West Virginia Pioneers

Family: Randolph SKIDMORE / Eleanor 'Polly' SLOAN (F1581)

m. 26 Mar 1797


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  • Father | Male
    Randolph SKIDMORE

    Born  Abt 1767  Botetourt County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Bef 7 Sep 1822  Botetourt County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Married  26 Mar 1797  [1]  Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA  [1] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  James SKIDMORE | F1776 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Sarah McDONALD | F1776 Group Sheet 

    Mother | Female
    Eleanor 'Polly' SLOAN

    Born  Abt 1780  York, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Bef 9 Sep 1854   
    Buried     
    Father  Archibald SLOAN | F1582 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Nelly [Sloann] | F1582 Group Sheet 

    Child 1 | Male
    James Skidmore

    Born  Abt 1799   
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     
    Spouse  Ruth [Skidmore] | F1584 
    Married     

    Child 2 | Male
    Archibald Sloan SKIDMORE

    Born  1801  Botetourt County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1840  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  Sarah ANDERSON | F216 
    Married  12 Jun 1826  Botetourt County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 3 | Male
    Andrew Skidmore

    Born  1803   
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     

    Child 4 | Male
    John Skidmore

    Born  1805   
    Died  soon After 2/27/1823   
    Buried     

    Child 5 | Male
    David Skidmore

    Born  Between 1807 and 1810  Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     
    Spouse  Susan Jane Elizabeth Wright | F1770 
    Married  16 Dec 1839  Botetourt County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 6 | Male
    Peyton R Skidmore

    Born  Abt 1811  Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     

    Child 7 | Male
    Allen T Skidmore

    Born  Abt 1813  Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     

    Child 8 | Female
    Sarah Skidmore

    Born  1816   
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     
    Spouse  Leonard Ballew | F1775 
    Married  4 Aug 1831  Botetourt County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 9 | Female
    Eleanor Skidmore

    Born  10 Mar 1818  Botetourt County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  4 Jun 1889   
    Buried     
    Spouse  Anthony Rucker Ogden | F1774 
    Married  8 Aug 1837   

  • Notes 

    • Skidmore, Randel VA BOTETOURT CO. 654 1810 10021-4111000
      654 7 Skidmore Randel
      4m 0-10
      1m 1 1 0
      1 0 0 2 1 0 0
      Skidmore, Randolph VA BOTETOURT CO. 073 1820

      Skidmore, Eleanor VA BOTETOURT CO. 317 1830 (Widow of Randolph)

      Skidmore, Archibald VA BOTETOURT CO. 317 1830

      1850 Botetourt Co. VA
      1029/1029 Eleanor Skidmore 70 F 1875...........PA!
      Peyton R. 39 M Farmer VA
      Allen T.? 37 M ditto VA
      Catharine Thomas 37 F VA
      1023/1023 David Skidmore 40 M Farmer 500 VA
      June 37 F VA
      Sarah A. 8 F VA
      John J. 7 M VA
      Charles H. 3 M VA
      Mary F. 7/12 F VA


      from Angela Ruely:
      Dorthie & Edwin Kirkpatrick. Rockbridge County Marriages, 1778-1850. Iberian, Athens, GA: 1985.

      p. 193.
      Skidmore, Randolph & Polly Sloan 26 Mar 1797; d/o Archibald bond or license only.

      p. 402
      Sloan, Elenor & Randolph Skidmore 26 Mar 1797; d/o Archibald Bond or license date only

      Virginia Marriages, Early to 1800:
      Skidmore, Randolph to Elenor Sloan, 26 Mar 1797, Rockbridge VA

      Rockbridge county website

      Know all men by these presents that we Randolph Skidmore & Archibald Sloan -----
      are are held & firmly bound to James Wood Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia or his successor in the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars to which payment well and truly to be made we bind ourselves our heirs & executors and jointly and severally by these presents—
      Witness our hands and seals this 26th day of March 1799
      The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas there is a marriage shortly intended to be solemnized between the above bound Randolph Skidmore & Elenor Sloan daughter of said Arch.d Sloan of said Rockbridge county—
      If therefore there shall be no lawful course to obstruct the same then this obligation to be void or else to remain in full force.
      Randolph Skidmore (seal)
      Archibald Sloan (seal)
      Teste - A. Raid Cl

      From Richard: a Court document showing division of property:
      We, Robert Irvine , John McKnight & William H Douthat, three of the commissioners appointed at the August Court of Botetourt County to make partition of the lands of Randolph Skidmore ded'd, amongst his heirs and to make report to Court, met on Tuesday the 21st September on the aforesaid lands, and after making a careful examination and survey of the same proceeded to lay of as the dower of Elenor Skidmore, widow of Randolph Skidmore dec'd, (altho not required by the order of the court to do so) that part of the farm on which the dwelling house stands represented on the annexed plat as ABCDA. Beginning at a Gum at A corner to the land lately purchased by ____ from Matthew Courton and with a line of the same S47 E 148 poles to a dead W Oak, thence a new line N34 E 50 poles to a White Oak corner to ____ Hill, thence with Hills line N31 W 128 to a White Oak, Hills corner on the River, thence up on the River 90 poles to the Beginning containing 60 acres. We also give to the dower the Ferry, which we consider of but little value.

      The remainder of the old land ABEFGHIR 114 acres and IHGFLKI 50 acres, a part of the 100 acres ________ we divided into 9 parts as represented on the plat, as near of the same value as we could. They were then drawn for by the parties, seven of them being present and Nathan Packey un foresen partive of Mrs Ruth Skidmore and WH Douthats Leonard Ballew. No 1 was drawn by Archibald Skidmore, No. 2 Allen Skidmore, No. 3 Peyton Skidmore, No. 4 Andrew Skidmore, No. 5 Leonard Ballew, No. 6 David Skidmore, No 7 Anthony Ogden, No. 8 Ruth Skidmore, widow of James. No. 9 John Skidmore.

      The remainder of the 100 acre tract LMNOPFL about 60 acres, being so situated that it could not be attached to anyof the lots we proposed to _____________________- who own the land adjoining purchased of MW Houston, that they should take it at our valuation being of but little value to any one but themselves and the consented to take it and the value thereof divided between lots Nos 5, 6, 7, & 8. Robert Irvine & John McKnight who were well acquainted with the land determined its value at $20 (Twenty dollars) and that amount is to be paid to the owners of lots 6, 7, 8, &5, that is $5 each.

      The above named John McKnight who acted with the undersighned in making the partition & so forth in the foregoing report having departed this life without signing the report, they as the survivors are under the necesity of signing and returning it without being sarisfied with the partition ____?___ assured the posesion and ownership of hte ?????? allotted to them as set forth above, and the ??????? and recording of the report and paltt are now only necessary as a means of indicating the different shaves and the metes and bounds thereof.

      WH Douthat
      Robert Irvine
      At Botetourt January Court 1831 - this plat and report of the division of the lands of Randolph Skidmore dec'd among his heirs entitled thereto was this day returned to Court and rdered to be recorded.
      A Copy Teste
      F Woltz, clerk

      On the page with the plat:
      AEFGHIRCDA represents (?) the lands of the widow and heirs of Randolph Skidmore,
      dec'd. Wm Anderson Surveyor, Feby 27th, 1823 by order of court this survey was
      made to divide the lands between MW Houston and R Skidmore dec'd representative.

      IKLLMNOPFGHI is a tract of land ???? patented to R Skidmore March 1st 1803

      Archibald Skidmore
      Allen Skidmore
      Peyton Skidmore
      Andrew Skidmore
      Leonard Ballew
      David Skidmore
      Anthony Ogden
      Ruth, widow of James Skidmore
      John Skidmore

  • Sources 
    1. [S86] Marriage Records, Rockbridge Co, VA.