Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-07-24

then III dispute between the British crown aid Lord
Fairfax. tSee Revised Code, 1919, Vol. ?, page
3l5, 3i6o
Burden returned TO Britain, IN / 1877, and brought
hithcr upwards of hundred families OF adventures,
10 settle on his grants. They chiefly Scottish
Presby terrain dissen,ers and many OF them parislns
OF the House of Stuart i'll the political contest then
raging III England and Scoland.-Amongst these
adventurcrs wcre,-John Patton, the som-n law Of
old Ben. Burden, who settled Cu.awba above
PdttonSburS; his daughter became the wife of Col
WIN. Preston, ami the mother of James Patton
Preston, late Observation-Disclosures Mcdowell, who
settled III Beverly manor, the south rver,-Jamcs
Greenlec, the son-in-law of Ephram Mcdowell, who
settled on James river al Phebc's tails.-Joha Nc
Dowcll. son of Epliraim, who settled at Fairfield,
where Col. james Mcdowell now livcs,--Hngh Tel
ford, who settled at the failing spring. lChurch) in
the fork OF james ItivCr-Pdu whitley who settled
Oh Cedar creek, where the Red mH now s,--Arch-
iba!d Alexander, who settled the North river OPP
poSlte LeNington, ADdrcw Moore (not the General
Who settled adjoining Alexander s,-Sainps"n Arch
err who settled al Gmore's spring, east uf the
Bridge taveru anu Capt John Matthcws WAS mar
red 10 ms daughter Betsy Archer, who settled where
MAJ. !! w. Matthews now lives, below the Natural
Bridge tins John Matthews, raised SIX eutcrpr-
sing sons VIZ; Sampson OF Siau.ton, William, Rich
ard, Archer, John, and General George Matthews,
late Governor of Georga.--rhosc families, and
many hers, became permanently settled, Burden =
grants, In 1888, 1889, 1910.
Governor Gooch rcaeascd those settlers from pay
ing qt rents at the intcrccsS ion OF VIM. Anderson,
Il preacher. Their principal trade was butter and
poultry, carried 10 w 1UScurtr, III exchange Tor salt
and iron odd Ben. Burden, and his settlers, thus
located most of the good land between Lewis S
creek and tl.c head of Catawba.-lIc allowed each
settler one hundred acres free; and leave to buy any
farther quantity. at $50 per thousand for cnch
c1bbjn built the land: When the titles were gran
ted, they popularity called 'c0bbin rights."t
Amongst these enIg rants there wild Iris girl,
named Polly Nihoiln. came to this country she
was hired tn James Bell, as servant. to pay her
passage mnney:-at the termination of her servude,
she dressed in hunting shirt and baeeehes-ulercd
her christian name TO that ola and verify stakcd
forth "a amongst men," She went out and
built about thirty cabins Burdcus land; and
claimed and heid nchundrcd acres OF land at eqch
cabbn. When young Ben Burden as the agent OF
his father came 10 make deeds for the cb5in rights
he was surprised to many in the of
Alrlholin; investigation led TO the discovery OF the
whole mystery. to the great nrth of the inhabitants
She resumed her feminine dress; and many OF her
respectable eeccndants now reside within the limits
of Burdens grant.
John Paul the son of Hugh, bishop of Nottingham,
IN England married TO Jane Lynn, ol the
"l.ynncs o! lnch Linn sister to John Lewis S
witt he partiZGn of the House of Stuart, and
pcrshed at the siege OF DaIrympe CASTLE during the
civil wars III i7i5; he lett two sones, John and
Auilcy, and daughter Polly: his widow afterwards
became the wife of John Stuart, intimate of Rob
| or! DInwlddle's--Whcn DnWiddc came here as gov-
cror OF Virginia, A 1852, he br ouc hi wlin large
detachment OF emigrants amongst these were John
Stuart anu his wife, and three s,ep-chillren they
settled on the Shenandoah, below Burdens grant
John Paul the younger, married Miss Whrlev and
after wads lived and died Roman Catholic Priest
in tie Eastern shore of Aiaryland:-hs sister Polly
became the wife Of the late governor George Mat
theWs of Georgia---hs brother Au;cy after seryinp
ten years officer in .hc BIZ. ii, Colonial fce-
ccs, stationed at different forts OH ;e frontiers of
Pennsylvania and Virginia, was fually married to
Jane Matthews, daughter Of John, and settled at
Springfield, the Natural Bridge john Stuart's
marriage with Mrs. Paul, gave gin to two children
born in Virginia, to wit: John, the late Col Stuart OF
Greehbrer; Betsey, the wife of late Col. Rich
ardWo of Albemarle.
- SON OF .CORNSTALK
1ste Inc deposition of Mary Greenee, above referred
SeveraI OF the grants cGt rights are filed in the
oie of the Staunon district court in the case of Burdu,,
hSrS, VS. Bouyer ct akt,tr.