Father: Timothy Perkins, Sr.
Mother: Miriam Sperry
Spouse: Ruth Hitchcock - b: ~1782 - Rowan Co., NC
d: Grayson Co., VA - bur: Perkins Cem.
m: ~1802
Child-1: Samuel - b: 1803/1804 - Grayson Co., VA
m: Caroline Evaline Woods - 31/Mar/1825
2: Isaac
- b: 1805/1806 - Grayson Co., VA
d: 26/Jul/1869 - Grayson Co., VA
m: Elizabeth Ann Martin - 21/Feb/1845
3: Timothy
- b: ~1809 - Grayson Co., VA
d: 1851 - Grant, Grayson Co., VA
m: Susannah Nelson Greear - ~1833 - VA
4: John
H. - b:~1811 - Grayson Co., VA
d: 1866 - Wilson Creek, Grayson Co., VA
m: Lucy Young - 6/Jan/1842 - Ashe Co., NC
5: Amy
- b: 15/Aug/1813 - Grayson Co., VA
d: 30/May/1883 - Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., TX - bur: Mt. Olivet
Cem.
m: James H. Thomas
6: Lucy
7: Rebecca
- b: ~1823
d: 19/May/1857 - Grayson Co., VA
m: George W. Martin - 18/Jul/1845 - Grayson Co., VA
8: Linton
- b: 3/Jan/1824 - Grayson Co., VA
d: 11/Dec/1891 - Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., TX - bur: Mount Olivet
Cem.
m: Celia Greer - 6/Oct/1846 - Grayson Co., VA
9: Stephen
- b: 3/May/1826 - Grayson Co., VA
d: 6/May/1898 - bur: Perkins Cem., Grayson Co., VA
m: Martha J. *****
Biographical Details:
It is reasonably certain that Stephen Perkins and his twin brother, Gordon, were born in either Rowan or Surry County, North Carolina, after their parents, Timothy, Sr., and Miriam Sperry Perkins, had immigrated from Connecticut. Within this context, although Surry County had been formed from the northeastern portion of Rowan County in 1770, its western border was not fixed until Wilkes County was established in 1777. Therefore, it is unclear in which county the brothers were born. In any case, they were very likely living with other relatives in Grayson County, Virginia, in the 1790's.1Source Notes and Citations:It is believed that Stephen Perkins married Ruth Hitchcock about 1802, probably in Grayson County.2 She is identified by many researchers as the daughter of Joshua and Tryphena Perkins Hitchcock and, therefore, would have been Stephen's first cousin. In addition, it is also thought that her sister, Margaret, married Stephen's younger brother, William. Indeed, intermarriages of this sort were not uncommon in early pioneer society. It appears that Stephen and Ruth spent their entire married life in Grayson County, where he was well thought of locally with some renown as a hunter. Within this context, Stephen Perkins was assessed personal property tax on a tithable and a horse in 1800, on two tithables and a horse in 1805, and on a tithable and two horses in 1810. In addition, in 1805 he was assessed tax on two hundred and sixteen acres in Grayson County and, subsequently, served on a grand jury in 1811.3 He was, again, assessed tax on a tithable and horse in 1813. The household of Stephen Perkins appeared in the population schedule of the 1820 US Census for Grayson County, Virginia, and in addition to an adult couple corresponding to Stephen and his wife, Ruth, included one male and three females under ten years of age, three males of between ten and sixteen years, and a male youth between sixteen and twenty-five. Clearly, with the exception of the youth, who could have been a hired hand, this accords exactly with the known family of Stephen and Ruth Hitchcock Perkins. Evidently, Stephen Perkins became a prosperous farmer because in addition to the two hundred and sixteen acres indicated in earlier tax records, on August 22, 1821, he was granted an additional one hundred and fifteen acres located near Little Fox and Guffey Creeks.4 Moreover, in 1824 he was assessed the relatively large sum of four dollars and twenty-four cents on three tithables and seven horses. Furthermore, according to notation in the tax list, he owned at least one stud horse, which likely accounts for the large assessment since horse breeding was a very profitable business in the nineteenth century. Likewise, in 1828 Stephen Perkins was assessed tax on two tithables and, again, on seven horses. However, the sum levied was only eighty-four cents, which indicates that he had probably quit the horse breeding business by this time. Similarly, in 1835 he paid tax on one tithable and eight horses. Three additional land grants in Grayson County were issued in the name of Stephen Perkins by the Virginia Land Office, one on November 30, 1838, and two on September 30, 1841, for one hundred, sixty-five, and two hundred and forty acres, respectively.5 All three parcels were located in the drainage of Fox and Guffey Creeks. It is possible that the grantee was Stephen Perkins, son of Timothy and Miriam Sperry Perkins, however, he would have been between sixty and seventy years old at this time and it is, perhaps, more likely that they were issued to his son or possibly his nephew, son of Timothy Perkins, Jr. (However, there is evidence that his nephew had moved to Illinois in 1833, which makes it unlikely that he would have been the grantee.) Population schedules of both the 1830 and 1840 censuses included the household of Stephen Perkins. Significantly, it does not appear that Ruth Hitchcock Perkins was present at either time the census was taken, which implies that she probably had died sometime in the 1820's. It is believed that Stephen Perkins died in the summer of 1844 since his will, dated January 24, 1844, was probated the following August. Accordingly, the will explicitly names his children, Samuel, Isaac, Timothy, John H., Amy, Lucy, Rebecca, Linton, and Stephen; his grandchildren, John Wesley, Mary Ann, Amy, Joshua, Lucy, Kinsey (children of his son, Timothy) as well as grandsons, Stephen C. Russell, Phillip Francis Russell, and James Fleming Russell (children of his daughter, Lucy); and his son-in-law James Thomas. Evidently, many of his descendants remained resident in southwestern Virginia well into the twentieth century.6 For completeness, Matilda M. Perkins is frequently attributed as a child of Stephen and Ruth Hitchcock Perkins; however, this is in error. She was actually a daughter his brother, Aarod Perkins, and his wife, Mary Polly Pennington.
1a. Judge Paul M. Perkins (5269 Lynn Rd. NE, Minerva, OH 44567), "Genealogy and History of One Branch of the Perkins Family in America, Originating with Edward Perkins, Immigrant to America and to New Haven Connecticut before 1646", unpublished manuscript, 1982. (donated to Genealogy Collection, Public Library, C St., North Wilkesboro, NC.)
"Stephen Perkins - born about 1774 (probably in Wilkes County, North Carolina), married Ruth Hitchcock. He had one patent and two purchases of land on Wilson Creek in Grayson County, Virginia between 1796 and 1821. His will was dated Jan 24, 1844; he died after 1844."b. Hester Ann Perkins Livesay, "The Perkins Family", unpublished, 1913. (dictated July 30, 1913, when she was eighty years of age, two years before her death)
"Two men, Timothy and Joe Perkins, and their sister, Phenie Russell and her husband, emigrated from England in 1760. They first landed in Connecticut, remained there a short time, and then moved on to Grayson County, Virginia, settling on the waters of Wilson Creek. Timothy moved to the 'Old Fields' in Ashe County, North Carolina. His children were Jared, Arad, Timothy, Gordon, William, Lucy (who married Joe Young) and Stephen (our ancestor). Stephen married Ruth Hitchcock, a noblewoman, and settled where Elbert Perkins now lives in Grayson County, Virginia. Their children were Stephen, Isaac, Linton, John H., Timothy, Samuel (our line), Lucy (who married James Thomas), Rebecca (who married Washington Martin). Samuel (Hester Ann's father) married Evaline Woods and settled in Grayson County, Virginia. Their children were Noah, Milton, Ambrose, Zadok, Marshall (who was killed in the War between the States), Robert, Ruth, Hester Ann, Virginia, Elizabeth, Jane, and Ellen and Orlie, twins. Joe Perkins was a lawyer by profession, witty and entertaining when pleading a case. Many humorous stories were told of him." This account seems to be in error in a couple of particulars; 1) The Perkins family did not immigrate in 1760, but much earlier in the seventeenth century; 2) Lucy Perkins married Phillip C. Russell, not James Thomas. Instead he was married to her sister, Amy.c. James J. Livesay (1038 Garden Park Drive, Jackson 4, Miss.), unpublished, 1962. (copied by Charles H. Young, Route 1, Box 274, Grapevine, Texas - 23 Jan. 1962)
"According to Dr. R. H. Harrington of Marion, Virginia, Stephen Perkins 'swapped title for 2,000 acres in Grayson County.'" - (This note was added in pencil at the bottom of the above sketch.) "... He was married to Ruth Hitchcock about 1800 in Wilkes County, North Carolina."These citations as well as additional information were provided by Judia and Ralph Terry of Coleman, TX, 76834, on their website. (Judia and Ralph Terry, "Ancestors of Judia Faye Kemper", freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jrterry/jfk-anc/d2267.htm#P5904, 2000.)
back to bio.2. Eleanor Baker Reeves, A Factual History of Early Ashe County, North Carolina -- Its People, Places and Events, privately published, P. O. B. 286, West Jefferson, NC; printed by Taylor Pub. Co., Dallas, TX, 1986: pgs. 172-3.
"(8) Stephen b 1774 Ashe Co m Ruth Hitchcock (Stewart) d 1844 (will Dow Perkins) probably in Grayson. Had 10 children. (1) Samuel b 1825 Grayson m Caroline Woods. They had Orley m Roberts; Hester m Linesay; Ella m Ross; Elizabeth m Stone; Virginia m Russell; and Milton (2) Linton (3) Isaac (4) Timothy m Susan and had John Wesley m Eliz Stone; Joshua; Thursy; Mary Ann m Wade Hacker; Amy; Kinsey; Lucy. (In 1975 I mistook this Timothy for Timothy Jr since his lands were partitioned in Grayson in 1859) (5) John H. b 1842 m Lucy Young will dated 1876. Their chidren were Sarah; Leander; Booneville; Wiliam Y.; James D; Stephen, wife unknown who had Lee, Elbert, a daughter; Lucy m Mr Russell; Amy m James Thomas; Tilda (Matilda) m Mr Roberts; Rebecca."
back to bio.3. "At a Superior Court began and held for the County of Grayson on Monday the 14th day of October 1811.
The following persons were returned as Grand Jurors to wit, Minitree Jones, Peter Anderson, Stephen Perkins, William Bonham, John Woods, Shadrack Greer, Andrew Hunton, Randolph Collins, Daniel McPherson, Stephen Stone, Dudley Hail, Charles Rowark, Francis Hail, Abraham Noblett, Annuel Edwards, Hyram Wills, George Keith, John Collins, Enoch Cox, David Cox, Thomas Johnson, and Richard Lundy, who being sworn received a charge from the court, and returned to consider of their presentments and after some time returned into court and were adjourned untill tomorrow morning 10 o'clock." (Superior Court Order Bk., 1809-1832, Grayson Co., VA, pg. unk., Library of Virginia, Richmond, VA, (microfilm: roll - City and County Records #28). (Jeffrey Weaver (tr), New River Notes, www.newrivernotes.com/index.htm, 2015.))
back to bio.4. Thomas M Randolph Esqr Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia: To all to whom these presents shall come Greeting: Know ye, that in conformity with a survey made on the fourteenth day of November 1817; by virtue of a Land Office treasury warrant Number 13269 issued on the 3rd August 1782; there is granted by the said Commonwealth, unto Sephen (sic) Perkins A certain tract or parcel of Land, Containing One hundred and fifteen acres Situate in the County of Grayson, on the waters of Little Fox and Guffey Creeks branches of Big Fox Creek and bounded as followeth to wit: Beginning at a maple by a branch in said Perkins's line, North forty degrees East twenty poles to two chesnut trees in the head of a hollow North sixty degrees East sixty poles crossing three branches to a white oak, North seventy five degrees East one hundred and two poles crossing two branches to a white oak on a Ridge by a road, South fifty five degrees East ninety poles to a chesnut tree on a knob, South fifty five degrees West one hundred and thirty two poles crossing a branch to a white oak on a ridge, South eighty degrees West one hundred poles crossing four branches to a white oak near said Perkins's field in a line of his 175 acres and thence with the same North twenty degrees West ninety poles to the Beginning. To have and to hold the said tract or parcel of Land with its appurtenances, to the said Stephen Perkins and his heirs forever. In witness whereof, the said Thomas M Randolph Esqr Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, hath hereunto set his hand and caused the lesser Seal of the said Commonwealth to be affixed at Richmond, on the Twenty second day of August in the year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty one and of the Commonwealth the forty sixth /s/Thomas M. Randolph (Land Office Grants, Bk. 70, pgs. 288-9, Library of Virginia, Richmond, VA, (microfilm: roll - Land Office Grants and Patents #136).)
back to bio.5a. David Campbell Esquire, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia: TO ALL TO WHOM these Presents shall come, GREETING: KNOW YE, That in conformity with a Survey, made on the 27th day of May 1838 by virtue of land office treasury warrant No 14073 there is granted by the said Commonwealth, unto Stephen Perkins A certain Tract or Parcel of Land, containing one hundred acres, situate in Grayson County on the waters of Fox Creek, bounded as follows: Beginning at a chesnut & chesnut oak at the upper end of the hickory ridge by some rocks N 75º W 80 poles to two chesnuts on the North side of the hickory ridge S 55º W 144 poles to a maple & chesnut on the side of a ridge near a rocky branch S 42º W 60 poles to a cucumber on the top of the hickory ridge by abundance of rocks S 55º E 114 poles to a chesnut & white oak sapling on a South point of the hickory ridge N 53º E 200 poles to the beginning, with its appurtenances TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said Tract or Parcel of Land, with its appurtenances, to the said Stephen Perkins and his heirs forever.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the said David Campbell Esquire, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, hath hereunto set his Hand, and caused the Lesser Seal of the said Commonwealth to be affixed, at Richmond, on the 30th day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty 8 and of the Commonwealth the 63d /s/ David Campbell (Land Office Grants, Bk. 90, pg. 293, Library of Virginia, Richmond, VA, (microfilm: roll - Land Office Grants and Patents #156).)b. John Rutherford Esq Lieutenant Governor acting as Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME--GREETING: KNOW YE, That in conformity with a Survey, made on the 18th day of November 1840, by virtue of Land Office Treasury Warrant No 14324 there is granted by the said Commonwealth, unto Stephen Perkins A certain Tract or Parcel of Land, containing Sixty five acres situate in Grayson County on waters of Middle Fox Creek, bounded as follows--Beginning at a dogwood, maple & chesnut on the back of a branch, a fork of the Rush branch, a branch of Middle Fox Creek & in a line of Samuel Perkins' land, thence down said branch binding thereon S 7 E 88 poles to a poplar & chesnut oak near the fork of the Rush branch, thence down the main branch binding thereon, S 57 E 84 poles to a white oak by said branch in a line of Robert Pugh's land, thence running with Pugh's line N 80 W 64 poles to a white oak on the side of a hill, S 56 W 78 poles leaving Pugh's line at his fence to a black oak & white oak sapling by a branch, thence up said branch binding thereon N 11 W 36 poles to a birch & poplar by said branch near the lines of Isaac Andersons land, thence running with Andersons lines North 100 poles to a white oak black oak & gum by a path, N 79 W 52 poles to a small poplar by a fence near a corner of said Perkins' patent land, leaving Andersons lines & with a line of said Perkins patent land, N 36 E 60 poles to a stake in a field, S 12 E 28 poles to a white oak S 72 E 57 poles to the beginning with its appurtenances TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said Tract or Parcel of Land, with its appurtenances, to the said Stephen Perkins and his heirs forever.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the said John Rutherford Esq Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, hath hereunto set his Hand, and caused the Lesser Seal of the said Commonwealth to be affixed, at Richmond, on the 30th day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty one and of the Commonwealth the 66th. /s/J Rutherford (Land Office Grants, Bk. 92, pg. 199, Library of Virginia, Richmond, VA, (microfilm: roll - Land Office Grants and Patents #158).)c. John Rutherford Esq Lieutenant Governor acting as Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME--GREETING: KNOW YE, That in conformity with a Survey, made on the 18th day of November 1840, by virtue of Land Office Treasury Warrant No 14324 there is granted by the said Commonwealth, unto Stephen Perkins A certain Tract or Parcel of Land, containing two hundred and forty acres, situate in Grayson County on waters of Guffeys Creek, bounded as follows--Beginning at two chesnuts & water oak on the North end of Razors ridge near a spring & corner of Survey of Stephen Ross N 53 E 34 poles to a hickory in a line of Timothy Perkins' land & with a line of said land S 50 E 77 poles to a poplar in a hollow N 37 E 14 poles to a white oak, thence leaving the aforesaid line S 22 E 124 poles to a white oak on the pont of a ridge S 50 E 78 poles to a spanish oak & chesnut oak, N 66 E 31 poles to a water oak S 20 E 14 poles to a black oak on a point S 86 E 28 poles to a birch & maple on the bank of Guffeys Creek, S 8 W 30 poles to a locust & chesnut oak on the North side of a hill, S 20 W 60 poles to a white oak S 54 W 86 poles to two cucumbers on the North side of a hill, corner of Isaac Perkins land & with a line thereof N 8 E 60 poles to three chesnuts & dogwood, N 55 W 44 poles to two white oaks, thence leaving of Isaac Perkins' lines N 54 W 178 poles to a double chesnut at or near a line of Stephen Ross' land & running with same N 2 E 134 poles to the beginning with its appurtenances TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said Tract or Parcel of Land, with its appurtenances, to the said Stephen Perkins and his heirs forever.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the said John Rutherford Esq Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, hath hereunto set his Hand, and caused the Lesser Seal of the said Commonwealth to be affixed, at Richmond, on the 30th day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty one and of the Commonwealth the 66th. /s/J Rutherford (Land Office Grants, Bk. 92, pg. 200, Library of Virginia, Richmond, VA, (microfilm: roll - Land Office Grants and Patents #158).)
back to bio.6. Lyon Gardiner Tyler (ed.), Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Lewis Historical Publishing Co., New York, NY, 1915. (Reprint available from the Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1998)
"JAMES DAVIS PERKINS. Among the men of professional prominence and high personal character who have been foremost citizens of Marion for many years, few are more favorably known in Smyth County than James Davis Perkins, a leader of the bar at Marion, formerly commonwealth attorney of Grayson County and for the past twelve years United States commissioner of the Western District of Virginia.
Mr. Perkins is a descendant of an old English family that came to Connecticut in Colonial days immigrating to North Carolina in search of a more genial climate and ultimately acquiring extensive landed estates in Virginia. He was born on his father's farm near Mouth of Wilson Creek, Grayson County, Virginia, February 3, 1856, youngest son of John H. and Lucy (Young) Perkins, and a grandson of Stephen and Ruth (Hitchcock) Perkins. Both grandparents were born in North Carolina, the grandfather in Ashe County and the grandmother in Rowan County, and both died in Grayson County, Virginia. The grandfather owned large estates in that county and in early days was somewhat famed as a hunter.
John H. Perkins was born in Grayson County in 1802, and died on his farm near Mouth of Wilson Creek, where he had spent the most of his life, in 1866. He was a man of prominence in many ways aside from his large agricultural interests, being a leading factor in the Whig party, a justice of the peace for many years and presiding justice of the old County Court. He married Lucy Young, who was born in Grayson County in 1820, and died on the home farm in 1880. They were active members of the Baptist Church. They had four children: Sarah J., who was the wife of Allen C. Hash, a farmer near the Mouth of Wilson Creek, and both are deceased; Leander N., who is a farmer near Boone, Watauga County, North Carolina; William Young, who died at the age of seventy-two years at Soldier, Idaho, a farmer and miller; and James Davis.
James Davis Perkins enjoyed early educational advantages in Grayson County and afterward attended Jefferson Academy, at Jefferson, North Carolina, then Independence Academy in Grayson County, and Asbury Academy in Wythe County, Virginia. By this time his natural leaning toward the law had been noted, and his education was completed in the law department of Richmond College, from which he was graduated in the class of 1880, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws, and in June of the same year was admitted to the bar.
For more than thirty years Mr. Perkins engaged successfully in the practice of his profession in Grayson County and was connected with many of the most important cases of litigation before the courts there, and served two terms, eight years, as commonwealth attorney of Grayson County. It was in 1914 that he came to Marion, where he has had many well connected clients, both individually and as a member of the law firm of Perkins & Tunk. In politics Mr. Perkins is a republican. In earlier years he served four years as a clerk in the United States Pension Office at Washington, D. C., and in 1911 was appointed United States commissioner of the Western District of Virginia, and has borne the responsibility of this high office ever since.
Mr. Perkins married first, in June, 1881, at Independence, Virginia, Miss Emma Bryant, who died in 1896. She was a daughter of Hon. Lewis H. and Drusilla (Phipps) Bryant, her father for several terms representing Grayson County in the House of Delegates. Mr. Perkins has seven children: Claudia L., who is the wife of Capt. Charles H. Perkins, of the 'United States Regulars' now stationed at Honolulu, who was stationed at Camp Wright, Seattle, Washington, during the World war; John Parker, who is a resident of Marion, Virginia; Ruth, who is the wife of George Schweers, in the automobile business at Hailey, Idaho; Lewis Bryant, who is an attorney at law at Washington, D.C., having graduated from Columbian University at Washington, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws, and during the World war served in the quartermaster's department at Washington with the rank of captain; Dan T., who is a resident of Charleston West Virginia; William B. who is a merchant at Troutdale, Virginia; and Donna, who is the wife of Jennings A Lewis, a merchant at Linville, North Carolina.
At Jefferson, Ashe County, North Carolina, in December, 1915, Mr. Perkins married Miss Callie Carson, a daughter of John H. and Lucy (Young) Carson, the latter of whom survives and lives in Jefferson, Ashe County, North Carolina. The father of Mrs. Perkins was a merchant and died in North Carolina. Mr. Perkins is a member of Youngs Chapel Baptist Church in Grayson County while Mrs. Perkins is a member of the Methodist Church. Outside of giving encouragement to local enterprises, Mr. Perkins has few business interests at Marion, but he owns one of the most valuable farms in the near vicinity, comprising 175 acres of blue grass land situated just one mile east of this city. He is a member of Mouth of Wilson Lodge No. 129, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of which he is a past master, and belongs also to Fairwood Lodge, Odd Fellows, at Troutdale, Virginia." Here it was stated that John H. Perkins was born in 1802; however, this is almost certainly in error and does not agree with census records which indicate that he was born in 1810 or 1811. (Virginia and Virginians, Vol. VI, pg. 283, Jeffrey Weaver (tr), New River Notes, www.newrivernotes.com/index.htm, 2015.)
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Additional Citations:
7. 1820 US Census Population Schedule for Grayson County, Virginia, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 51, (microfilm roll - M33_131; img. 64).8. 1830 US Census Population Schedule for Grayson County, Virginia, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 271, (microfilm roll - M19_190; img. 545).
9. 1840 US Census Population Schedule for Grayson County, Virginia, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 323, (microfilm roll - M704_556; img. 318).
10. Grayson County Personal Property Tax List of 1800, Library of Virginia, Richmond, VA, (microfilm: roll - Personal Property Tax Records #139). (Jeffrey Weaver (tr), New River Notes, www.newrivernotes.com/index.htm, 2015.)
11. Grayson County Land Tax List of 1805, Library of Virginia, Richmond, VA, (microfilm: roll - Land Tax Records #122). (Jeffrey Weaver (tr), New River Notes, www.newrivernotes.com/index.htm, 2015.)
12. Grayson County Personal Property Tax List of 1805, Library of Virginia, Richmond, VA, (microfilm: roll - Personal Property Tax Records #139). (Jeffrey Weaver (tr), New River Notes, www.newrivernotes.com/index.htm, 2015.)
13. Grayson County Personal Property Tax List of 1810, Library of Virginia, Richmond, VA, (microfilm: roll - Personal Property Tax Records #139). (Jeffrey Weaver (tr), New River Notes, www.newrivernotes.com/index.htm, 2015.)
14. Grayson County Personal Property Tax List of 1813, Library of Virginia, Richmond, VA, (microfilm: roll - Personal Property Tax Records #139). (Jeffrey Weaver (tr), New River Notes, www.newrivernotes.com/index.htm, 2015.)
15. Grayson County Personal Property Tax List of 1824, Library of Virginia, Richmond, VA, (microfilm: roll - Personal Property Tax Records #139). (Jeffrey Weaver (tr), New River Notes, www.newrivernotes.com/index.htm, 2015.)
16. Grayson County Personal Property Tax List of 1828, Library of Virginia, Richmond, VA, (microfilm: roll - Personal Property Tax Records #140). (Jeffrey Weaver (tr), New River Notes, www.newrivernotes.com/index.htm, 2015.)
17. Grayson County Personal Property Tax List of 1835, Library of Virginia, Richmond, VA, (microfilm: roll - Personal Property Tax Records #140). (Jeffrey Weaver (tr), New River Notes, www.newrivernotes.com/index.htm, 2015.)
18. Will Bk. 1, Grayson Co., VA, pg. unk., Library of Virginia, Richmond, VA, (microfilm: roll - City and County Records #9). ("Grayson County, Virginia Wills 1793-1849", Jeffrey Weaver (tr), New River Notes, www.newrivernotes.com/index.htm, 2015.)
19. Mount Olivet Cemetery, Tarrant County, Texas (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=5406&CScn=Mount+Olivet&CScntry=4&CSst=46&CScnty=2739&, continuously updated).
20. Perkinss Cemetery, Grayson County, Virginia (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=51627&CScn=Perkins&CScntry=4&CSst=48&CScnty=2840&, continuously updated).
21. Stephen C. Perkins, "Descendants of Timothy Perkins and Marian Sperry of New Haven, CT and Wilkes/Ashe Co., NC", freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~scperkins/tperkdesc.html, 2000.