Richard Echols

Notes:

Census: 1850 Pittsylvania Co VA

Notes:

!MARRIAGE: Pittsylvania Co VA record

Census:
1850 Pittsylvania Co VA

Birth:
Census:
1850 Pittsylvania Co VA, Northern District, p.251B; age 33, b. VA; Farmer

Obadiah married Louisa James Hurt on 18 Aug 1837 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.. Louisa (daughter of William C. Hurt and Sarah Smith Devin) was born about 1823 in Virginia U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!MARRIAGE: Pittsylvania Co VA record

Census:
1850 Pittsylvania Co VA (possibly a twin to Elizabeth)

Notes:

Married:
Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940 via FamilySearch.org

Notes:

MARRIAGE: Pittsylvania Co VA record

William married Sarah Smith Devin on 17 Sep 1810 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.. Sarah (daughter of Robert Devin and Nancy Parrish) was born about 1793 in Virginia U.S.A.; died after 1850. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!MARRIAGE: Pittsylvania Co VA record

Census:
1850 Census Roll 968 Page 248 Pittsylvania Co VA: Sarah Hurt age 57, Mary Hurt age 26 in same household as Nancy Devin age 82.

Notes:

Robert fought against England in the Revolutionary War (Dessa Hofstetter; "The Devin Family"; page 2; ...William and Sarah Devin's four oldest sons were in the Revolutionary War...). Dessa's booklet also quotes, on page 5, a letter from Robert Ira Devin to Alfred Harrison Devin, saying "My grandfather William Devin, Jr. was born in Pittsylvania County, Va. and was a soldier three years in the War of the Revolution. Two of his brothers, John and Robert, were with him in the army..."

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From "Virginians in the Revolution" page 221:
"Devin, Robert, (Diven) 1 and 10 CL, 2 VA Brigade, 10 CL. Pittsylvania pens."
[same listing under Diven, Divin, and Davin]; 1 CL = First Virginia Regiment, Continental Line; 10 CL = Tenth Virginia Regiment, Continental Line; 2 VA Brigade = Second Virginia Brigade)

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Pittsylvania Co VA Court Records Book #35, p 125 "The declaration of Nancy
Devin widow of Robert Devin a Revolutionary Pensioner made the 22nd day of
November 1838 before Wm. A/H. Fitzgerald a Justice of the peace with the whole proceeding touching the application for a pension was this day examined by the Court, approved ordered to be certified."

Robert was a Commissioner of Revenue Taxes for Pittsylvania County, Virginia in 1788, 1789 and from 1790 to 1794 (Court Records Book #6 & #7). Court records (Pittsylvania Co VA Book #8) also show he took oath as a Commissioner of Revenue Taxes on 20 Apr 1795.

In 1797, 1798, and 1800, Robert represented Pittsylvania County in the General Assembly of the Virginia Legislature (1). Robert became a Justice of the Peace for Pittsylvania County court in 1797 (2). He served as a presiding justice (3) on 15 July 1799 during a resolution dealing with the Alien and Sedition Act passed by Congress.

Robert and his wife, Nancy, deeded one acre for the erection of a Methodist church (4) establish in 1823.


References

(1) History of Pittsylvania County; Clement, Maud; page 197.
(2) History of Pittsylvania County; Clement, Maud; page 287.
(3) History of Pittsylvania County; Clement, Maud; page 199.
(4) History of Pittsylvania County; Clement, Maud; page 199.

DOB, POB, & DOD from FHC #0928908 compiled by Ethel S. Mattingley

DOM from Pittsylvania Co VA record & from IGI. Dessa's booklet has DOM as 22 Jan 1791 (Hofstetter, Dessa; "The Devin Family"; page 1; ...Robert m. Nancy Parrish January 22, 1791...; page 2; Robert Devin who married Nancy Parish, January 22, 1791, ...)

Pittsylvania County, VA Will Book I, Page 265. Will dated 20 August 1825 and recorded 19 May 1834. (Hofstetter, Dessa; "The Devin Family"; page 2; Robert Devin who married Nancy Parish, January 22, 1791, made the following will, See Will Book 1, page 265, Pittsylvania County, Va. naming...)

The "1787 Census of Virginia" Volume 6; page 455, lists a Robert Diven on the Personal Property Tax List visited by Griffin Dickerson, Commisioner, in 20 April 1787. The entry shows William Devin is charged with tax.

Robert married Nancy Parrish on 25 Jan 1791 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.. Nancy (daughter of Abram Parrish and Susannah) was born about 1768 in Saint Peter's Parish, New Kent, Virginia; died on 11 Apr 1858 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!MARRIAGE: Pittsylvania Co VA record & from IGI

Pittsylvania County, VA Will Book 2, Page 272 signed 8 Jy 1848, recorded
17 May 1858.

DOD from Pittsylvania Co VA Court Records Book #44, p 507 "Satisfactory
evidence was this day exhibited to the Court that Nancy Devin was a Pensioner
of the United States at the rate of eighty dollars per annum, was a resident of
this county and died in this county on the 11th day of April 1858 leaving only
one child whose name is Sarah S. Hurt."

Census:
1850 Census Roll 968 Page 248 Pittsylvania Co VA: Sarah Hurt age 57, Mary Hurt age 26 in same household as Nancy Devin age 82.

Notes:

"The Devin Family" has DOM as 22 January 1791. This is the date of the marriagae bond.

22.Jan.1791 Marriage Bond Robert Devin & Nancy Parrish daughter of Joseph Parrish Surety Joseph Akin Rich. Elliot (Devin file at Pedmont Genealogy Society, Danville VA Public Library from research by Anna D. Evans 07.May.1985)