1815 RICHARD
There are several
things we think worth recording here about 1815 Richard.
MILITARY SERVICE
On pages 122-125 of
Robert Douthat Stoner’s A Seed-Bed of the
Republic, we read the following.
The same information, with minor differences in wording is found on
pages 66-67 of Anne Lowry Worrell’s Early
Marriages and Wills of Botetourt County, Virginia:
"Following is
a list of men registered for recruitment in the Revolutionary War, and is
copied verbatim from the original papers found in the basement of the Botetourt
County Clerk's office:
At a meeting of the
field officers this 31st August, 1782, for the County of Botetourt for the
purpose of carrying into execution an Act entitled An Act for recruiting this
state's quota of Troops to serve in the United States Army for the Term of
three years, or during the War.
PRESENT: [names of
six offecers]
A list of Capt.
Easom's Company amounting to 45 men returned.
[There follow similar statements about 16 other Captains and their
companies' complements.]
[There then follow
a number of paragraphs, each listing men's names, which Captain's company they
were in, and what district (taxing?) in which they were considered.]
[The 15th of these
paragraphs says:]
That John Johnson,
Isaac Robinson, Richard Bandy, ... [more names] ... of Capt. Pawling's; and ...
[more names] ...be considered the 15th District."
Dr. Robert C. Black,
III, contributes perspective to the
above. He says that even though
Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown in 1781, and the British and Americans had
drawn up articles of agreement for a peace treaty in the Spring of 1782, that
the War was not over. Until the final
treaty was signed in September, 1783, it was still feared that the War might
break out again in a serious fashion.
Hence, an action such as described above was one of preparedness - to
have troops conscripted and organized in the event of need.
Dr. Black adds that the
age range for the men listed was probably from 16 to 35. This would certainly indicate that it was
1815 Richard who was listed above -
other Richards, of whom we know, were of the wrong ages:
1. 1795 Richard will
be shown in the "Only One Thomas" chapter to be the father of 1748
Thomas. Assuming Richard was at least
18 years old when Thomas was born makes him 52 in 1782. According to the family tradition, Richard was born in 1720; this would make
him 62 in 1782.
2. Richard, the son
of 1748 Thomas, was born 10 July 1771[1] and would have been just 11.
THIS RICHARD'S WILL
On November 3, 1815,
this Richard Bandy wrote a will in Wilson County, TN[2]:
"In the name
of God, Amen. My last Will and
Testament in the following manner. Now
in perfect mind and reason.
First: I desire
that Eperson Bandy shall have peaceable possession the ensuing year, that is to
say, the year Eighteen Hundred and Sixteen and to reap the benefits of the
production thereof for the above one year of the plantation, the utensils
included for the above term.
Second: I wish my
Grandson, Edward Bandy [last name questionable - difficult to read] to have a
certain beast known by the name of "The Man of the Diver Filly" also
to have two years schooling.
Third I direct that
the balance of my estate to be divided equally amongst all my children, namely:
Wilchair Bandy, Paren Bandy, Joseph Bandy, Solomon Bandy, Martha Cornelius,
Elizabeth James, Sally Brown, Jameson Bandy, Richard Bandy, Eperson Bandy, A
Bay Mare accepted [excepted?] and added for Epperson Bandy. Given under my hand
this the 3rd day of November 1815, in the presence of Samuel Vaughn and Thomas
Bandy, Subscribing Witnesses.
Richard Bandy
The above Will of
Richard Bandy, deceased, was proven in open court by the oaths of Samuel Vaughn
and Thomas Bandy and ordered to be recorded on the 16th day of March
1816."
We have two other
transcripts[3] made by others of this will. They differ somewhat in wording but not in
substance. We have not attempted to go
back to the original to resolve their slight wording differences.
The only Edward who was
a grandson of 1815 Richard of whom we have a record is Edward the son of
Epperson. However, this Edward was not
born until 1827. So we do not know who
the Edward was who got "The Man of the Diver Filly".
RICHARD'S ESTATE
We could not find as
detailed records on the settlement of 1815 Richard's estate as 1795
Richard's. However, we did find the
following:
Section 3, p53 of the
Wilson County, TN, Court Minutes of May 27, 1916, state:
"Articles of
agreement made and entered into the 20[?] day of January, 1816, [before the
will was recorded] between we the heirs of Richard Bandy, deceased. Epison Bandy have relinquished all his right
and title to the plantation for the year 1816 which he was entitled to by the
will of his father for which cause we the heirs of the said Richard Bandy
deceased hath jointly and agreed to make a sale on the twentieth day of January
the said year given under our hands and seal this day and date above written.
Signed sealed in the presence of
Henry Corke Jameson
Bandy
Daniel Glen Eperson
Bandy
Edmund M Vaughn Solomon
Bandy
Will Parrock Corke Joseph
Bandy
Wilcher
Bandy
Peron
Bandy
James
Cornelius
Edward
Brown
Richard
Bandy"
The sale was made on
January 20 and the results recorded in the Wilson County Court Minutes, June 8,
1816 (pp152-3). As was the case with
his father, 1795 Richard, 1815 Richard's estate appears to contain little in
the way of luxuries. Marcia Bandy's
transcript of the sale results are:
Buyer and item(s) Dollars
Eperson Bandy - one teapot .6825
same - one
skillet and top 2.25
same - one
piggin [small wooden bucket] .125
same - one tap
[spigot?] .625
same - one
oven 3.1875
same - land 1,055.00
same - one bed
cord .625
Jimmison Bandy Junr - Razor 1.00
Joseph Bandy - hames and traces [harness] 2.50
same - hammer
and pincers 1.00
same - knife
box .5625
Perrin Bandy - one hoe .50
same - drawing
knife and chisel 1.375
same - one
handsaw 3.625
same - five
plates 4.125
same - two
basons 2.8125
same - one
dish 2.25
Solomon Bandy - two ploughs 7.50
same - one
crock .50
same - one
churn .50
same - one
kettle 3.25
same - one
pitcher .4375
same - one
beadstead 2.625
same - one
table 1.4375
Edward Brown - one jar 1.50
same - one
sifter and tray .625
same - one bed 18.1875
Henry Cocke - plaines [planes?] 1.3625
same - one
piggin .3125
James Cornelius - one jug .50
same - one cow 14.125
same - one hoe .8125
Jonathan Downey - one sow 2.125
same - second
choice beestand [hive] 1.625
Brillin Drake - warming dish 1.0625
John Eagan - one axe 2.00
same - one
hogs 2.25
same - first
choice of beestand 1.625
Stephen Forrest - one axe 2.00
James Gray - one sow and pigs 4.50
Cornelius James - one wheel 2.125
Willie Lasbly - one glass .25
Hezekiah Marlow - third choice beestand 1.5625
Francis Moore - hames and traces 2.0625
same -two
augers 1.00
same - one pot 5.00
same - one
pair of pothooks .875
same - two
trunks 4.00
Peter Mosely - one horse 21.0625
John B Parker - one grindstone .50
Reuben Smith - singletree and clevies 3.0625
same -
singletree .3125
same - one
lumber .50
Solomon Taylor - one plough 2.75
James Tipton - one sow 1.625
Samuel Walker - seven chirs 3.00
John Wilkerson - one wedge 1.00
same - one cow 12.00
same - one
calf 2.125
Total Sale 1,217.92
On page 110 of the
Wilson County Court Minutes of 1803-1819 (exact date unknown):
"William Gray
and James Stewart, Esq., be appointed commissioners to settle with the
executors of Richard Bandy, deceased, and make report to next court."
And on page 159 of the
same minutes it is recorded that these commissioners made their report. However, their report is not in the records.