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Subject: [LOCKE-L] Huston / Lock
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 15:52:28 EST

I am researching the descendants of William Huston and Samuel Lock of Virginia

Todate , there have been only 3 refernces found on
Samuel Lock b. 1752 Va?, d. abt 1782 Montgomery ? County Va , married
Sarah Hannah Huston , daughter of William Huston b. 1729 Pa , d. 1803 Lee
County Va

Washington County Virginia 1786 i.
Will Book 1 , 1777-1792 ( Reel 15 )
Page 106 . Inv. & appr. rec ( Index and Appraisal of Samuel Lock's Estate ,
mostly lists the number and value his Horses ) 22 March 1786

Book : Early Adventures on Western Waters , Vol 1 ,
by : Mary B. Kegley & F.B. Kegley
Page 149
Samuel Lock , Sworn Allegiance To the States ( Rev War ) 9/30/1777

Abram Lock Heir at law to Samuel Lock deceased 100 acres....Montgomery Co VA
9-9-1782.
( No Will has ever been found on Samuel Lock b. 1752 )

William Huston was the Grand Father of Abraham Lock b. 1777 and his brother
Samuel Lock b. 1779 . After Samuel Lock b. 1752 died , William Huston went to
Court and became the Guardian of his Grand Son's Abraham & Samuel Jr Lock .

Court Order Books Russell Co VA March 1792 ""Ordered that the overseers of the
poor do bind Abraham Lock & Samuel Lock according to law".
William Huston , Grand Father of Abraham & Samuel Jr Lock .

There is a Court Record that we have refernces to but we do not know what the
Lawsuit is about

June 1793 , Russell County Va , " A. Lock by his guardian plt. VS William
McDowell "
June 1793 Russell County Va , Court Order Books 2-80 . A. Lock by his plt VS
William McDowell , Case Continued .

Sept 1793 , Russell County Va , " Ordered that Wm Huston Guardian of A. Lock
pay ... For witness in Trial

1793 , Russell County Va , Court Order Books 2-105 , Huston ordered to pay
Charles Carter $1.06 of travel expences to testify in Court Case against
William McDowell

Does anyone know what this Law Suit was about ?

Other notes :

AbramLock , Heir-at-law of Samuel Lock, dec'd..by rights of settlement...100
acres on White Oak Branch of Clinch River. (Date between 1789 and 1790)
Survey Book "D" Montgomery Co VA

Abraham Lock , 1807 Washington Co Va General index of District Court Deed
Books. Book B-150, Abraham of Lee Co Va bought from Robert Craig Sr. 50 Acres
on Indian Creek a branch of Powells River.

Abraham Lock, 1802Tazewell co Va Deed Book 1-46. Abraham of Lee Co Va.
Shown in Index

Abraham Lock, Tazewell Co VA deed to John Laird September 1802

Abraham1802Tazewell Co Va Land Grants Book 52-445. Abraham mentioned as
having 100 acres on Plum Creek conveyed by deed 2-25-1802.

Abraham1802Lee Co Va 1802, Tazewell Co Va Deed 1-46. Tazewell County Deeds
which designated places of residence other than Tazewell

Abraham1796Tazewell Co VA land, waters of Plum Creek, branch of Clinch
River--October 1796

Abraham1783February 15, 1783 Montgomery Co VA. Heir-at-law of Saml. Lock,
Commissioner's certificate 150 acres on Clinch River.
(Page 209)

Washington County Va
Page 312 - William Huston - 300 ac - Commissioners Certificate - on both sides
of
Mockison creek - beginning at the foot of Clinch Mountain - corner to Jonathan
Woods
land - crossing the Mill Pond - November 5, 1785...William Huston, assignee of
James
Simmons, assignee of Thomas McCullock - 300 ac - on Mockison Creek 220 ac
surveyed
December 14, 1774, includes improvements, actual settlement made in 1769 -
August 21,1781

Washington County Va
Page 352 - William Huston & Walter Preston - 177 ac - treasury warrant #11014
- on
both sides of Mockison Creek and between the lines of Hustons & Fugates land -
corner to Huston's land - near the widow Fugate's line - at the foot of Clinch
Mountain - March 10, 1786

Russell County Va
Page 267 - February 9, 1797 - 250 ac - William Huston - part of Treasury
Warrant 9041 dated November 21, 1781 - on the waters of Mocason Creek - corner
of said Huston - corner Jonathan Woods

Page 7 - October 25, 1799 - William Huston - 100 ac - part of Treasury Warrant
9041 dated November 21, 1781 - on both sides of Jonathan Woods branch a part
of the waters of Mocason Creek - corner to another tract of Huston's

Todate our questions are :
Who are the Parents of Samuel Lock b. 1752. ?
Did Samuel Lock b. 1752 have a 3rd Son named John Lock b. abt 1776 ?
Did Samuel Lock b. 1752 have a Will , if so , in what County can it be found ?
Suspect Samuel's Parents came from Phily Pa with the Huston family to Va ?

Houston was a wealthy man and may have been the person who was convicted as a
Tory sympathizer in Washington Co VA in 1777 and had his property confiscated.
If so, they didn't take everything he had because he was a slave owner in Lee
Co VA about 1800. Was William Huston b. 1729 the same William Huston convicted
as a Tory Sympathizer ? and the was he the same William Huston of Huston's
Fort ?

Huston and Lock(e)'s refernces can be found in the following Counties in
Virginia :
Tazwell , Russell , Montgomery , Washington , Lee , and maybe Hampshire and
Scott Counties Va

Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions :)

Donald Locke
http://members.aol.com/LOCKEroot

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