Richard Minter

1722 - 1785  (63 years)

• Name	Richard Minter
  Birth	1722
  Gender	Male
  _UID	387D2628BD514868A61525C32C836B8907C6
  Death	1785	Powhatan County, Virginia, USA
  Notes	Note by Bob White: Powhatan Co., Va. was formed from Cumberland Co. Richard bought land in Cumberland Co., Va. in March 1765 & remained in Va. In his will, on file in Powhatan. The following is reproduced from Don Chamberlayne's Minter Notes. The numbers in brackets are cross reference to other sections of the Minter Notes. "Richard Minter Richard Minter [2], third son of Anthony and Elizabeth of Caroline County, is said to have been born about 1722. The original, best source on this date, however, is not known, although it likely was Marsh. What is believed to be true of this line comes primarily from two descendants of Richard: Ken Storm [9], and Jim Taylor [7], as well as the Dellinger-Mallory group, whose principal source was Marsh. Richard married Martha Scruggs, June 27, 1757, in Goochland County, Va. [Marsh, p.262]. Also, he "bought land in Cumberland Co., Va. in March 1765 & remained in Va. In his will, on file in Powhatan Co., Va., he named his brother Anothony Minter as Administrator of his estate." [Marsh via Dellinger-Mallory group] Again from Marsh, his death is said to have been "about 1785" in Powhatan County. Ken Storm lists four children, one of whom was given the name Scruggs, his birth date some time after 1758. About 1810, Scruggs Minter married Catherine Anderson, whose year of birth, according to Storm, was "about 1787," which implies that Scruggs was considerably older than his wife. They and many of their descendants farmed in Fluvanna County, Va., adjacent to and west of Cumberland County. A son of Scruggs and Catherine was Willis Scruggs Minter [4], born 1819-20. The 1850 census listed him as age 30, a cooper by occupation, "Willis S." Minter by name. Later censuses gave his occupation as farmer. Willis married twice and had two families of considerable size. His first wife, Lucy Ann Anderson, born 1818-19, bore six children. After her death about 1874, Willis married Mariah Louisa Baltimore, of Fluvanna County, who was born in 1852, and was thus considerably younger than her husband. There were seven children born of this marriage. The second oldest of them was Katie B. Minter [5], born in 1879, who was the grandmother of Jim Taylor of Virginia, the person to contact for further discussion and exchange of information on this line. Jim is nearing completion of a book on his family and its ancestry (as of January, 2007). "
  Person ID	I46	America
  Last Modified	25 Oct 2024

  
  

  Father	Anthony Minter,   b. Abt 1685   d. 1751, Caroline County, Virginia, USA (Age ~ 66 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth
  Family ID	F21	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha SCRUGGS
  Children	1. Scruggs Minter,   b. Aft 1757, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F101	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2012

  
  

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  Death - 1785 - Powhatan County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth