Daniel Lightfoot ^{1 3}

  General Notes:

Daniel's will was dated 21 Nov 1829 and filed for probate on 27 August 1838 in Fluvanna County, Virginia. Daniel owned 3 parcels of land totaling about 426 acres which he bequeathed to 4 of 5 of his daughters, for some reason not giving any land to daughter Elizabeth Hackney but rather bequeathing her only one Negro slave and one more Negro slave to Elizabeth's daughter. All the other 4 daughters received just over 100 acres each.

Of course the will gives no reason for this partiality or even why he specifically mentions only one grand-daughter and bequeaths her one slave when it is apparent that he had at least 7 other grandchildren at the time of his will. Perhaps the one daughter, Elizabeth, was already well-to-do and did not need any more land whereas the other daughters needed the land. Or perhaps there was a falling out between the father and Elizabeth. We'll never know.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He resided in Richmond County, VA in 1773.
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• He resided in , Fluvanna County, VA in 1787.

• He resided in , Fluvanna County, VA in 1829.

• He signed a will on 21 November 1829 in , Fluvanna County, VA.
In the name of God, Amen,I Daniel Lightfoot of the County of Fluvanna and State of Virginia, being weak of body, but of sound mind and memory, do make this my last will and testament reworking all other wills and testaments heretofore made by me.

First, I desire that all my just debts should be speedily paid after my decease, out of my estate, and the residue I dispose of as follows, vis:

Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter Nancy Straton the land whereon she now resides containing about Seventy three acres, also one Negro man by the name of Jacob to her and her heirs forever.

Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth Hackney one Negro man by the name of Wilson to her and her heirs forever.

Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter Mary Moon the following Negroes to wit, Sarah, Milley Walker and Cats to her and heirs forever.

Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter Salley Moon the following Negroes to wit, Sam'l, Miles, Mary and Anna to her and her heirs forever.

Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter Maria Moon the following Negroes to wit: Charles, Jenney, Adam, Fleming, Holeman and Randolph to her and her heirs forever.

Item. I give and bequeath to my grand daughter, Francis Bullock one Negro woman by the name of Louisa to her and her heirs forever, provided she should have a child or children, but if she should depart this life and leave no issue of her body, then it is my will and desire that the said woman Louisa should go to my daughter Elizabeth Hackney mother of said Frances Bullock.

Item. I give and bequeath to my three daughters to wit, Mary Moon, Salley Moon and Maria Moon one tract of land containing about two hundred and forty acres, it being the same land on which I last resided to be equally divided among them. Also I give and bequeath to the same, one other tract of land containing about one hundred and ten acres known by the name of the Old Place, to be equally divided among them, also, I appoint my son in law William Moon and my friend Rowland Jones Executors of this my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this twenty first day of November One thousand eight-hundred and twenty nine.

Daniel Lightfoot (Seal)

Signed Sealed and delivered in the presence of R. Jones, William H. Jones, James Jones.
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• He resided in , Fluvanna County, VA in 1838.

• He signed a will Court of Quarterly Sessions on 27 August 1838 in , Fluvanna County, VA. ⁵ At a Court of Quarterly Sessions held for Fluvanna County on Monday the 27th day of August 1838, This Will was this day produced in Court and proved by the Oaths of William H. Jones and James Jones two of the subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded and time is allowed the executors therein named to qualify thereto.

Teste
Abraham Shepherd in C. C.
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Daniel married Mary Hinds, daughter of James Hinds and Wilmoth, on 2 April 1771 in , Richmond County, VA.^{1 2} (Mary Hinds was born in 1745 ¹, baptized on 8 April 1752 in North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, VA, British Colonial America and died after 1794.)

  Marriage Notes:

Source: "Early Families of York County, Pennsylvania", Keith A. Dull, page 60:
Daniel LIGHTFOOT m. Mary HINDS in Richmond, Virginia on Apr 2, 1771. He was residing in Fluvanna County, Virginia in 1787. They had Ann v. Jan 21, 1773 in Richmond County.
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Source: Lightfoot Family Association Newsletter, Volume III, Number 3, page 1:
Lt. Daniel Lightfoot of Fluvanna County; Will probated August 27, 1838. Supposed to have had three daughters who married three Moon brothers, among them: Mariah Lightfoot, Sally Lightfoot, and Mary Lightfoot.
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Daniel is also in the 1820 US Census (p.62 pr 491) with males under 10, 16-26, 26-45, over 45, and females under 10, 16-26, over 45 (one in each age group), and 18 slaves. Because Daniel apparently never had any son, I therefore assume from this that at least one of their married daughters, children, and husbands were living in his household. Otherwise, there should have been no males in the census.

1820 US Census
Page 52
Fluvanna County, Virginia
............males...females
under 10....2...1
10-16.........0...0
16-26.........2...1
26-45.........1...0
over 45......0...0
slaves...3

1820 US Census
page 62
Fluvanna County, Virginia
............males...females
under 10....1...1
10-16.........0...0
16-26.........1...1
26-45.........1...0
over 45......1...1 (probably Daniel and wife)
slaves...18
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