Individual Details

Baptist Minister, organized Kentuck or Mill Church in 1770.
Will of his father-in-law, Thomas Dodson, gave the Baptists the use of the meeting house & three acres of land near John Creel's mill.

A HISTORY OF BROAD RUN BAPTIST CHURCH, Fauquier Co VA 1762-1987, John S. Moore, 1987
Chapter Two, p.13-15
....About 1765 over 20 Broad Run members moved to Halifax in the area which is now Pittsylvania County and were constituted as the Birch Creek Church. In 1771 John Creel, a member of Birch Creek Church, was ordained by David Thomas and became pastor. [Thomas was the first pastor at Broad Run Church.]

John Creel's first land entry in Halifax was on 10 Mar 1766.

There are two John Creels in Pittsylvania Co; both married to Dodson girls. The younger is the son of this couple.

Pittsylvania DB 3
p.361 22 Jun 1773 Thomas Dodson to John Creel. 50£. Tract on both sides Burch Creek, 200 acres. Crossing the mill pond. Signed: Thomas Dodson Senr
Wit: Jeffery Johnson, David Dodson, Caleb Dodson
23 Sep 1773 Proved by oaths of wit
p.362: 22 Jun 1773 John Creel bound for 1000 £ to provide a place for Thomas Dodson and wife to live during their lives which shall be the place whereon they now live or such place as shall content them. Signed: John Creel Wit: Jeffrey Johnson, David Dodson, Caleb Dodson Both deeds recorded on 23 Sep 1773.
p.362 22 Sep 1773 John Creel to John Henderson. 40£. Tract on both sides Irvin River on Smiths River. 150 acres. Signed: John Creel
Wit: Jeffrey Johnson, Thomas Hill, Caleb Dodson 23 Sep 1773. Proved by witnesses.


Pittsylvania Co VA DB 6
p.44 16 Sep 1780 Jacob Chaney to John Atkinson. 4000£. North birches creek. 150 acres. Begin sd Chaney's Mountain line, post oak in John Creels line, meanders of Birches Creek, Thomas _____ ?Rogers line. Signed: Jacob (x) Chaney. No wit. Proved 19 Sep 1780 by Chaney
p.54 17 Oct 1780 George Dodson to John Creel. 300£. Tract both sides Birches creek. 260 acres. Thomas Dodson corner, his line, with Grubb's line. Signed: George Dodson
Wit: Jesse Dodson, George (X) Dodson, James (X) ?Fears Ack 17 Oct 1780
p.193 5 Jan 1781 John Creel to Nathaniel Hughs 5000£ Tract of 100 acres on waters of Birches Creek. Sd John Creel's line, Grubbses line. Signed: John Creel Wit: George Dodson, John H. Hendrick, John Atkinson Ack 16 Oct 1781.

Pittsylvania Co Land Tax LIst, 1782: John Creel, 260 acres. A list of changes for 1784 shows John Creel with 480 acres instead of 260.

Pittsylvania DB 7
p.426 22 Nov 1784 John Creel to John Chilton. 50£ 100 acres. North side Birches Creek. Begin bank of creek, hence with sd Creels line, side of a mountain, near a road and near the edge of sd Creels old field, bank on S side of creek, down the meanders. Signed: John Creel. Wit: Thos. Hill, James (x) Donelson, Samuel Morris.
18 Apr 1785 Ack by John Creel

According to Rev. Elias Dodson, John Creel was raising a house when a log fell on him and killed him. Although the Dodson book states that he died in 1792, the land tax records show that Rosannah began paying tax on his land in 1789, so it's likely he died the prior year.

Birth	28 Feb 1732	Richmond County, Virginia
Death	1788	Pittsylvania County, Virginia
Marriage		Virginia - Rosannah Dodson

Spouse	Rosannah Dodson ( - )
Child	John Creel ( - )
Child	Thomas Creel ( - )
Child	William Creel ( - )
Child	Mary "Molly" Creel (1764 - )
Child	Allice Creel (1765 - )
Child	Micajah Creel ( - )
Child	Elijah Creel ( - )
Child	Rhoda Creel ( - )

Father	William Creel (1712 - )
Mother	Alice Dodson ( - )