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William Britt, born July 26, 1768 in Goochland County {2}, Virginia, married Sarah Poor daughter of Thomas Poor on 21st September 1784 with the consent of his father William Britt, Sr. {1}, died in May 1816.
His children were as follows:{3}
1. Jefferson Britt, born ?, came to Kentucky also.2. Eleanor Britt married Jacob Chastain in December 1817 [Logan County Marriage Index].
3. Thomas Britt,
4. Bolling Britt, died 1856, married Polly Gautier April 1820 [Logan County Marriage Index]; she died in 1840
5. Susanna Britt, married David Bullock in August 1819 [Logan County Marriage Index].
6. William Britt III
7. Randolf Britt married Agness Langston on 11/10/1818 [Logan County Marriage Index]
8. Smith Britt
9. Hannah Britt
10. Martha Britt born October 18, 1794.
11. Elizabeth Britt married Honorable Drury Woodson Poor.
{1} K. B. Williams, Marriages of Goochland County, Virginia page 10. (September 20th, 1784 date of the marriage bond). Douglas Register, by Rev. Wm. Douglas page 12.
William Britt Sr. died in 1778 and served in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. Colonial soldiers who served in the army received land grants. Descendants of William Britt Sr. received sizable land warrants in what was then Logan County, Kentucky. A large group of families from Goochland County, Virginia who were related by blood and by marriage also had received land grants and moved from 1797 to 1822 to Logan County. These families located on land from Daysville eastward along Whippoorwill Creek south of Russellville, Ky. The Britts, Moselys, Poors, Moreheads, Mims, Duncans and Herndons were either related before they moved or intermarried soon after arriving in the area. Richard Crouch and his wife Martha Britt purchased part of the William Britt Sr. land near Daysville on the Daysville- Allensville Road in 1822 from David Bullock who had married Susannah Britt the sister of Martha.
{2} Mrs. Drury Woodson Poor, Jr. 4115 King Street, Denver Colorado furnished data, especially that of the early generations; her late husband having spent several years collecting data on the Poor family.
{3} The will of William Britt Jr. is found in Logan County, Kentucky. Will Book B, Page 60, and dated August 14, 1817. There were eleven children named in his will as given above with the known marriages. William Britt Jr's. wife died prior to him as she is not mentioned in the will.
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