SNAPP, Robert

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Joseph was from Fauquire co., Virginia and came to Hampshire county about the time of the Revolutionary period or shortly after. He acquired a large tract of land at the Gore district, southwest of Slanesville, adjoining the Millesons, Ullerys and others. The source states that the Snapps were modest in demeanor but well-bred and thrifty.
(Capon Valley Pioneers and descendants, Vol. II, Chapter XII, Pages 334-335).
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Joseph appears on the 1830 Hampshire Co., VA (now W.VA) census, with 6 males and 4 females.
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Joseph appears on the 1840 Hampshire Co., VA (now W.VA) census, with 2 males and 1 female.
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Joseph lived close to the old Salem Church near Slanes Crossroads, Hampshire Co., Virginia (now W. V A). The Salem Methodist Church grounds were donated by Joseph. Many Snapps are buried at these grounds and about 1 mile away behind an old Snapp home.
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Joseph's Will was made on March 16, 1846, and proved December 27, 1847. In it he names his wife Margaret and 9 children;
1. James Cravens
2. Cynthia
3. Dianna Allin
4. John
5. Robert
6. William
7. Rhoda
8. Joseph
9. Maria
Also named is Adam Smith who receives land in Hampshire Co.
Wittiness's were; William and Nancy Waters, Thomas Spicer, David Henderson, and John Cunningham.

Joseph married CRAVENS, Margaret 4 Oct 1793, Rockingham County, West Virginia. Margaret (daughter of CRAVENS, John and HIETT, Margaret) was born 26 Aug 1775, Augusta, West Virginia; died 19 Mar 1850, Slanesville, Hampshire County, West Virginia; was buried , Slanesville, West Virginia. [Group Sheet]

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Margaret's Will:
February 26, 1848,
Proved April 27, 1850.
Widow of Joseph Snapp,
3 children:
1. James C. Snapp
2. Cynthia Jane Snapp
3. Joseph Snapp
Exec. Margaret Wolverton (Dau)
Witnesses:
William Heiskell
David Henderson
A. Monroe
James Cunningham

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John was a Tax collector for Lord Fairfax.
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He sold horses to George Washington.
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He purchased a 694 acre plantation on Mill Creek, Rockingham County, Virginia (named Meadow View) July 26, 1793.
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John Snapp was a Revolutionary War soldier (as were most of his brothers), in Captain John Tipton's Company of Dunmore, Shenandoah County, Virginia Militia, with the rank of Ensign (see Revolutionary War Records - Virginia by Brumbaugh).
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On Aug. 27, 1778 Gov. Patric Henry authorized him to serve and qualify as a Justice in Shenandoah Co., Virginia.
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In May 1782 he was named as a trustee of Woodstock.
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By 1789 John was listed as one of the largest land owners in Rockingham Co., Virginia, with 629 Acres.
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In 1790 he owned a tavern at Mill Creek, Rockingham Co., Virginia.
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In 1791 John Snapp & George Houston (uncle to Sam Houston) were among the trustees for the establishment of a new town called Keisell's Town.
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By October 20, 1814, he purchased 296 acres for $1,000 on both sides of Limestone Creek, Washington County, Tennessee, near Greene County.
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He purchased an additional 275 acres and in February 1815, and sold 352 acres for $18,500.
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John's will is recorded in Washington Co., Tennesse.

John married WENDELL, Anna Maria 1770, Strausburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia. Anna (daughter of WENDELL, Christophel and BRUMBACH, Catherine) was born Abt 1750, Virginia; died 15 Mar 1829, Washington County, Tennesse. [Group Sheet]

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John was a 1748 Tax Collector for Augusta Co., Virginia He lived at Cooks Creek Virginia.

From Sussex Co.DE, Abt 1739 to Augusta Co. VA (later named Rockingham Co.).
John and Margaret made their home on Cook's Creek about 4 miles from Thomas Harrison's place.

Settlers by the Long Grey Trail; pg. 261
John Cravens married, sometime between 1758 and 1762, Margaret, the widow of William Dyer. On 15th September, 1758, Henry Smith signed Thomas Fulton's bond as security for Margaret Dyer. Following her marriage to John Cravens the latter assigned the bond to his father Robert.
(Augusta Court Judgements, October, 1765, D; Henry Smith vs. Samuel Cowden.)

In 1762, "John Cravens and Margaret his wife, late Margaret Dyer administratrix of William Dyer, deceased," brought a bill of complaint vs. Charles Wilson, regarding payment of a bond of Wilson to Dyer, dated 24th December, 1752.
(August Court Judgements A, 1762.)

On the 20th March, 1765, Cravens was appointed guardian of Roger and John Dyer, "infant orphans of William Dyer, deceased."
(Order Book 9, p. 248).

John Cravens, (1722-1778), the eldest son of Capt. Robert Cravens, and wife Mary, was born in Sussex County, Delaware, and brought, in childhood, by his parents to Augusta, later Rockingham County, Virginia, about 1739. About 1759 he married Margaret Dyer, the widow of William, and daughter of John and Margaret Hiatt.
(Settlers by the Long Grey Trail; pg. 342)

John and Margaret Cravens made their home on Cook's Creek, some four miles southwest of "Thomas Harrison's", near a place called Fishers Spring.

In addition to his home plantation, he also acquired land in the old Linville Creek community, through the death of his father. At the time of his own death in 1778, he was a large landowner of the county. He died intestate.

John married HIETT, Margaret 1759. Margaret (daughter of HIETT, John and WILSON, Rachel) was born 1727; died 1826, Rockingham County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

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She furnished supplies during the Revolutionary War in Nov. 1781.

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In 1733 at the age of 10, Lawrence Snapp came to Pennsylvania with his parents, aboard the Ship Samuel from Rotterdam.
He moved with the family to Opequon, Virginia.
Lawrence married Margaretha Steffen (Margaret Stephens) in about 1745. She was the daughter of Peter Steffen. The new couple lived at Stephensburg (Stephens City) in Frederick Co., Virginia for a number of years.
On May 3, 1760, Lawrence Snapp bought three lots from Lewis Stephens (Margaret's brother) for 10 Lb. three; lot number 16 containing 1/2 acre, and lot numbers 68 and 97 of 5 acres each, all in the town of Stephensburg. Lot 16 was at Fairfax and German Streets; lot 68 was on Squirrel Lane; lot 97 was on Rabbit Lane. All were part of a 424 acre tract obtained by Lewis Stephens from Peter Stephens deed dated May 2 or 3, 1755. Peter Stephens secured the land in a tract of 674 acres patented to him October 3, 1734.
In about 1764 the family moved to the old Funk home at the mouth of Tumbling Run, just south of Strasburg, in what is now Shenandoah County. Lawrence was active in the Strasburg Lutheran Church and served as an elder in the congregation.
He became a merchant of general supplies, and his business was moderately successful at the beginning of the Revolution.
From 1776 to 1778, he and three sons lived and worked in Philadelphia where, according to local history in Shenandoah County, it is believed they sold supplies to the Continental Army at Valley Forge, and New Jersey. They may have known Baron von Steuben.
He made large profits, and returned home, in 1780.
Lawrence was listed as a Vestryman, and was involved with the creation of the Shenandoah Co, Committee of Safety.
He was a Patriot in the Revolutionary War (Captain of the Shenandoah County Militia), and a patriot aid to George Washington's Army.
All his children were named in his will. (Research Notes of Daniel W. Bly, Strasburg, Virginia). Lawrence must have done exceptionally well financially, for in his will he bequeaths more than 2,600 acres of land to his wife (her name is not mentioned) and his ten children all of whom he names.

Will of Lawrence Snapp, Shenandoah County, Virginia will Book A, 1772-1784, p. 420

In the name of God, Amen. I, Lawrence Snapp of the County of Frederick, State of Virginia, being sound of memory although in a weak state of health, think it proper to make my last will and Testament, in the following manner.
First, I give to my beloved wife one third of the plantation I now live on, the use of one half the dwelling house, that part on the left hand coming in at the front door, next unto the mill, together with the Negro woman named Hannah, also the saddle she usually makes use of and the choice of beds and furniture thereto belonging.
Second, I order and direct my personal estate, including my Negroes and the one given my wife after her death (and her children if any), be sold for ready money, also my lot of land in Woodstock purchased of William Slaughter, be divided in eleven parts, one part thereof to my wife, and the other remaining ten parts to my ten children, share and share alike.
Item. I give to my son John Snapp and his heirs and assigns forever the tract of land whereon he now lives which I purchased of R. Campbell.
Item. I give and devise to my son Lawrence Snapp his heirs and assigns forever, the tract of land containing 419 acres, some laid off lately by Jacob Rinker and for which I have obtained a deed from the
proprietors office excepting 45 acres or thereabouts which is surveyed and returned to the proprietors office but may be obtained for the same occasion by the death of Lord Fairfax.
Item. I give and devise to son Peter Snapp his heirs and assigns forever, a tract of land containing 400 acres being the same whereon the mill stands, lately laid off by Jacob Rinker, Jr., but devise subject to the condition of grinding all the grain his mother shall occasion for herself and for during her natural life toll free.
Item. I give and devise to my son Phillip Snapp and his heirs and assigns forever, a tract of land containing 430 acres as the same as lately laid off by Jacob Rinker and is the same son Phillip now lives on.
Item. I give and devise to my son Joseph Snapp, his heirs and assigns forever one half of a moiety land I purchased of Samuel Vance which moiety contains 200 acres and where said Samuel Vance formerly lived.
Item. I give and devise to my son Abraham Snapp his heirs and assigns forever the other half of moiety of said tract containing 200 acres being that part John Vance formerly lived on.
Item. I give and devise to my son Jacob Snapp and his heirs and assigns forever a tract of land containing 548 acres being same more or less Tract of land of 1791 as lately surveyed by Jacob Rinker being part which dwelling house and subject to the devise before mentioned to my wife.
Item. I give and devise to my daughter Christian, wife of Michael Speagle and to her heirs and assigns 264 acres of land, being one half of moiety of tract I purchased of John Magill, attained in fact of John Gibson and others of the City of Philadelphia and same lately laid off by Jacob Rinker.
Item. I give and devise to my daughter Margaret, wife of Henry Kellar to her heirs and assigns forever the other half as moiety of the last half mentioned tract of land containing 264 acres.
Item. I give and devise to my daughter Susannah Snapp and to her heirs and assigns forever 413 acres of land purchased of William Wadlington 190 acres part thereof now in possession of John Buck and for the recovery of which I have now brought an ejectment in the Court of Shenandoah and in case same should not be determined in my favor then I give out of my personal estate before same is divided to my said daughter Susannah the sum of 100 pounds specie in lieu thereof and do direct that prosecution of suit be supported out of my personal estate.
Item. I do direct in case any of my children should die before they come of age and unmarried their part of my estate shall to and pass to the survivors of them and their heirs and assigns forever.
I appoint my son John Snapp and my son-in-law Michael Speagle executors, giving to each 25 pounds for their trouble and expense.

5 April 1782 Lorentz Schnepp
Witnesses: John Crookshanks [signed in German]
George Kellar
Matthew Zipering

Lawrence married STEPHENS, Margaret Abt 1745, Opequeon, Frederick County, Virginia.. Margaret (daughter of STEPHENS, Peter and CHRISTINA, Maria) was born Abt 1725; died 1801, Shenandoah County, Virginia.. [Group Sheet]

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Will of Margaret Snapp, wife of Lawrence Snapp who died in 1801. Will Book E, 1796-1802 of Shenandoah County, Virginia.

In the name of God, Amen. I Margaret Snapp, widow of Lawrence Snapp deceased of Shenandoah County and State of Virginia, being weak in body but of sound mind and memory thanks be to God, think proper to make this my last will and testament in the following manner, that is to say, My Will and desire is that all my Estate which I shall be possessed of at the day of my decease or may be entitled to in any manner or right or title of rights, I do give and bequeath the same in the following manner and herein mentioned, and just I do give all my wearing apparels or clothings unto my daughters, i.e. one half to Margaret, wife of Henry Keller, and the other half to Susanna, wife of John Harr, further I give all the rest and residue of my Estate unto all my children sons and daughters (the children of Christina and Michael Speigels to have one child's Share divided equally among them, and the children of Joseph Snapp to have one child's share divided equally among them, and the children of Peter Snapp to have one child's share divided equally among them, and every one of the rest to have an equal share, my clothes above mentioned excepted whatever I do other and direct convenient by the Executors here named and appointed after my funeral expenses and charges first being lawfully discharged and I do hereby nominate and appoint my son Phillip Snapp and son-in-law Henry Keller and John Harr to be my sole Executors of this my last will and testament. In witness thereof I have here into set my hand and seal this ninth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and one.

Signed and published and declared by the testatrix as her last will and testament in the presence of us . .

Isaac Miller Margaret Snapp mark\
Jacob Funk

Page 447 Deed Book E

At a court continued and held for the county of Shenandoah on Tuesday the 14th day of July 1801 This last will and testament of Margaret Snapp deceased was exhibited to the court by Phillip Snapp on of the executors therein named and proved by the oaths of Isaac Miller and Jacob Funk. Witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded And on motion of the said Phillip Snapp he having made oath and together with John Harr his security intered into and acknowledged their bond in the penalty of fifteen hundred dollars conditioned as the law directs a probate thereof in due form is granted him, John Harr one of the Executors mentioned in the said will refusing to qualify.

Test
_______ P. Williams Ct. H.

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Immigrated in 1732, probably on the ship "Samuel".

Christophel — BRUMBACH, Catherine. [Group Sheet]

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Captain Robert Cravens was likely a son of Joseph Cravens of Lewes Town, Delaware, who in turn was likely the son of the immigrant Richard Cravens who came to New Jersey in 1690.

Robert and Mary (Harrison) Cravens were among the earliest settlers in Harrisonburg, Virginia (named for her family).

Robert was commissioned a Gentleman Justice for the Court of Augusta Co.,VA.

He was twice appointed Land Appraiser and overseer of roads and surveyor of Augusta Co., Virginia.

Robert died while the French and Indian war was raging in the colonies, but not of wounds.

Two of Robert & Mary's boys fought in the Revolution. Mary provisioned the Continental Army after Roberts death.

Robert's will apportioned several hundred acres and many slaves to his wife and 9 children.

Robert married HARRISON, Mary 1721, Sussex, Delaware. Mary (daughter of HARRISON, Isaiah and WRIGHT, Elizabeth) was born 25 May 1696, Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York; died 1781. [Group Sheet]

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John "of the Hampshire and colony of Virginia" (as he was called in his Will).
He came from Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania and purchased land on April 17, 1737, on Opecquon Creek and Sandy Ridge, He was among the first white settler in the region. He married Margaret and purchased 200 acres of land from Thomas and Elizabeth Green on September 4, 1764, in what was then known as Frederick Co., Virginia.

John married WILSON, Rachel Bucks, Pennsylvania, Unites States. Rachel (daughter of WILSON, Thomas and Rachel) was born 28/28 Feb 1697/1698, Kendal, Westmoreland, England; died 1746, Frederick County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]