek. It begins at Jackson's and Calloway's corner. (6/376)
WILL:
Bedford Co., Virginia Will Book 3, page 42:
In the Name of God Amen I Jeremiah Hatcher of Bedford County being at this time in a low & sickly State of health but of sound mind & perfect memory & believing perhaps soon to make my Exit from this World to Eternity & after revoking all Wills by me heretofore made do make constitute & ordain this my last Will & Testament in the way & manner following -----
Item I lend unto my beloved Wife Edith for & during her natural Life & also for the raising schooling & support of my six Children viz, Pegga Archer William Julius Thomas & Harvey until they arrive to Lawful age all the Land & Plantation whereon I now reside except a parcel of the Sd Tract of Land whereon my son Hardaway now resides & bounded as followeth viz. Begining on Enoch Terrys line opposite to the mouth of the old Meetinghouse Spring branch up the said branch to the head from thence a strait line across to Julius Hatchers line which Sd Tract or parcel of Land I give & bequeath unto my Son Hardaway & to his Heirs & assigns forever -- Item I also lend unto my Wife Edith & six Children as above mentioned all my household & Kitchen furniture & plantation utensils of every kind with all my Horses Cattle & Stock of every kind & also my Eight negroes viz. Hanner Auther Rose Else Charlotte Cloe Glasgo & Jacob my will & desire further is that after the decease of my wife Edith that the above mention'd Negroes with their ____ increase if any & also all the above mention'd property of every description that may then remain I give and bequeath unto my Children viz. Hardaway Jeanne Jeremiah Henry Edmond Pegga Archer William Julius Thomas & Harvey except that my Son Hardaway have no other part in the said Land than the parcel above mentioned to be equally divided amongst them ---
Item I give & bequeath unto my Son Hardaway my Negro man George to him & his Heirs forever
Item I give & bequeath unto my Daughter Jean my negro Girl Amy to her & her Heirs forever -- Item I give and bequeath unto my Son Jeremiah my Negro Boy Will to him & his heirs forever -- Item I give & bequeath unto my Son Henry my Negro Boy Sam to him & his heirs forever Item I give & bequeath unto my Son Edmond my Negro Girl Nise &c. Item I give & bequeath unto my Daughter Pegge my Negro Girl Dinah &c. I give & bequeath unto Son Archer my Negro Boy Jack &c. Item I give & bequeath unto my Son William my Girl Dosha &c. Item I give & bequeath unto my Son Julius my Negro Boy Ferry &c. Item I give & bequeath unto son Thomas my Negro Girl Usley &c. Item I give & bequeath unto my Son Harvey my Negro Girl Milley. Item should any of the above mentioned Negroes die before my Legatee claiming the same have it in his or her possession That then my Will is that my Executors hereafter mentiond do make the same good to the Legatee out of any part of my above mentiond Estate to them appearing most convenient Item and I do by these presents constitute & appoint my Son Hardaway Hatcher & my good friend Thomas Logwood Ju'n Executors of this my last Will Testament In Witness hereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal this 22nd day of May 1804.
Memorandum
Whereas my three Children namely Hardaway Jane & Jeremiah have received each of them one Bed Horse and Saddle out of my Estate it is also my Will desire that my Executors above mention'd do out of the profits ariseing from my Estate do make the rest of my above nam'd Children equal in like property as they come of age or mariage &c.
Jeremiah Hatcher (Seal)
Signed Sealed & acknowledged
to be the last Will & Testament
of Jeremiah Hatcher in the
presence of
Julius Hatcher
Thomas Logwood
George Rucker
James White
At a Court held for Bedford County at the Courthouse the 23d day of July 1804
This last Will & Testament of Jeremiah Hatcher dec'd was exhibited in Court by Hardaway Hatcher & Thomas Logwood Jun'r the Executors therein named & proved by the Oaths of Julius Hatcher & James White the subscribing Witnesses & ordered to be recorded & on the motion of the said Executors who made Oath together with Gross Scruggs & Julius Hatcher their Securities entered into & acknowledged their Bond in the Sum of Twelve Thousand Dollars conditioned according to Law certificate is granted them for obtaining a probate thereof in due form
Teste
J Steptoe C BC
ESTATE:
At
http://hatcherfamilyassn.com/getperson.php?personID=I39478&tree=WmtheIm
you can see a map which shows the way in which Rev. Jeremiah Hatcher's land was divided into 8 parts and a facsmile copy of the document that gives the metes and bounds descriptions of the 8 parts. It is summarized below:
The above is a tract of 476 1/2 acres land belonging to the estate of Jeremiah Hatcher dec'd divided in eight lots, as the ______ commissioners conceive, agreeably to his ____, as above stated & further explained below (turn over)
Lot No. 1. assigned to Peggy Rucker formerly Peggy Hatcher bounded as followeth, viz, beginning . . .
Lot No. 2. to Henry Hatcher, and bounded as follows, beginning . . .
Lot No. 3. to Thomas Hatcher, bounded, to wit, beginning . . .
Lot No. 4. to heirs of Jeremiah Hatcher dec'd bounded, to wit; beginning . . .
Lot No. 5. to Julius Hatcher J'r __ beginning . . .
Lot No. 6. to William Hatcher bounded etc. beginning . . .
Lot No. 7. to Archabald Hatcher __ beginning . . .
Lot No. 8. to Jane Jeter, late Jane Hatcher __ bounded, to wit; beginning . . .
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Hatcher Families Genealogy Association (http://hatcherfamilyassn.com/familygroup.php?familyID=F8488&tree=WmtheIm).
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