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Name	Richard Mynatt
Born	21 Oct 1729	England, United Kingdom
Gender	Male
Died	1824	Knox, Tennessee, United States
Buried	1824	Knox, Tennessee, United States
Person ID	I3226	Wagner-Thomas \| Hallmark
Last Modified	11 Jan 2014

Family Sarah Cummings, b. 13 Feb 1734, Virginia, United States , d. 1824, Knox, Tennessee, United States (Age 89 years)

Married 31 Mar 1755

Children

+	1. Leannah Mynatt, b. 19 Feb 1756, Prince William, Virginia, United States , d. 1805, Knox, Tennessee, United States (Age 48 years)
	2. William Mynatt, b. 21 Dec 1757, Prince William, Virginia, United States , d. Yes, date unknown
	3. Margaret Mynatt, b. 6 Oct 1759, Prince William, Virginia, United States , d. 7 Jan 1779, Botetourt, Virginia, United States (Age 19 years)
	4. Elizabeth Mynatt, b. 9 May 1762, Prince William, Virginia, United States , d. Yes, date unknown
	5. Sarah Ann Mynatt, b. 6 Sep 1764, Prince William, Virginia, United States , d. 20 Dec 1833, Grainger, Tennessee, United States (Age 69 years)
	6. George C Mynatt, b. 15 Mar 1767, Virginia, United States , d. Yes, date unknown
	7. Hannah Mynatt, b. 15 Apr 1769, Virginia, United States , d. Yes, date unknown
	8. Nancy Mynatt, b. 10 May 1771, Botetourt, Virginia, United States , d. Yes, date unknown
	9. John W Mynatt, b. 10 May 1773, Botetourt, Virginia, United States , d. 2 Jan 1827, Knox, Tennessee, United States (Age 53 years)
+	10. Susannah Mynatt, b. 1776, Botetourt, Virginia, United States , d. Abt 1830, Fayette, Alabama, United States (Age 54 years)

Last Modified 22 Nov 2014

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Born - 21 Oct 1729 - England, United Kingdom

Died - 1824 - Knox, Tennessee, United States

Buried - 1824 - Knox, Tennessee, United States

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Notes

BIR,MG,DTH: Letter Jan 1977 from William O. Hallmark: bn 21 Oct 1729, Eng;dd
1825, Knox Co TN, bur near Union Co line-Mynatt Cem. Will dated 1805, dth dt shown 1824, as will probated July 1824.

WILL: FHL-SLC, Probate film 279563, Will dated 1805, probated July 1824,Knox Co, TN-Vol 4 BK 1, DAR papers, copy of original photocopy:

The last will & testament of Richard Mynatt dec'd presented to court for probate, whereupon William Mynatt & Richard Mynatt, subscribing witnesses thereto--made oath that they saw the sd Richard Mynatt sign & seal sd instrument of writing & he & him pronounce, publish & declare same to be his last Will & Testament & that he was at time of publishing the same, of sound mind & memory to the best of their knowledge & belief, which will is ordered to be recorded & is in the words & figures following: To wit--
In the name of God amen I Richard Mynatt of the Co. of Knox & State of TN, being of sound & perfect mind & memory, blessed be God do this 4th day of July in yr 1805 make and publish this my last Will & Testament on...& that is to say
Item...order that all my Estate be it real & personal.
Item: I give & bequeath to my loving son (John-looks like Jo..) Mynatt all my Estate be it real & personal
Item: I give & bequeath to my loving dau Leannah Hallmark 5 shillings
Item: I give & bequeath to my loving son William Mynatt 5 shillings
Item: I give & bequeath to my loving dau Sarah Ann Ferguson 5 shillings
Item: I give & bequeath to my loving son George Mynatt 5 shillings
Item: I give & bequeath to my loving dau Hannah Smith 5 shillings
Item: I give & bequeath to my loving dau Nancy Grimes 5 shillings
Item: I give & bequeath to my loving dau Elizabeth Wilson 5 shillings &
I do hereby make & ordain my worthy friend William Mynatt exec of this my last will & testament set my hand & seal this day & yr afore written.
Signing, ordering, publishing & declaring by the sd Richard Mynatt the Testator as his last will & testament insofar ...of &...present at the time of signing & sealing thereof.

April session 1827, Richard Mynatt Estate acc't of sales, purchases made by Elizabeth Mynatt, John Mynatt, William Mynatt, Joseph Mynatt, David Smith,
William Mynatt Jr, Betsy Mynatt, Absolom Rutherford, signed Josheph Mynatt adm. Other accounting in book shows Wm Rutherford, Esekiel Rutherford.

NOTE: Susanna Mynatt bn 1776, md to Thomas Hallmark, not shown on will-maybe dd earlier than 1830? TO CK
Info: bk on Mynatt & Cummings by Mrs W H Boyd, PO Bx 502, Lawrencerville, Ill 62439, 1977.
1. Book by Nettie Schreiver (Schreiber) Youtis of Springfield VA 122150, Survey Bk D, Montgomery Co, VA in 1789, lists on page 43:
Line #9 - Richard Mynott owned 330 acres land secured 1 March 1787.
Line #4 - land adjacent to Hallmarks.
Line #10 -land adjacent to Hallmarks and delivered to William Mynatt 16 April 1785.
2. Book "A List of Emmigrants from England to America 1718-1759", pg 163, Gew 929.3 k12: "Richard Mynot(t) of Billiter Lane, London, a cook, indentured his service for 4 years to the honorable Thomas Lee, Esq. for passage to Virginia, listing his age as 20 years, single, on 12 Feb 1749 as recorded p 8.
3. Book "Geo Washington, a Biography" by Douglas Southall, Freeman, Charles Scribner & sons, 1948, p 85. Virginia during youth of Washington. A footnote: Westmoreland orders-1752-1755, p 186A. For an example of an indentured workers successful legal contest of his masters interpretation of his length of service, see the case of Richard Mynott (Mynatt) vs Phillip
Ludwell Lee, July 31, 1754. Richard Mynatt won the case."

1801: Rose Co TN. Also mentioned that David Mynatt md Sally Sullivan 28 Sept 1785 in Fergeson Co, VA.

BIR,MG,MIL: Ltter May 1997 frm Janice Nierenhausen, info from Marilyn Craft Lewis as listed on LDS Ancestral File. "Richard Mynatt Son of Richard, frm
files of Geo E Mynatt of Knoxville TN, retyped in 1971 by Vernard Ray Mynatt:

Richard Mynatt bn in England 1729 came to US 1754 & settled in Prince Wm Co, VA. Here he md Sarah Cumming 31 Mar 1755. Children bn in Prince Wm CO: Lena 1756, Wm 1757. In 1758 Richard mvd to Fauquier Co where 3 girls bn: Margret 1759, Elizabeth 1762, Sarah Ann 1764. He then mvd to Hampshire Co VA(now in W VA) in 1765-6 & lvd there thru 1773 in the eastern section of the co. (See Hist of Hampshire Co W VA) nr Cacapon Rvr. A son & 2 dau bn: Geo C 1767, Hannah 1769 & Nancy 1771.
Richard mvd to Botetourt Co 1773. Some mention made of Richard in Robert Danthat Stoner's bk "Seedbed of the Republic." Mr. Stoner is a native of Botetourt Co, had been co official most of life & lvd in Ante-Bellum house that belonged to Geo Hancock, whose dau md Clark of Lewis & Clark team.
During Richard's stay in Botetourt Co, the co was divided, Richard taken into Montgomery Co, Christiansburg the co seat. A son & dau bn: John 1774, Susannah, no date avail.
Sev mentions made of Mynatts in old rcd at cthouse: mg licenses, deeds, leases, etc. Richard owned 400 acres (1730) on North Fork Roanoke Rvr, somewhere bet Lusters Gate & McDonalds Mill (abt 8 mi in length) according to rcds. The property laid across the "Great Road" which ran along no frk Roanoke Rvr. The Great Rd went from PA west to KY then. Mentions of Mynatts in Annals of SW VA 1769-1800. Rcds at Christiansburg include in Deed Bk Vol C pg 63, Mynatt to Altizer for consid of L50, Richard Mynatt & wife Sarah S transferred title to Ambrose Altizer 400 acres of land on waters of no frk Roanoke Rvr (1787). Kegleys "VA Frontier" pg 386: Richard Mynatt lvd on English Crk, Botetourt Co in 1789.
Richard dur Rev srvd as Express Rider 1776 (Calendar Series Vol 1 pg 173 Prestone & VA papers). He resided in VA dur Rev.
Richards desc are qualified to join DAR or SOR.
Sarh Cummin bn 13 Feb 1737, dau of Simon Cummins.
Will probated 24 Jun 1771 Fauquier Co VA.

BIR,MG,DTH: Also frm files Geo Mynatt Knoxville TN, lttr May 1997, Janice Nierenhausen: Richard Mynatt sn of Richard Mynatt an Eng sailor or trader. Sn came to US abt 1750 & settled in VA. Lists the descendants-5 generations. Richard Mynatt bn 1729 Eng, dd 1805 TN; Sarah Cummins bn 1734 VA, dd 1806 TN. Both bur in original Mynatt Cem nr end of Clinch Mt. TN.