Individual Details

George Meriwether

(25 Mar 1745 - 4 Feb 1782)



George and his wife were first cousins. There were five children.
William, b. about 1770
Frances "Fanny, b. 15 Aug 1770, Goochland
Reuben, b. 31 Jul 1773, Goochland
Mary, b. 10 Apr 1777, Goochland
Martha Wood

AmericanAncestors.org by subscription; accessed 28 May 2011
The Virginia Genealogist
"British Mercantile Claims; 1775-1803" [These claims involved debts owed British merchants when British property was confiscated during the Revolution. Not until around 1800 were special agents assigned to investigate individual debts and determine the status. The records found in the Public Record Office, London.]
Vol. 15, p.199-200; 1971
Debts due George Keppen & Company:
George Meriwether, Louisa £402.1.8, balance of a bond, Amherst & Albemarle Stores. He moved to Kentucky about 1782 but died on his journey. His family continued to pursue their route and settled on Bear Grass in Jefferson County. He carried with him a very considerable estate and left a small part of his property in Louisa County. After his death his brother Nicholas Meriwether of Shelby Co, Ky. qualified as his executor in Louisa County where his will was recorded. Thos. Johnson, Sheriff, and James Meriwether became his securities but apprehending themselves in danger from a prospect of his wasting the estate in Kentucky, they ruled him to give counter security. On his failure the estate was put in their hands but a great part of the estate being in Kentucky in the hands of the legatees of George Meriwether, who would not relinquish the possession, they could do nothing better than assent to the distribution of the property already made in Kentucky as well as that in Virginia and take bonds from the legatees to refund in case debts should hereafter appear against the estate. Capt Thomas Meriwether and William Meriwether of Louisa are relations. John Poindexter, Clerk of Louisa, married a daughter of Thomas Johnson, Sheriff, and has the management of his business.
Vol. 15, p.202
Debts due Henderson, McCall & Company
George Meriwether, Louisa. £85.0.5 by account, Richmond Store; £1.7.7 1/2 by account, Amherst and Albemarle Store; £108.2.5 1/2 by bond, Goochland Store [see above]

Events

Birth25 Mar 1745
Death4 Feb 1782Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
MarriageMartha Meriwether

Families

SpouseMartha Meriwether (1752 - )
FatherNicholas Meriwether (1719 - 1758)
MotherFrances Morton (1720 - 1775)
SiblingNicholas Meriwether (1741 - 1741)
SiblingJohn Meriwether (1742 - 1742)
SiblingReuben Meriwether (1743 - 1794)
SiblingAnne Meriwether (1747 - )
SiblingNicholas Meriwether (1749 - 1828)
SiblingMary Meriwether (1752 - 1786)
SiblingFrances or Francis Meriwether (1754 - 1757)