The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-17

De SIS zSy
s VIC have already given the families Of
Pendleton, Harrison and Tucker, the
early settlers of whom. as we'll rs their
descendants even To- The present tino,i
have furnished The country wifi, sonIes ~
4. the most brilliant and gifted minds, ~
Z the field or letters; so We noW add another
OF no less prominence. which settled IN
Virginia about the same time that of
Sith. than whom, for literature and his
toric research and the preservation OF
the early colonial history, they have no
q peer. and To Whgm tile State owes an
iinmcusurablc debt Of gratitude. 4 8
The firgi OF this Hfnnlly IN Virginia swos
Colonel John St!tl,, Of Charles City cotin-
tty. who wus a prominent man in the col
ony during tile laftcrJpart Of the seven
teenth century. lie was granted go acres
Of land In that county. February y, 1855
and 800 acres again.sJr y, iUi, Hc re-
VOTED with Bacon In l676, and was dla-
Y franchised. along with Colonel Ill. tSce
Hcning's Statutes, Vol, page $3.50 But
n this act was afterwards made null and
void and repealed by royal proclamation,
and also by fourth act of Assembly ut
Green Springs. February co. lGIs-'Gi. lie
u Fl
member f4thc House of Bnfsc4scs, 1861
1852 and 1903; was higl, sheriff OF Charles
City county, 1861. Colonel Drury st ~.
frat clerk OF TruHKWick county, Was his
son., who was sheriff Of Charles Glty
county 1714-'2n and 17ai-c5. He qualified
rs clerk OF Brunswick countY. May II.
17322. as the following order shows. which
IS the second order IN the llrst oEd Sc:
book OF the County Court or brunswick:
"Drnry stith, gentleman. produced a
commission from tho Hcn'l John Carter.
Esa'r His Matcstyss secretary OF Nir-
GINA, It'd be- clerk OF the county OF
Brunswick. which being read. and hay
Ing S,akcn4ttle oath appointed to 10 ia Ken
by act OF Parliament, instead Of oaths
OF allegiance and supremacy IN "a = .
be taKenTs in the first year OF the reign
4. OF His Majesty, king George First. enti-
tied an act for the8, further security {
His Ma1esty's person and tho succession
IN the -heirssof the late Princess Sophia,
being Protestant and for the extingulsfl-
Ing. the hopes OF thn pretended Prince
OF Wales and his open and secret abet-
tors. and subscribing the teste, and had
t,e oath Of a clerk OF county admins.
tered to him SarGordinsly. Rl III
ThiAs was called thcE"abjuration oath
that Is. obeying the Stewards. u
We viii now; give tho descendants o. this
Colonel Drury Etlth. from whom the
family In Virginia sp.lng MS taken from
records ofaErunswicls county. with notes
thereon. as furnished by Judge Y. J.
Turnbull in 1901. and now in possession of
DR.. William Meade Stith, OF Petersburg,
Il direct descendant
This Same Colonel Drury Stitf is mem:
toned By Colonel William Byrd in a
Journey 10 the Land OF Eden CS est
over NLSS), in which he says: By the
way, 7 sent a gunner half mile out Of
IN C'11p al 4 =
was 50 good as to come 70 us. We
y chccrcd our hearts with three bottles Of
B pretty good Madeira wine, which made
Drury talk very hopefully OF his copper
nine. we easily prevailed With him TO
let us have his company upon condition
we would take. the mine In our way"
Judge Turnblll says: This mine Of COR
per Is I expect the ones now being,
worked nenrENlrgilinn.
This Colonel; priry Stith WAS uncle Of
Rev.l Willinm Stith, tho historian. and
president or William and Mary College.
lie had a son, Drury, also n colonel VINO
represented. Brunswick in the House OF
Burgesses. It's. The first Colonel Druryl
married susannah RatIurst daughter Of
from England in latter part Of. seven
teenth century. Hc vas THO second son
OF Sir Edward Bathurst knightcd 1913
1 by Charles r. (see .Rurkc's Pccrasc) ~
the descendants Of Colonel DrNry Stitll,
at least nine became clerks OF court s--77,
certainly the, following: Griffith Stlth,
clerk for Northampton county: ,prurS
Stith (hls son), Charles Turnbul!. Ed
ward Randolph Turnbnll, Robert Turn
bull and Edmund Randolph. The first.
Drury Stith died 174o. Tho second prury
was sworn, surveyor Of countyf5th June
11lo, ms by commission from president and
rrofessors.o Of William and Mary college,
lilo was Observation-Disclosures OF MS ytatEcr
estate. aslquaIficd Sd July, l7P In 1747
Y he was made Justice of,peace and N l1ai
we find him. a vcstrynan In ST. Andrews
Parish. Brunswick county. IN 1857 he
WAS appointed sheriff Of county In
l746 we find the following entry&o Of court:
"Drury stith, gentleman qualified as
major Of Horse In this county. Nlla'
this position meant Is 'lneertalni possio
bly, It was the Governors Guard. In l7lS
we find this Same DrurY stith, who wa
one of the Wardens of ST. Andre MS ar
ish, fined "for not providing wine f0r
the administration Of the sacrament OF
The Lords supper.
Griffin Still, soll Of the SECOND Drury,
also had a son Drury (3l, who was ninth
clerk Of Brlnswick. to which 10 was first
appointed l7si, IL 1853 he was MADE coli
onel Of foot and RNcknel stlth (prohably
his brother) captain of troop, a From l7bG
TO 1865 this Drury (3) was Justice Of
peace, and in 1850 was mDde colonel OF
militia, From l765 to 17as The rccords Of.
brunswick show that Thomas Stith, VII
liam Stith, Buekner stth md Drnry
Stlth, who was styled 'eSnlor," acted IN
various highfofllces of trust in the coun-;
" tho last bang to BuGkner Stitll, as
lieutenant-colonel Of militia,
The first Colonel Drury Stth made no
Will The Second Colonel Drury, his son.
made q will 25tll8Jllne, ITO; he died i7l
Ills wife was the widow Ildrdge lie
gave his son, Druiy, particularly, ''furnl-
ture IN my hail. and divides his prop
erty TO his sons Buckner and Edmund.
and his wife Elizabeth. who WAS ono of
the executors In q codicil he leaves his
"nistols and swords TO his son prury."