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DESCENDANTS OF

REVEREND BEROALD INNES OF INCHSTELLIE

1644-1722

PARISH OF ALVES, MORAYSHIRE, SCOTLAND

WHOSE GRANDSONS, REVEREND ROBERT INNES AND HUGH INNES,

CAME TO THE COLONY OF VIRGINIA IN THE MID-1700'S

COMPILED BY

SUSAN INNES KITCHENS

1994

Chapter 2

VIRGINIA AND KENTUCKY

16.   Robert Innes (William², Beroald¹).  The EMIGRANT - born June 28, 1720, at Wester Alves in Moray, Scotland, son of William Innes and Margaret MacKay[1].

Robert was a student at the University and King's College in Aberdeen until 1740.  In his book, Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia, Bishop William Meade said that after finishing his studies at the university, Robert made a voyage to Virginia where he resided for sever­al years, and returned to Scotland in 1743/44 to complete his studies for the ministry[2].  Robert received a Master of Arts degree on August 2, 1745.  He was ordained at St. Paul's Cathedral in London on Sunday, June 14, 1747, with Edmund, Bishop of London, officiating.  On Sunday, July 5, 1747, Robert was admitted into the Holy Orders of a Priest[3].

He returned to Virginia but there are few details recorded about Reverend Robert Innes before 1754.  It is known that he married Catherine Richards and that their first son, Robert, was born in 1750.  All of the biographies about his famous second and third sons, Harry and James, give their place of birth as Caroline County, Virginia.  In 1870 his granddaughter, Elizabeth (Innes) Alexander, recalled hearing in her childhood that her grandfather (Robert) was serving as a minister in Hanover County, Virginia, when the church burned, and he lost many of his sermons and valuable papers.  Both 1754 and 1758 are given as the year that he began his ministry at Drysdale Parish.  He was the first minister to live in their new glebe.  That Robert remained at Drysdale Parish until his death in 1765 is mentioned in the records left by Donald Robertson, who had a school in the immediate vicinity of Drysdale Parish .  Master Bobbie, Master Harry and Master Jamie, the three sons of Robert and Catherine, were enrolled in his school until the time of their father's death in 1765[4].

The date of Robert's marriage to Catherine Richards is not known.  Catherine and her brothers, William Byrd Richards and John Richards, were members of Drysdale Parish.  After Robert finished his studies for the ministry at King's College in Aberdeen, several testimonials were signed by the members of Drysdale Parish and sent to Scotland, testifying to Robert's good character.  The name of John Richards appeared on one of these testimonials.  These facts indicate that Robert spent time among the members of Drysdale Parish during his first visit to Virginia, and he no doubt met his bride-to-be at that time.  Though void of any dates, a mention is made of the marriage of Robert Innes and Catherine Richards in a detailed genealogy of the Richards Family in Genealogies of Ken­tucky Families[5].  After the death of her husband in 1765, Catherine left Drysdale Parish.  According to a notice in the Virginia Gazette, December 13, 1770, Catherine was living at Beverly Park in King and Queen County, Virginia[6].

Reverend Robert Innes left a will, but a copy of it has not been located.  The fact that one did exist appeared in a Notice in the Virginia Gazette on August 8, 1766.  It read, "To be sold pursuant to the will of the Reverend Robert Innes, late of Caroline County, deceased.....".  The notice men­tioned two large tracts of land in Halifax County, Virginia, one for 2,200 acres on Panther Creek in Halifax County; the other for 5,300 acres on Fall Creek adjoining the Leatherwood Tract in the same county.  (At the time these deeds were entered in Robert's name, the County of Halifax ex­tend­ed west to the Cumberland Mountains.  Fall Creek and Leatherwood Creek are found today in Henry County, below the town of Martinsville, Virginia.)  The executors of his will were identified as Edmund Pendleton, Alexander Rose, John Richards, and Hugh Innes[7].

      Children of Robert Innes and Catherine (Richards) Innes:

21.   Robert Innes (Physician).  Born in 1750; died after 1790 census, in Ware Parish, Glou­cester County, Virginia.  Married Rebecca Lewis, daughter of Colonel Warner Lewis and Eleanor Bowles of Warner Hall, in Gloucester County[8].  No issue.

      +    22.   Harry Innes.  Born 1752.

      +    23.   James Innes.  Born 1754.

17.   Hugh Innes (William², Beroald¹).  The EMIGRANT - born August 12, 1729, Wester Alves, Moray, Scotland, son of William Innes[9] in Wester Alves and Margaret MacKay.  Hugh was a student at the University and King's College in Aberdeen from 1743 until 1747[10].  He was a law­yer by profession.

Our earliest record for Hugh in the American Colonies was in Halifax County, Virginia.  On January 16, 1758, Hugh entered a deed for 400 acres of land in Halifax County.[11]  In the absence of information prior to this date, the only possible way to link the Hugh Innes in Wester Alves, Scotland to the Hugh Innes in Halifax County, Virginia, was through his brother, the Reverend Robert Innes of Caroline County, Virginia.

The lives of the brothers passed without one recording that he was brother to the other.  It was left to their children to do this for them.  In August of 1797, the Honorable Harry Innes, son of the Reverend Robert Innes, appeared in court in Franklin County, Kentucky, to testify to a document in the handwriting of Hugh Innes.  In his testi­mony Harry said that "This deponent further says that James Parberry to whom the assignment was made, was bred up by his father who was brother to the said Hugh Innes, and afterwards lived with Hugh Innes himself."  Harry also said that "Hugh Innes was a man of very fair character, and he is convinced would not connive at or assist in either a forgery or fraud."[12]

The second occasion was an interview by John D. Shane with Robert Innes, the oldest son of Hugh Innes, conducted at Lexington, Kentucky, in 1858.  In the interview Robert said that "he was born in Henry County, Virginia, the son of Hugh Innes.  His uncle, Robert Innes, was an Episcopal Minis­ter in King and Queen County, Virginia."[13]

On August 17, 1758, Hugh Innes produced a commission to the court of Halifax as a Captain of the Halifax County Militia.[14]  His commission was based on the fact that he was a landowner in the county, with qualities of leadership, and did not reflect any previous military experience.  Sometime be­tween the years 1758 and 1761 Captain Hugh Innes led a band of men to Fort Chiswell.[15]  Fort Chiswell was a military outpost in southwestern Virginia from 1758 to 1776, and the county seat of old Montgomery County from 1776 to 1790.  A marker east of Wytheville, in Wythe County, com­memorates the site of the old fort.

      One important deed in Hugh's name was discovered in Halifax County.  On April 6, 1764, he received from the estate of Richard Randolph, deceased, of Henrico County, Virginia, 1,245 acres of land on Snow Creek.[16]  Located today in Franklin County, Virginia, Snow Creek was the area in which Hugh Innes settled and established his plantation.

Hugh Innes was among the justices sworn in at the meeting of the first court held in the newly formed Pittsylvania County, Virginia, on Friday, June 26, 1767.[17]  On the tax list for that year Hugh reported five tithables:  himself, James Parberry (his overseer), and  Negroes Juba, Peat and Keat.  He also listed 1,245 acres of land.[18]  In 1769 John Donelson, surveyor for Pittsylvania County, and Hugh Innes, lawyer, were chosen by local election to represent Pittsylvania County in the House of Burgesses.  They served from May, 1769, through May, 1774.[19]­

It was during this period of time that Hugh Innes, one of the Representatives from Pittsylvania County, was married to Hannah Eggleston of James City County.  They were married January 2, 1772, the same day that Thomas Jefferson married Martha Skelton.  News of both marriages appeared in the Virginia Gazette.[20]

After 1776 the land at Snow Creek went into Henry County, Virginia.  In August of 1779 Hugh was recommended to serve on the Commission of Peace for the county.[21]  Hugh took the oath as a Justice of the Peace in Henry County on March 25, 1784.[22]  Hugh was a resident of Henry County until Franklin County was formed out of Henry and Bedford Counties in 1786.

On June 1, 1782, Hugh received a grant for 2,000 acres of land on Elkhorn Creek, in Fin­castle County, Virginia.[23]  This land on the North Fork of the Elkhorn Creek went into Fayette County, Kentucky.  The provision was left in his will that this land was to be divided among his three youngest sons.  A letter from Judge Harry Innes to James Browning of Fayette County, dated Jan­uary 1797, shows that James Browning of Fayette County was farming the land that Hugh claimed even before the date of Hugh's death, which was in March of 1797.  There is said to be included with­in the pages of Record Book B of Fayette County, an agreement for the continuation of this lease to James Browning, by the three sons of Hugh Innes, bearing the date of January 1798, for a period of ten years.  This entry was included in the record of a long legal battle that developed in Fayette County between "the heirs of Hugh Innes, deceased, vs. John Bradford".  John Bradford was contesting Hugh's claim to the lands on North Elkhorn Creek.  The record of the lawsuit, entered September 25, 1806, in Record Book B, starts on page 274 and covers many pages.  The heirs won the case and a final division of the lands among the three sons took place on January 26, 1811.[24]

On May 20, 1786, Thomas Arthur of Franklin County, Virginia, wrote to Governor Patrick Henry objecting to the appointment of Hugh Innes as Colonel of the militia of Franklin County.  Arthur based his opposition on "Hugh's age, his being inactive, and never shewd his friendship to the commonwealth in our last war (the American Revolution)".[25]  Hugh was appointed Colonel of the Franklin County Militia in July of 1786, and served for two years.[26]

The Will of Hugh Innes was written December 28, 1796, and probated in April of 1797.[27] From the exclusion of his wife, Hannah, we know that she died prior to the writing of the will.  With the children named and provided for, the only subject left to consider is the name Sarah Turley, who is mentioned in both Item 4 and Item 5 of the will.  (The Will of Hugh Innes - Appendix B)

The Last Will and Testament of Peter Turley, probated in Henry County in February of 1782, mentioned his wife, Sarah, as one of his two executors.  He also named two sons and a son-in-law, Owen Hunt.[28]  Considering that Hugh was a man of advanced years, with a family that included young children, the widow Sarah Turley may have been employed to help with the care and raising of the children.  Her help would have been especially critical if the death of Hannah occurred at a much earlier time.

      Children of Hugh Innes and Hannah (Eggleston) Innes:

      +    24.   Robert Innes.  Born 1772.

25.   Beroald Innes.  Born ca. 1774; died 1818/19, Franklin County, Virginia; unmarried.  His estate was divided among his remaining brothers and sisters.[29] 

      +    26.   Margaret M. Innes.  Born ca. 1776.

      +    27.   Hugh Innes.  Born 1778.

      +    28.   James Innes.  Born 1782.

      +    29.   Harry E. Innes.  Born 1784/86.

30.   Elizabeth E. Innes.  Born 1786/88.  Went to Fayette County, Kentucky with James and Margaret Patterson in 1811; living in Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1825.

22.   Harry Innes (Robert³, William², Beroald¹) was born January 15, 1752, in Caroline County, Virginia, the son of Reverend Robert Innes and Catherine Richards. 

Harry married first, October 7, 1775, Elizabeth Callaway, daughter of James Callaway and Sarah Tate of Bedford County, Virginia.  Elizabeth Callaway died December 26, 1790, in Mercer County, Kentucky.[30] 

He married second, February 10, 1792, Ann Harris, the widow of Dr. Hugh Shiells.  Ann was born November 9, 1760, the daughter of John Harris and Hannah Stewart, who came to Kentucky from Bucks County, Pennsylvania.  Ann died May 12, 1851.[31]

Harry received his earliest education at the Donald Robertson School in Caroline County.  One of his classmates was (President) James Madison.  It is recorded that Harry studied law under a Mr. Rose.  This was probably Alexander Rose, who lived at Grantswood in King George County, and served as a lawyer in King George and surrounding counties.[32]  Alexander Rose was one of the four executors named in the will of Reverend Robert Innes. 

Having received his license to practice law in Virginia in September of 1772, Harry lived first in Caroline County and later moved to Bedford County in the western part of the state.  During the American Revolution, Harry had charge of the Chipil Lead Mines and Powder Mill in Bedford County, which were the sources of supplies for the Virginia Continental Troops.[33]

One of his earliest clients in the Virginia courts was his uncle, Hugh Innes (17), of Pittsylvania County.  This early association between Harry Innes and his uncle was referred to when Harry ap­pear­ed in court in Frankfort, Kentucky in August of 1797 to testify to a document in the hand­writ­ing of Hugh Innes.[34]  Hugh had passed away the spring before and Harry Innes of Kentucky was named as one of the executors in Hugh's will.

In 1785 Harry was elected Attorney General for the western district of Virginia.  He moved to Kentucky and settled at Danville, in Lincoln County.  In 1787 Harry was appointed the first U.S. Judge for Kentucky by President George Washington.  When Kentucky became a state in 1792 the seat of government was moved to Frankfort.  Harry continued to hold the office of U.S. Judge for Kentucky until his death September 9, 1816.[35]  He was buried at his home, Cedar Hill, near Frankfort, Kentucky.

Ann Innes, the widow of Judge Harry Innes, sold Cedar Hill on March 20, 1818, reserving one acre for the cemetery.[36]  She was eventually buried at Cedar Hill beside her husband.  In 1891 both of them were reinterred in the Frankfort Cemetery.

      Children of Harry Innes and Elizabeth (Callaway) Innes:

      +    31.   Sarah Innes.   Born September 13, 1776.

      +    32.   Katherine Eliza Innes.   Born May 9, 1779.

      +    33.   Elizabeth Innes.  Born September 23, 1785.

      +    34.   Ann Innes.  Born April 6, 1787.

      Child of Harry Innes and Ann (Harris Shiells) Innes:

      +    35.   Maria-Knox Innes.   Born October 19, 1796.

23.   James Innes (Robert³, William², Beroald¹) born 1754, in Caroline County, Virginia, youngest son of Reverend Robert Innes and Catherine Richards; married about 1778 to Elizabeth "Betsy" Cocke, daughter of James Cocke of Williamsburg.[37] 

James had his early schooling at the Donald Robertson School in Caroline County, Virginia.  In 1770 James entered the College of William and Mary at Williamsburg, with Edmund Pendleton pay­ing his bill.[38]  After the completion of his studies in 1773, James remained at the college as an usher until the beginning of the Revolution.  It is believed that during this time he was studying law under George Wythe.   His involvement in the American Revolution caused him to neglect his duties as usher and he was dismissed.  Twelve years later, the Visitors of the college elected him as their Rector.[39]

While a student at William and Mary, James was a member of the Flat Hat Club.  A forerunner of the American fraternity system, the Flat Hat Club was formed at the college on November 11, 1750.[40]  It was most active in the 1770's when it united James Innes and his Williamsburg friends in friendship, mirth and conviviality, science and charity.[41]  The society folded during the Revolu­tion, and apparently was never revived.

In 1775, Captain James Innes was ordered by the House of Burgesses to organize a volunteer company of men in the city of Williamsburg to guard the public magazine.[42]  In February of 1776, the Virginia Gazette mentions that he was chosen captain of an artillery company at Williamsburg, Virginia.  By the following November James appeared as a lieutenant colonel.  As a lieutenant col­on­el of the 15th Virginia Regiment and sometime aide to Washington, James served at Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth before resigning his commission.[43]  James retired from the service in 1778, wanting to practice law and wed Betsy Cocke.  At the request of General Washington, James returned to his military activities.  As Colonel James Innes, he raised a home regiment which he commanded at the Battle of Yorktown, the final engagement of the war.

After the war James Innes turned to the practice of law in Richmond and the county courts of tidewater Virginia.  He represented Williamsburg in the House of Delegates for the years 1780-82, 1785-86, and 1786-87.  In the Constitutional Convention of 1788, James was chosen by the friends of the Constitution to make the final appeal for its adoption.  In appearance he was said to be a man six feet tall, and so heavily built he could not sit in a common chair, or ride an ordinary horse.  His vast size imparted dignity to his manner, and his majestic yet modulated voice, his occasionally ve­hement action, and his nervous, graceful style was incredibly moving.  It is said that Patrick Henry, the spokesman of the opposition at the Convention, in paying tribute to his eloquence, said that his speech was "magnificent......fit to shake the human mind".[44] 

On November 23, 1786, the General Assembly elected James Innes to succeed Edmund Ran­dolph as Attorney General of Virginia.  He held the office for ten years when ill health forced him to resign.[45]

In 1796 President Washington gave James Innes the assignment as a United States Commissioner, under Jay's Treaty.  His salary was one thousand pounds a year.  He was to work with Thomas Fitz­simmons of Pennsylvania, to negotiate the details of damages awarded to citizens under Act VI of Jay's Treaty.[46]  James was in Philadelphia, fulfilling this assignment when he died August 2, 1798.  He was buried in the Christ Church Cemetery, in Philadelphia, near the grave of Benjamin Franklin.  His marker reads "James Innes, Esq. of Virginia".[47]

For most of his adult life James lived at Williamsburg.  His first house, on Prince George Street, was advertised for sale in July of 1779.  A later home in the York County section of Williamsburg, at the corner of Waller and York Streets, was purchased by him in April of 1785.[48]  James also had property at Yarmouth, on the Chickahominy River, which was sold by his son-in-law, Peyton Ran­dolph, Jr., in 1805, for his widow, Elizabeth Innes.[49]

The last Will and Testament of James Innes, dated March 20, 1798, was annexed to a deed from Elizabeth, his widow, to Harry Innes of Kentucky.  She appointed Harry Innes her attorney to sell her lands in Kentucky.  The deed was recorded at Williamsburg August 4, 1800; and by the Kentucky Court of Appeals July 21, 1801.[50]

      Child of James Innes and Elizabeth(Cocke) Innes:

      +    36.   Ann Brown Innes.   Born 1785.

24.   Robert Innes (Hugh³, William², Beroald¹), born 1772, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, son of Hugh Innes and Hannah Eggleston.  Married (1) January 5, 1798, Tabitha, daughter of Captain George Boyd of Halifax County, Virginia[51].  Tabitha died in Fayette County, Kentucky in July, 1845.  Notice of her death appeared in the Lexington newspaper, The Observer and Register, July 19, 1845.  Robert married (2) April 14, 1847, Catherine A. Conn, the daughter of James Conn and Catherine Webb of Fayette County, Kentucky.

Robert was twenty-four at the time of his father's death in 1797.  He was one of the executors named in his father's will and was left the plantation as a portion of his inheritance.  He became in­volv­ed in local government and served as a Representative of Franklin County in the Virginia House of Delegates in the years 1803-1804 and 1808-1810[52].  This was followed by service in the War of 1812.  Robert served with the rank of lieutenant colonel in the 7th Virginia Militia.  For this Robert receiv­ed a pension (#WC-7692)[53].

In November, 1826, Robert sold most of his land in Franklin County, Virginia, and moved to Fay­­ette County, Kentucky[54].  By December 20 of that year Robert was in Fayette County, when he bought a tract of land at a commissioner's sale[55].  Robert bought a house on 2nd Street in Lexington May 1, 1858[56].   He continued to live there until his death December 15, 1865.  He owned a 225 acre farm in Henry County, which his wife, Catherine, deeded to their daughter, Martha A. Gist[57].  Cather­ine continued to live on 2nd Street until her death January 30, 1897.  Both are buried in the Lex­ing­ton Cemetery.

      Children of Robert Innes and  Catherine (Conn) Innes:

37.   Catherine Lucy Innes.  Born 1848; died 1877; married February 6, 1867, Alexander Hamilton Adams (b. 1842; d. 1879); buried Lexington Cemetery.

38.   Martha A. Innes.  Born 1849; married June 4, 1866, George Washington Gist.

39.   Ethel Louise Innes.  Born ca. 1852; married February 3, 1875, Thomas Mercer Swann (b. 1830; d. 1906), of Louisville, Kentucky.

            40.   Robert Innes.  Born 1854; died 1854, of the croup at age 27 days[58].

26.   Margaret MacKay Innes (Hugh³, William², Beroald¹).  Born ca. 1775[59], Pittsylvania County, Virginia, daughter of Hugh Innes and Hannah Eggleston.  Margaret married October 12, 1796,

James Patterson[1] (b. 1774; d. 1841), lawyer, son of Samuel Patterson and Cicely Poindexter of Frank­lin County, Virginia.  Samuel Patterson came to Virginia from Pennsylvania in 1765 and entered a deed for land on Snow Creek[2].  This was followed by a number of deeds for land along Chestnut Creek where the Pattersons finally settled.

After their marriage James and Margaret continued to live in Franklin County.  They were there until after the 1810 Census.  At least three of their children were born there.  When Hugh Innes died in 1797, the Pattersons became guardians of Margaret's sister, Elizabeth Eggleston Innes.  Eliza­beth was with the Pattersons when they moved to Fayette County, Kentucky in 1811, and ac­cord­ing to the notes of their Patterson descendants, settled next to Margaret's brothers, James and Harry, on Russell Cave Road, near Lexington.

With the exception of several daughters and one son, Robert, most of the children of James and Margaret Patterson eventually moved to Tennessee.  The will of the son, Robert Patterson, was pro­bated in Fayette County in 1834 (Book L, page 299).  In his will, Robert left "a horse for the sole use of my mother, Margaret M. Patterson."

James Patterson, the father, died in Fayette County in 1841.  His wife, Margaret M. Patterson, was not mentioned in her husband's will (Book P, page 113), indicating that Margaret died after 1834 and before 1841 in Fayette County, Kentucky.

      Children of James Patterson and Margaret MacKay (Innes) Patterson:

      +    41.   Hugh Innes Patterson.  Born 1797.

      +    42.   Doctor Everard Meade Patterson.   Born April 19, 1800, Virginia; married (1) Margaret Tate Miller , 1824; (2) Elizabeth Watson White , November 7, 1826, Tennessee; died January 3, 1863, the Battle of Murfresboro, Tennessee, C.S.A.

            43.   Andrew Jackson Patterson.  Married May 7, 1833, Isabella Hays (b. 1818; d. 1834), Davidson County, Tennessee; died after             1841, Fayette County, Tennessee.

            44.   (Girl) Patterson.

            45.   Harriet Cicely Patterson.   Married Thomas B. Johnson.

            46.   Ann Maria Patterson.  Married Mr. Dixon.

            47.   Robert Patterson.  Died 1834, Fayette County, Kentucky; unmarried.

            48.   Hannah Eggleston Patterson .  Married (1) October 19, 1819, Elijah Howell, Fayette County, Kentucky; (2) April 28, 1823,                           Handley C. Russell, Fayette County, Kentucky.

27.   Hugh Innes, Jr. (Hugh³, William², Beroald¹).  Born 1778, Henry County, Virginia, the son of Hugh Innes and Hannah Eggleston; married at Frankfort, Kentucky, April 16, 1800, Charlotte Maria Irwin  (b. 1785; d. 1850), daughter of Samuel and Maria Irwin.

Following the death of his father in 1797, the young Hugh Innes left for Kentucky.  He gave testimony in a case before the Court of Appeals at Frankfort, Kentucky in September of that year.  The facts appear to indicate that this was not a visit on the part of Hugh, but that he had made a permanent move.

Three years after his marriage to Charlotte Irwin, Hugh received a deed from Thomas and Eliza­beth Todd for sixty acres of land on the main Elkhorn Creek in Franklin County[3].  The land was in the neighborhood of Judge Harry Innes.  When Ann, the widow of Judge Harry Innes, sold Cedar Hill in 1818, a boundary with Hugh Innes was mentioned in the deed[4]. 

The family story is that Hugh lived in a cabin on the place and that all of his children were born there.  With the birth of his first child, Harry Barold, taking place in November, 1802, this gives rise to the possibility that Hugh and Charlotte lived on the property from the time of their marriage, and finally bought the property from the Todds three years later.  The farm remained in the family for 159 years.  The last Innes to live on the farm was Hugh's granddaughter, Sarah Hannah Innes, who died in January, 1962, at the age of ninety-one.

Hugh served in the Cornstalk Militia, 22nd Regiment, as an ensign, in 1805, and as a lieutenant in 1806[5].  In civilian life Hugh was serving as an associate judge to Henry Daveridge, the circuit judge in Frankfort[6].  Hugh resigned his position as associate judge in 1813 and enlisted in the 28th Infantry (regular army), organized January 19, 1813.  Colonel Thomas Dye Owings was the commanding officer and Hugh Innes was a captain.  A year later Hugh was a captain in the Second Regiment of Riflemen, organized February 10, 1814, under the command of Colonel Anthony Butler[7].  Hugh's death took place long before recognition was received for the services of any of these men in the War of 1812.

In March of 1818 a sale took place at Frankfort, participated in by many of the local residents, among them John H. Todd and John Morris.  Recorded November 7, 1819, the paper was signed by Hugh Innes, Clerk.  The 1820 Census of Franklin County showed Hugh Innes with seven children - four boys and three girls.

The death of Hugh Innes occurred Sunday, June 22, 1823.  He was a Justice of the Peace in Frank­lin County at the time of his death[8].  He was buried in the Family Cemetery at his home on Elkhorn creek.

On December 15, 1823, his widow, Charlotte, and son, Harry Barold, sought administration of his estate[9].  Through a series of deeds, Harry Barold eventually received the family farm.  Charlotte Innes, the widow, went first to Fayette County and about 1840 she moved to Illinois with her son, Robert.  She died April 3, 1850, in Versailles Township, Brown County, Illinois.

      Children of Hugh Innes and Charlotte Maria (Irwin) Innes:

      +    49.   Harry Barold Innes.  Born 1802.

            50.   Catherine Innes.   Married 1823, Patrick Major, Sr.; two daughters.

            51.   Caroline Innes.    Married November 11, 1824, General William Hardin.

      +    52.   Margaret Patterson Innes.  Born 1812.

      +    53.   Robert Innes.   Born 1817.

            54.   Hugh Innes.  Died 1824.

            55.   William Trigg Innes.  Died 1833.

28.   James Innes (Hugh³, William², Beroald¹).  Born June 18, 1782, Henry County, Virginia, son of Hugh Innes and Hannah Eggleston; married June 10, 1811, Fayette County, Kentucky, Nancy Ann Price (b. 1794; d. 1869), daughter of John Price, Jr. and his first wife, Elizabeth Majors[10].

James was fifteen when his father died in 1797.  It is not known when he moved to Kentucky, but he was listed as head of household in the 1810 Census of Fayette County.  At that time a second male in the age range of 16 to 26 years was listed in his home.  With no females included, it seems a reasonable assumption that the second adult male was his brother, Harry E. Innes, and the two unmarried brothers were temporarily sharing the same residence.  A ten-year lease of their land to James Browning had expired in 1808.  In 1806 a lawsuit surfaced, appearing in Record Book B, in Fayette County, known as "The Heirs of Hugh Innes, dec'd vs. John Browning."  This dragged on for some time and it was January 26, 1811, before the land on Elkhorn Creek in Fayette County was divided among the heirs[11]. 

The tax record of 1817, for Fayette County, showed James with a total of 586 acres of land on Elkhorn River, 13 horses and a total of 13 blacks.  His acreage had already decreased from his in­herit­ance of over 800 acres.  James Innes died September 23, 1823, and was recorded in the local newspaper as dying at Blue Springs[12].  His widow, Nancy M. Innes, married second, Colonel Caleb J. Saunders, February 22, 1826 (Book 1, page 70).  The children of James Innes would be listed in the 1830 Census as members of the Saunders household.  Nancy and Caleb J. Saunders (b. 1798; d. 1864) are also buried in the James Innes family cemetery on Russell Cave Road near Lexington.

      Children of James Innes and Nancy (Price) Innes:

      +    56.  Susan Gano Innes.

      +    57.  John Price Innes.  Born 1812.

29.   Harry "Henry" Eggleston Innes (Hugh³, William², Beroald¹).  Physician, born about 1786 in Henry or Franklin County[13], Virginia, youngest son of Hugh Innes and Hannah Eggleston.  In July of 1819, Henry E. Innes married, at Paris, Kentucky, Nancy Webb (b. 1801; d. 1884), daughter of Charles Webb and Mary Ware of Bourbon County.  

Hugh Innes stipulated in his will (probated 1797, Franklin County, Virginia), that funds be set aside for raising and educating his son Harry.  Harry was found in Fayette County in the 1810 Census, in the household of his brother, James.  By 1811 Harry had left for Tennessee, and had appointed his cousin, Judge Harry Innes of Franklin County, to represent him when the lands on the North Elkhorn Creek were divided between him and his brothers, James and Hugh[14].

Henry E. Innes returned to Kentucky and served in the War of 1812.  He was a surgeons mate in the Company of Captain Mathew Flournoy of Fayette County, a part of the First Regiment, commanded by Colonel George Trotter of Lexington.  The regiment was organized August 30, 1813, for the Thames Campaign.  This engagement on the River Thames, at Chatham, Canada, was a big success for the Kentuckians.  Their losses were not severe and many British prisoners were taken back to Kentucky[15].  A pension was received by Henry E. Innes for his service (WC-14736)[16].

The tax record of 1817 for Fayette County showed Doctor Henry Innes with 880 acres of land on the Elkhorn River.  His land joined that of his brother, James, on Russell Cave Road.  A small brick house, discovered in the field on the property, was probably the house built by Harry Innes as his place of residence.  The casual viewer takes little notice of this house in the distance, as their eyes are drawn to the more stately house closer to the road.  This house, called Corinthia, built for his son, Charles Webb Innes, is an enormous house with massive columns on the front.  The con­struction of Corinthia was begun in 1832, but took many years to complete.  The house has been re­stor­ed by new owners and is now in mint condition[17].

In the years 1831-32 Henry E. Innes represented Fayette County in the Kentucky Legislature[18].  He died in 1833 in a cholera epidemic that struck Fayette County.  His place of burial is not known.  The date of his death, June 18, 1833, is recorded in the Family Bible[19].

The division of the Henry E. Innes estate is found in Will Book L, page 92, Fayette County.  The mansion house and 300 acres went to his widow; the remaining 720 acres are to be divided among three infant heirs.  In Book N, page 375, regarding the H.E. Innes estate, John Moore was administr­at­or and George W. Adams was guardian to heirs of the deceased.  The money was yet to be distributed to Charles W. and Robert Innes, infant children of H.E. Innes, dec'd.

      Children of Harry Eggleston Innes and Nancy (Webb) Innes;

      +    58.   Charles Webb Innes.  Born 1821.

      +    59.   Robert Innes, Jr.  Born 1828.

31.   Sarah Innes (Judge Harry⁴, Robert³, William², Beroald¹).  Born September 13, 1776, Bedford County, Virginia; married January 6, 1792, Francis Thornton (b. 1760), son of Francis Thornton and Ann Thompson of "Fall Hill", Fredericksburg, Virginia[20].  Sarah Innes Thornton died May 2, 1806, Fredericksburg, Virginia[21].

      Children of Francis Thornton and Sarah (Innes) Thornton[22]:

            60.   Elizabeth Thornton.  Born 1792; married John H. Fitzgerald.

            61.   Reverend Francis Thornton.  Born 1796; married Jane Thornton.

            62.   Harry Innes Thornton (Judge). Born 1797; married Lucy, daughter of Major John Crittenden and sister of John Jordan Crittenden,            who married Maria-Knox Innes Todd in Kentucky; Harry Innes Thornton, a leading lawyer in Alabama and California, died in 1867.

      +    63.   Sally Innes Thornton.  Born 1799.

            64.   James Innes Thornton.  Born 1801; planter in Green County, Alabama.

            65.   Robert Callaway Thornton.  D.S.P.

            66.   Catherine Thornton.  Born 1800; married 1822, Thomas Marshall of "Happy Creek"; family died of cholera in 1825.

            67.   Butler Brayne Thornton.  D.S.P.

32.   Catherine Eliza Innes (Judge Harry⁴, Robert³, William², Beroald¹).  Born May 9, 1779, Bedford County, Virginia, daughter of Harry Innes and Elizabeth Callaway; married May 5, 1797, Samuel Griffin Adams (b. 1776; d. 1821), son of Colonel Richard Adams and Elizabeth Griffin of Richmond, Virginia, and grandson of Ebenezer Adams, who came from England and settled in New Kent County, Virginia[23]. 

Catherine Eliza Adams died November 5, 1836, Frankfort, Kentucky.

      Child of Samuel Griffin Adams and Catherine (Innes) Adams:

         68.   Richard Adams.  Born 1800; died 1851; married (1) Mary Selden; (2) Lucy Ward Thornton (b. 1811; d. 1840); had children: (a)           Mary Adams, who married General George W. Randolph; (b) Catherine Adams; and (c) Samuel Goode Adams[24].

33.   Elizabeth Innes (Judge Harry⁴, Robert³, William², Beroald¹).  Born September 23, 1785, Bedford County, Virginia, daughter of Harry Innes and Elizabeth Callaway; married June, 1805, Fredericks­burg, Virginia, Thomas Cason Alexander[25].  Thomas Cason Alexander, who died in 1817, at Falmouth, near Fredericksburg, Virginia, was the son of William Alexander, who came from Scotland to Vir­ginia about 1730, and his wife, Sarah Cason[26].  Elizabeth's date of death is unknown.

      Children of Thomas Cason Alexander and Elizabeth (Innes) Alexander:

            69.   Harriet Innes Alexander.  Married November 25, 1826, Dr. William C. Warren.

            70.   Sarah Ann Alexander.  Married July 10, 1827, Dr. William Patten; died March 29, 1851, Brooklyn, New York.

            71.   Catherine Innes Alexander .  Married November 1829, Dr. Hector Harris; died May 3, 1873, Virginia.

            72.   Elizabeth Innes Alexander .  Married Captain William Jenks; died May 3, 1873, Bedford County, Virginia.

34.   Ann Innes (Judge Harry⁴, Robert³, William², Beroald¹).  Born April 6, 1787, Danville, Mercer County, Kentucky, daughter of Harry Innes and Elizabeth Callaway; married October 6, 1802, Frank­lin County, Kentucky, John Morris (b. 1776; d. 1860), who was born in Hanover County, Virginia, the son of William Morris and Elizabeth Dabney[27].

John and Ann Morris had 450 acres of land joining Judge Harry Innes, on the Main Elkhorn Creek.  In March of 1818, when Ann, widow of Judge Harry Innes, gave a deed for the sale of Cedar Hill, a condition of the sale was that John Morris “have right of passage across the property for foot­men, horses and carriages, forever.”

Ann Innes Morris died July 13, 1858, Franklin County, Kentucky.  It is recorded that she and John Morris were the parents of eleven children.  Nine of the children are listed below.

      Children of John Morris and Ann (Innes) Morris:

      +    73.   Elizabeth Morris.  Born 1803.

            74.   Ann Innes Morris .  Born December 13, 1805; married (1) September, 1822, Robert Crit­tenden; (2) September 20, 1855,                           Reverend John Edgar of Nashville.

            75.   Sarah Thornton Morris .  Born October 19, 1807; married March 3, 1825, Eli Huston.

            76.   Harry Innes Morris.  Born January 1, 1810; married Anna Eliza Stewart ; died 1889.

            77.   William Morris.  Born November 24, 1815.

            78.   Mary Hannah Morris .  Born May 17, 1818; married (1) 1835, John L. Blaine; (2) 1857, James B. Gazzam; son, Joseph Gazzam,                born 1861.

            79.   Christine Maria Morris.  Born 1821; died 1849.

            80.   Susanna Richards Morris .  Born 1823; married 1842, Charles Reynolds.

            81.   Francis Stephen Morris.  Born 1829; died 1829.

35.   Maria-Knox Innes (Judge Harry⁴, Robert³, William², Beroald¹).  Born October 19, 1796, Franklin County, Kentucky, the daughter of Judge Harry Innes and Ann Harris Shiells; mar­ried (1) John Harris Todd (b. 1795; b. 1824), son of Justice Thomas Todd  (b. 1763; d. 1826) and Elizabeth Harris.  Elizabeth Harris was the daughter of John Harris and Hannah Stewart from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and sister of Ann Harris Shiells, who married (2) Judge Harry Innes[28].  Justice Thomas Todd was a cousin of Judge Harry Innes.  His mother, Elizabeth "Betsy" Richards, who married Rich­ard Todd of Caroline County, Virginia, was the daughter of William Bird Richards, and a niece of Catherine Richards, who married the Reverend Robert Innes and had sons Doctor Robert Innes, Judge Harry Innes and James Innes of Williamsburg.

Married (2) November 15, 1826, at Frankfort, Kentucky, John Jordan Crittenden (b. 1787; d. 1863), son of Major John Crittenden and Judith Harris of Woodford County, Kentucky.  John Jordan Crittenden served a number of terms in the state House of Representatives, was a U.S. Senator, was governor of the State of Kentucky 1848-1850, and was twice Attorney General of the United States[29].  Maria-Knox Todd was the second of his three wives.  The Crittendens lived in a brick home at the corner of Main and Washington Streets in Frankfort.

Maria-Knox (Innes) Crittenden died September 8, 1851.  She is buried beside her second husband, J.J. Crittenden, in the Frankfort Cemetery.

      Children of John Harris Todd and Maria-Knox (Innes)(Crittenden) Todd:

      +    82.   Harry Innes Todd.  Born 1818.

            83.   Elizabeth Ann Todd.   Born May 8, 1820; married March 29, 1842, William Henry Watson; died May 15, 1898.

            84.   Thomas Todd.  Born May 15, 1822; died October 10, 1823.

            85.   Catherine Lucy Todd.  Born June 20, 1824; married October 19, 1842, Thomas L. Crit­tenden; died March 13, 1895, Chicago,             Illinois.

      Children of John Jordan Crittenden and Maria-Knox (Innes )(Todd) Crittenden:

            86.   John Jordan Crittenden.  Born August 16, 1830; died October 6, 1854.

            87.   Eugene Wilkinson Crittenden.  Born July 1, 1832; married 1855, Laura Bacon; died August 1, 1874.

36.   Ann Brown Innes (James⁴, Robert³, William², Beroald¹).  Born September 10, 1785, Williams­burg, Virginia, daughter of Colonel James Innes and Elizabeth "Betsy" Cocke; married September 22, 1803, Peyton Randolph, Jr. (b. 1783; d. 1853) of Hampton-Sidney, son of Peyton Randolph of Wilton and Lucy Harrison.

      Children of Peyton Randolph, Jr. and Ann Brown (Innes) Randolph:

            88.   Lucy Randolph.

            89.   James Innes Randolph.  Born November 6, 1805; died September 28, 1863; married May 26, 1828, Susan Peyton Armistead (b.            1810; d. 1884); had 13 children.[30]

41.   Hugh Innes Patterson (Margaret MacKay⁴, Hugh³, William², Beroald¹) (Physician).  Born De­cem­ber 18, 1797, Franklin County, Virginia, the son of James Patterson and Margaret MacKay Innes; married (1) December 18, 1821, Mary Ann Wallace, Kentucky; (2) August 25, 1833, Eleanor (White) Condon (b. 1812; d. 1871), Tennessee; died October 15, 1861, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennes­see, and was buried in the Patterson Cemetery in Davidson County.[31]

      Children of Hugh Innes Patterson and Eleanor (White)(Condon) Patterson:

            90.   Margaret Innes Patterson .  Born August 22, 1834; married November 21, 1855, George Alexander Buchanan; died March 21, 1911, Lavergne, Rutherford County, Tennessee; buried Evergreen Cemetery, Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee.[32]

            91.    James G. Patterson.  Born 1838.

            92.   Everard Meade Patterson.  Born 1842; married Marcia Jane Jordan; died after 1931, Nash­ville, Tennessee.

            93.   Mary Kate Patterson .  Born 1844; married (1) 1864, Captain John Davis, Tennessee; (2) Mr. Hill ; no children.

            94.   Robert Henry Patterson.  Born 1847.

            95.   Hugh Lawson Patterson.

            96.   Charles Webb Patterson (Physician).  Married Sally Roper.

            97.   Ernest Patterson (Physician).

42.  Everard Meade Patterson  ( Margaret MacKay⁴, Hugh³, William², Beroald¹) (Physician).  Born in Franklin County, Virginia, April 19, 1800.  When a boy he went with his parents to Paris, Kentucky, where he received a collegiate education at Transylvania University.  He graduated at the medical college in Lexington in 1826, and soon thereafter came to Davidson County, Tennessee, and commenced the practice of medicine, which he continued for twenty-five years, accumulating a handsome property.

In 1850 he went to California, where he remained two years, when he returned, and from that time lived a retired life on a fine farm in the Eighth District until the war broke out.  Dr. Patterson was a man of nerve and quick perception.  What he did he did with all of his might.  When the war came he raised a company of cavalry and went with them into the Confederate army.

Dr. Patterson was twice married, —--first to Margaret Tate Miller , daughter of John B. Miller of Jessamine County, Kentucky, March 4, 1824.  She lived but a short time (died March 3, 1826;  buried in the Collier Cemetary in Sumner County, Tennessee), and the doctor married for his second wife Elizabeth Watson White  (born 1809[33], died August 5, 1898[34]), daughter of Thomas White  of Williamson County, Tennessee, November 7, 1826.  (Elizabeth White was a second cousin to Margaret Tate Miller, the first wife.)  She was born in Halifax County, Virginia.  By his second marriage he had eight children, only two of whom survived into middle age.

Dr. Patterson was a man of great energy, never considering any obstacle too great to overcome.  He was a warm, true, and devoted friend.

In politics he was a lifelong Democrat and a personal friend of Gen. Andrew Jackson .  He hated to see the union of the States broken up, but, like many others, he united his fortunes with his beloved State, and right faithfully did he serve her until he fell at the battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, January 3, 1863, at sixty-three years of age.[35]

      Children of Everard Meade Patterson and Elizabeth Watson (White) Patterson[36] ElE:

             A.  Robert Henry Patterson.    Born February 1, 1828; married October 4, 1848, Martha Ann Hooper , December 6, 1848 (died              1851); Davidson County, Tennessee; died December 6, 1858; buried Patterson Cemetary, Patterson Knob, Davidson County,               Tennessee;  issue twin girls, Mary Alice and Martha Ann, born ca. 1850; both died in infancy.

              B.  James Patterson.   Born before 1833; died at an early age.  Buried Patterson Cemetary, Patterson Knob, Davidson County,                     Tennessee.

              C.  Hugh Everard Patterson.    Born December 3, 1831, died February 4, 1851, in Panama on a trip to California with his father.                Buried Patterson Cemetary, Patterson Knob, Davidson County, Tennessee.

               D.  James Thomas Patterson.   Born November 27, 1833; married January 28, 1858, Davidson County, Tennessee, Maria Graham               McIver (daughter of John McIver  and Jane

Chapter 2

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VIRGINIA AND KENTUCKY

16.   Robert Innes (William², Beroald¹).  The EMIGRANT - born June 28, 1720, at Wester Alves in Moray, Scotland, son of William Innes and Margaret MacKay[1].

Robert was a student at the University and King's College in Aberdeen until 1740.  In his book, Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia, Bishop William Meade said that after finishing his studies at the university, Robert made a voyage to Virginia where he resided for sever­al years, and returned to Scotland in 1743/44 to complete his studies for the ministry[2].  Robert received a Master of Arts degree on August 2, 1745.  He was ordained at St. Paul's Cathedral in London on Sunday, June 14, 1747, with Edmund, Bishop of London, officiating.  On Sunday, July 5, 1747, Robert was admitted into the Holy Orders of a Priest[3].

He returned to Virginia but there are few details recorded about Reverend Robert Innes before 1754.  It is known that he married Catherine Richards and that their first son, Robert, was born in 1750.  All of the biographies about his famous second and third sons, Harry and James, give their place of birth as Caroline County, Virginia.  In 1870 his granddaughter, Elizabeth (Innes) Alexander, recalled hearing in her childhood that her grandfather (Robert) was serving as a minister in Hanover County, Virginia, when the church burned, and he lost many of his sermons and valuable papers.  Both 1754 and 1758 are given as the year that he began his ministry at Drysdale Parish.  He was the first minister to live in their new glebe.  That Robert remained at Drysdale Parish until his death in 1765 is mentioned in the records left by Donald Robertson, who had a school in the immediate vicinity of Drysdale Parish .  Master Bobbie, Master Harry and Master Jamie, the three sons of Robert and Catherine, were enrolled in his school until the time of their father's death in 1765[4].

The date of Robert's marriage to Catherine Richards is not known.  Catherine and her brothers, William Byrd Richards and John Richards, were members of Drysdale Parish.  After Robert finished his studies for the ministry at King's College in Aberdeen, several testimonials were signed by the members of Drysdale Parish and sent to Scotland, testifying to Robert's good character.  The name of John Richards appeared on one of these testimonials.  These facts indicate that Robert spent time among the members of Drysdale Parish during his first visit to Virginia, and he no doubt met his bride-to-be at that time.  Though void of any dates, a mention is made of the marriage of Robert Innes and Catherine Richards in a detailed genealogy of the Richards Family in Genealogies of Ken­tucky Families[5].  After the death of her husband in 1765, Catherine left Drysdale Parish.  According to a notice in the Virginia Gazette, December 13, 1770, Catherine was living at Beverly Park in King and Queen County, Virginia[6].

Reverend Robert Innes left a will, but a copy of it has not been located.  The fact that one did exist appeared in a Notice in the Virginia Gazette on August 8, 1766.  It read, "To be sold pursuant to the will of the Reverend Robert Innes, late of Caroline County, deceased.....".  The notice men­tioned two large tracts of land in Halifax County, Virginia, one for 2,200 acres on Panther Creek in Halifax County; the other for 5,300 acres on Fall Creek adjoining the Leatherwood Tract in the same county.  (At the time these deeds were entered in Robert's name, the County of Halifax ex­tend­ed west to the Cumberland Mountains.  Fall Creek and Leatherwood Creek are found today in Henry County, below the town of Martinsville, Virginia.)  The executors of his will were identified as Edmund Pendleton, Alexander Rose, John Richards, and Hugh Innes[7].

      Children of Robert Innes and Catherine (Richards) Innes:

21.   Robert Innes (Physician).  Born in 1750; died after 1790 census, in Ware Parish, Glou­cester County, Virginia.  Married Rebecca Lewis, daughter of Colonel Warner Lewis and Eleanor Bowles of Warner Hall, in Gloucester County[8].  No issue.

      +    22.   Harry Innes.  Born 1752.

      +    23.   James Innes.  Born 1754.

17.   Hugh Innes (William², Beroald¹).  The EMIGRANT - born August 12, 1729, Wester Alves, Moray, Scotland, son of William Innes[9] in Wester Alves and Margaret MacKay.  Hugh was a student at the University and King's College in Aberdeen from 1743 until 1747[10].  He was a law­yer by profession.

Our earliest record for Hugh in the American Colonies was in Halifax County, Virginia.  On January 16, 1758, Hugh entered a deed for 400 acres of land in Halifax County.[11]  In the absence of information prior to this date, the only possible way to link the Hugh Innes in Wester Alves, Scotland to the Hugh Innes in Halifax County, Virginia, was through his brother, the Reverend Robert Innes of Caroline County, Virginia.

The lives of the brothers passed without one recording that he was brother to the other.  It was left to their children to do this for them.  In August of 1797, the Honorable Harry Innes, son of the Reverend Robert Innes, appeared in court in Franklin County, Kentucky, to testify to a document in the handwriting of Hugh Innes.  In his testi­mony Harry said that "This deponent further says that James Parberry to whom the assignment was made, was bred up by his father who was brother to the said Hugh Innes, and afterwards lived with Hugh Innes himself."  Harry also said that "Hugh Innes was a man of very fair character, and he is convinced would not connive at or assist in either a forgery or fraud."[12]

The second occasion was an interview by John D. Shane with Robert Innes, the oldest son of Hugh Innes, conducted at Lexington, Kentucky, in 1858.  In the interview Robert said that "he was born in Henry County, Virginia, the son of Hugh Innes.  His uncle, Robert Innes, was an Episcopal Minis­ter in King and Queen County, Virginia."[13]

On August 17, 1758, Hugh Innes produced a commission to the court of Halifax as a Captain of the Halifax County Militia.[14]  His commission was based on the fact that he was a landowner in the county, with qualities of leadership, and did not reflect any previous military experience.  Sometime be­tween the years 1758 and 1761 Captain Hugh Innes led a band of men to Fort Chiswell.[15]  Fort Chiswell was a military outpost in southwestern Virginia from 1758 to 1776, and the county seat of old Montgomery County from 1776 to 1790.  A marker east of Wytheville, in Wythe County, com­memorates the site of the old fort.

      One important deed in Hugh's name was discovered in Halifax County.  On April 6, 1764, he received from the estate of Richard Randolph, deceased, of Henrico County, Virginia, 1,245 acres of land on Snow Creek.[16]  Located today in Franklin County, Virginia, Snow Creek was the area in which Hugh Innes settled and established his plantation.

Hugh Innes was among the justices sworn in at the meeting of the first court held in the newly formed Pittsylvania County, Virginia, on Friday, June 26, 1767.[17]  On the tax list for that year Hugh reported five tithables:  himself, James Parberry (his overseer), and  Negroes Juba, Peat and Keat.  He also listed 1,245 acres of land.[18]  In 1769 John Donelson, surveyor for Pittsylvania County, and Hugh Innes, lawyer, were chosen by local election to represent Pittsylvania County in the House of Burgesses.  They served from May, 1769, through May, 1774.[19]­

It was during this period of time that Hugh Innes, one of the Representatives from Pittsylvania County, was married to Hannah Eggleston of James City County.  They were married January 2, 1772, the same day that Thomas Jefferson married Martha Skelton.  News of both marriages appeared in the Virginia Gazette.[20]

After 1776 the land at Snow Creek went into Henry County, Virginia.  In August of 1779 Hugh was recommended to serve on the Commission of Peace for the county.[21]  Hugh took the oath as a Justice of the Peace in Henry County on March 25, 1784.[22]  Hugh was a resident of Henry County until Franklin County was formed out of Henry and Bedford Counties in 1786.

On June 1, 1782, Hugh received a grant for 2,000 acres of land on Elkhorn Creek, in Fin­castle County, Virginia.[23]  This land on the North Fork of the Elkhorn Creek went into Fayette County, Kentucky.  The provision was left in his will that this land was to be divided among his three youngest sons.  A letter from Judge Harry Innes to James Browning of Fayette County, dated Jan­uary 1797, shows that James Browning of Fayette County was farming the land that Hugh claimed even before the date of Hugh's death, which was in March of 1797.  There is said to be included with­in the pages of Record Book B of Fayette County, an agreement for the continuation of this lease to James Browning, by the three sons of Hugh Innes, bearing the date of January 1798, for a period of ten years.  This entry was included in the record of a long legal battle that developed in Fayette County between "the heirs of Hugh Innes, deceased, vs. John Bradford".  John Bradford was contesting Hugh's claim to the lands on North Elkhorn Creek.  The record of the lawsuit, entered September 25, 1806, in Record Book B, starts on page 274 and covers many pages.  The heirs won the case and a final division of the lands among the three sons took place on January 26, 1811.[24]

On May 20, 1786, Thomas Arthur of Franklin County, Virginia, wrote to Governor Patrick Henry objecting to the appointment of Hugh Innes as Colonel of the militia of Franklin County.  Arthur based his opposition on "Hugh's age, his being inactive, and never shewd his friendship to the commonwealth in our last war (the American Revolution)".[25]  Hugh was appointed Colonel of the Franklin County Militia in July of 1786, and served for two years.[26]

The Will of Hugh Innes was written December 28, 1796, and probated in April of 1797.[27] From the exclusion of his wife, Hannah, we know that she died prior to the writing of the will.  With the children named and provided for, the only subject left to consider is the name Sarah Turley, who is mentioned in both Item 4 and Item 5 of the will.  (The Will of Hugh Innes - Appendix B)

The Last Will and Testament of Peter Turley, probated in Henry County in February of 1782, mentioned his wife, Sarah, as one of his two executors.  He also named two sons and a son-in-law, Owen Hunt.[28]  Considering that Hugh was a man of advanced years, with a family that included young children, the widow Sarah Turley may have been employed to help with the care and raising of the children.  Her help would have been especially critical if the death of Hannah occurred at a much earlier time.

      Children of Hugh Innes and Hannah (Eggleston) Innes:

      +    24.   Robert Innes.  Born 1772.

25.   Beroald Innes.  Born ca. 1774; died 1818/19, Franklin County, Virginia; unmarried.  His estate was divided among his remaining brothers and sisters.[29] 

      +    26.   Margaret M. Innes.  Born ca. 1776.

      +    27.   Hugh Innes.  Born 1778.

      +    28.   James Innes.  Born 1782.

      +    29.   Harry E. Innes.  Born 1784/86.

30.   Elizabeth E. Innes.  Born 1786/88.  Went to Fayette County, Kentucky with James and Margaret Patterson in 1811; living in Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1825.

22.   Harry Innes (Robert³, William², Beroald¹) was born January 15, 1752, in Caroline County, Virginia, the son of Reverend Robert Innes and Catherine Richards. 

Harry married first, October 7, 1775, Elizabeth Callaway, daughter of James Callaway and Sarah Tate of Bedford County, Virginia.  Elizabeth Callaway died December 26, 1790, in Mercer County, Kentucky.[30] 

He married second, February 10, 1792, Ann Harris, the widow of Dr. Hugh Shiells.  Ann was born November 9, 1760, the daughter of John Harris and Hannah Stewart, who came to Kentucky from Bucks County, Pennsylvania.  Ann died May 12, 1851.[31]

Harry received his earliest education at the Donald Robertson School in Caroline County.  One of his classmates was (President) James Madison.  It is recorded that Harry studied law under a Mr. Rose.  This was probably Alexander Rose, who lived at Grantswood in King George County, and served as a lawyer in King George and surrounding counties.[32]  Alexander Rose was one of the four executors named in the will of Reverend Robert Innes. 

Having received his license to practice law in Virginia in September of 1772, Harry lived first in Caroline County and later moved to Bedford County in the western part of the state.  During the American Revolution, Harry had charge of the Chipil Lead Mines and Powder Mill in Bedford County, which were the sources of supplies for the Virginia Continental Troops.[33]

One of his earliest clients in the Virginia courts was his uncle, Hugh Innes (17), of Pittsylvania County.  This early association between Harry Innes and his uncle was referred to when Harry ap­pear­ed in court in Frankfort, Kentucky in August of 1797 to testify to a document in the hand­writ­ing of Hugh Innes.[34]  Hugh had passed away the spring before and Harry Innes of Kentucky was named as one of the executors in Hugh's will.

In 1785 Harry was elected Attorney General for the western district of Virginia.  He moved to Kentucky and settled at Danville, in Lincoln County.  In 1787 Harry was appointed the first U.S. Judge for Kentucky by President George Washington.  When Kentucky became a state in 1792 the seat of government was moved to Frankfort.  Harry continued to hold the office of U.S. Judge for Kentucky until his death September 9, 1816.[35]  He was buried at his home, Cedar Hill, near Frankfort, Kentucky.

Ann Innes, the widow of Judge Harry Innes, sold Cedar Hill on March 20, 1818, reserving one acre for the cemetery.[36]  She was eventually buried at Cedar Hill beside her husband.  In 1891 both of them were reinterred in the Frankfort Cemetery.

      Children of Harry Innes and Elizabeth (Callaway) Innes:

      +    31.   Sarah Innes.   Born September 13, 1776.

      +    32.   Katherine Eliza Innes.   Born May 9, 1779.

      +    33.   Elizabeth Innes.  Born September 23, 1785.

      +    34.   Ann Innes.  Born April 6, 1787.

      Child of Harry Innes and Ann (Harris Shiells) Innes:

      +    35.   Maria-Knox Innes.   Born October 19, 1796.

23.   James Innes (Robert³, William², Beroald¹) born 1754, in Caroline County, Virginia, youngest son of Reverend Robert Innes and Catherine Richards; married about 1778 to Elizabeth "Betsy" Cocke, daughter of James Cocke of Williamsburg.[37] 

James had his early schooling at the Donald Robertson School in Caroline County, Virginia.  In 1770 James entered the College of William and Mary at Williamsburg, with Edmund Pendleton pay­ing his bill.[38]  After the completion of his studies in 1773, James remained at the college as an usher until the beginning of the Revolution.  It is believed that during this time he was studying law under George Wythe.   His involvement in the American Revolution caused him to neglect his duties as usher and he was dismissed.  Twelve years later, the Visitors of the college elected him as their Rector.[39]

While a student at William and Mary, James was a member of the Flat Hat Club.  A forerunner of the American fraternity system, the Flat Hat Club was formed at the college on November 11, 1750.[40]  It was most active in the 1770's when it united James Innes and his Williamsburg friends in friendship, mirth and conviviality, science and charity.[41]  The society folded during the Revolu­tion, and apparently was never revived.

In 1775, Captain James Innes was ordered by the House of Burgesses to organize a volunteer company of men in the city of Williamsburg to guard the public magazine.[42]  In February of 1776, the Virginia Gazette mentions that he was chosen captain of an artillery company at Williamsburg, Virginia.  By the following November James appeared as a lieutenant colonel.  As a lieutenant col­on­el of the 15th Virginia Regiment and sometime aide to Washington, James served at Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth before resigning his commission.[43]  James retired from the service in 1778, wanting to practice law and wed Betsy Cocke.  At the request of General Washington, James returned to his military activities.  As Colonel James Innes, he raised a home regiment which he commanded at the Battle of Yorktown, the final engagement of the war.

After the war James Innes turned to the practice of law in Richmond and the county courts of tidewater Virginia.  He represented Williamsburg in the House of Delegates for the years 1780-82, 1785-86, and 1786-87.  In the Constitutional Convention of 1788, James was chosen by the friends of the Constitution to make the final appeal for its adoption.  In appearance he was said to be a man six feet tall, and so heavily built he could not sit in a common chair, or ride an ordinary horse.  His vast size imparted dignity to his manner, and his majestic yet modulated voice, his occasionally ve­hement action, and his nervous, graceful style was incredibly moving.  It is said that Patrick Henry, the spokesman of the opposition at the Convention, in paying tribute to his eloquence, said that his speech was "magnificent......fit to shake the human mind".[44] 

On November 23, 1786, the General Assembly elected James Innes to succeed Edmund Ran­dolph as Attorney General of Virginia.  He held the office for ten years when ill health forced him to resign.[45]

In 1796 President Washington gave James Innes the assignment as a United States Commissioner, under Jay's Treaty.  His salary was one thousand pounds a year.  He was to work with Thomas Fitz­simmons of Pennsylvania, to negotiate the details of damages awarded to citizens under Act VI of Jay's Treaty.[46]  James was in Philadelphia, fulfilling this assignment when he died August 2, 1798.  He was buried in the Christ Church Cemetery, in Philadelphia, near the grave of Benjamin Franklin.  His marker reads "James Innes, Esq. of Virginia".[47]

For most of his adult life James lived at Williamsburg.  His first house, on Prince George Street, was advertised for sale in July of 1779.  A later home in the York County section of Williamsburg, at the corner of Waller and York Streets, was purchased by him in April of 1785.[48]  James also had property at Yarmouth, on the Chickahominy River, which was sold by his son-in-law, Peyton Ran­dolph, Jr., in 1805, for his widow, Elizabeth Innes.[49]

The last Will and Testament of James Innes, dated March 20, 1798, was annexed to a deed from Elizabeth, his widow, to Harry Innes of Kentucky.  She appointed Harry Innes her attorney to sell her lands in Kentucky.  The deed was recorded at Williamsburg August 4, 1800; and by the Kentucky Court of Appeals July 21, 1801.[50]

      Child of James Innes and Elizabeth(Cocke) Innes:

      +    36.   Ann Brown Innes.   Born 1785.

24.   Robert Innes (Hugh³, William², Beroald¹), born 1772, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, son of Hugh Innes and Hannah Eggleston.  Married (1) January 5, 1798, Tabitha, daughter of Captain George Boyd of Halifax County, Virginia[51].  Tabitha died in Fayette County, Kentucky in July, 1845.  Notice of her death appeared in the Lexington newspaper, The Observer and Register, July 19, 1845.  Robert married (2) April 14, 1847, Catherine A. Conn, the daughter of James Conn and Catherine Webb of Fayette County, Kentucky.

Robert was twenty-four at the time of his father's death in 1797.  He was one of the executors named in his father's will and was left the plantation as a portion of his inheritance.  He became in­volv­ed in local government and served as a Representative of Franklin County in the Virginia House of Delegates in the years 1803-1804 and 1808-1810[52].  This was followed by service in the War of 1812.  Robert served with the rank of lieutenant colonel in the 7th Virginia Militia.  For this Robert receiv­ed a pension (#WC-7692)[53].

In November, 1826, Robert sold most of his land in Franklin County, Virginia, and moved to Fay­­ette County, Kentucky[54].  By December 20 of that year Robert was in Fayette County, when he bought a tract of land at a commissioner's sale[55].  Robert bought a house on 2nd Street in Lexington May 1, 1858[56].   He continued to live there until his death December 15, 1865.  He owned a 225 acre farm in Henry County, which his wife, Catherine, deeded to their daughter, Martha A. Gist[57].  Cather­ine continued to live on 2nd Street until her death January 30, 1897.  Both are buried in the Lex­ing­ton Cemetery.

      Children of Robert Innes and  Catherine (Conn) Innes:

37.   Catherine Lucy Innes.  Born 1848; died 1877; married February 6, 1867, Alexander Hamilton Adams (b. 1842; d. 1879); buried Lexington Cemetery.

38.   Martha A. Innes.<