Generation: 1
1. | IVEY Will Hugh was born in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; died in Sussex County, VA. Family/Spouse: HORTON Elizabeth. Elizabeth (daughter of HORTON Daniel and TIMMS Martha) was born in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. IVEY Mary Rebecca was born about 1700 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; died in 1752 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States.
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Generation: 2
2. | IVEY Mary Rebecca (1.Will1) was born about 1700 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; died in 1752 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States. Notes:
Inheritance:
From Husbands will: to (wife) Rebecca, negros and household goods, and 200 acres where I live; the remainder of the estate to be divided between Charles, Daniel, Sarah, John and Amos.
Mary married SLEDGE John, Sr. in 1720 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States. John (son of SLEDGE Charles and CLARK Mary) was born in 1698; died in 1750 in Albemarle Parish, Surry County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 3
3. | SLEDGE Charles (2.Mary2, 1.Will1) was born about 1722; and died. Other Events and Attributes:
- Inheritance: 1750, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States
Notes:
Inheritance:
The family apparently prospered. In his will, probated in 1750, he made the following bequests: To my eldest son Charles Sledge 150 acres of land where he now lives and negros
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5. | SLEDGE Daniel (2.Mary2, 1.Will1) was born about 1731; and died. Other Events and Attributes:
- Inheritance: 1750, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States
Notes:
Inheritance:
to my son Daniel Sledge, part of a tract of 200 acres in Brunswick County, also pewter dishes, etc.
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6. | SLEDGE Amos, Sr. (2.Mary2, 1.Will1) was born in 1732 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; died on 17 Dec 1780 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States. Other Events and Attributes:
- Inheritance: 1750, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States
Notes:
The Sledge femily traced its ancestry to one Richard Sledge and his son Richard Sledge, Jr. of County Somerset in England. Richard, Jr. and his son Charles, in the middle of the 17th century, settled in what would soon become Surry County, where we find their descendants still living 200 years later. It may be helpful to the reader if he/she follows this narrative while referring to the two charts on the Ancestry of Mary Etta Cotton and Chart CC, Ancestry of Amos Sledge I.
Amos Sledge I was apparently a go-getter and entrepreneur. He became a merchant, probably operating a dry goods and trading business in Waverly, Virginia, and prospered.
Inheritance:
From father's will: to son Amos Sledge 171 acres of land, being a part of the above Brunswick County
Amos married HAMLIN Sarah in 1763 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States. Sarah was born in 1737; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Amos married CLARY AnnDendron, Surry, Virginia, United States. Ann was born in 1751; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 13. SLEDGE Hubbard and died.
- 14. SLEDGE Peyton and died.
- 15. SLEDGE Hamlin and died.
- 16. SLEDGE Sam Clary and died.
- 17. SLEDGE Dolly and died.
- 18. SLEDGE Elizabeth and died.
- 19. SLEDGE Rebecca and died.
- 20. SLEDGE Amos, Jr. was born on 15 Apr 1780 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; died in 1842 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; was buried in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States.
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7. | SLEDGE Anne (2.Mary2, 1.Will1) was born about 1734; and died. Other Events and Attributes:
- Inheritance: 1750, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States
Notes:
Inheritance:
From father's will: to daughter Ann Griffin L 5
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9. | SLEDGE Sarah "Sally" (2.Mary2, 1.Will1) was born about 1738; and died. Other Events and Attributes:
- Inheritance: 1750, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States
Notes:
Inheritance:
From father's will: to daughter Sarah Sledge pewter dishes and cows
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Generation: 4
20. | SLEDGE Amos, Jr. (6.Amos3, 2.Mary2, 1.Will1) was born on 15 Apr 1780 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; died in 1842 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; was buried in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States. Other Events and Attributes:
- Employment: Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States
- Will: Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States
- Inheritance: Abt 1780, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States
- Political: 1836, Surry County, VA
Notes:
Amos Sledge, Jr. was a wealthy man by Surry County standards. He operated a major dry goods business and owned substantial property as well After he died in 1842, at age 62, his estate was valued at $ 11,451.
Birth:
Amos Sledge Jr. was born in 1780, the year his father died
Employment:
Amos II also went into the merchant business, whether continuing his father's business or starting a new one we do not know. He was apparently quite successful.
Will:
When he died in 1842 the inventory of his estate occupied 29 pages in the Surry Wills and Estates Book, and was valued at $ 11,451, a substantil sum for the time.
. Each of the Sledge children received a substantial inheritance.
Inheritance:
In his father's will he received L 1000 current money of Virginia and his father's negro fellow, James, after the marriage or death of his mother.
Political:
The following gentlemen, who compose the Republican Corresponding Committee for the county of Surry will please remember that a full meeting of the members is respectfully requested to meet at the court-house,
the fourth Monday in this month, (being court day):
Wm. E. B. Ruffin, Philip Smith, Wm. H. Edwards, Walter S. Booth, James S. Clark, James D. Edwards, Drury Stith, Wm. E. Bailey, Edwain White, John Spratley, Thomas Ruffin, David Booth, Saml. Booth, Amos Sledge, David Hargrave, Edwin T. Spratley, Patrick H. Bilbro and Arch'd Davis
Richard H. Edwards, chairman.
1836
Buried:
There is a Sledge Family Cemetery off Route 10 in Surry County, about 200 yards behind the Hopper House which contains a number of family graves.
Amos married SHACKLEFORD Mary in 1800 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States. Mary (daughter of SHACKLEFORD Richard and BALLARD Mary) was born on 17 Jun 1784; died in Aug 1827 in Cabin Point, Surry County, VA.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Amos married PATTISHALL Mary Polly in 1800. Mary died before 1843. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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