SNAPP, John

1746 - 1818  (72 years)

• Name	SNAPP, John  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Born	1746	Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Died	9 Oct 1818	Green County, Tennesse
  Buried	Washington, Colorado, Tennesse
  Person ID	I3256	Uriah Davis I - Genealogy
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2018

  
  

  Father	SNAPP, Lawrence,   b. 1723, Mulhausen, Alsace ,   d. Jun 1782, Frederick Parish, Shenandoah County, Virginia  (Age 59 years)
  Mother	STEPHENS, Margaret,   b. Abt 1725,   d. 1801, Shenandoah County, Virginia.  (Age ~ 76 years)
  Married	Abt 1745	Opequeon, Frederick County, Virginia.
  Family ID	F852	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	WENDELL, Anna Maria,   b. Abt 1750, Virginia ,   d. 15 Mar 1829, Washington County, Tennesse  (Age ~ 79 years)
  Married	1770	Strausburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia
  Children	1. SNAPP, Joseph,   b. 17 Jun 1771, Strausburg, Virginia. ,   d. 12 Dec 1847, Slanesville, Hampshire County, West Virginia  (Age 76 years)   2. SNAPP, Susannah,   b. 14 May 1772, Frederick County, Virginia ,   d. 1836  (Age 63 years)   3. SNAPP, Margaret,   b. 8 Jun 1775, Frederick County, Virginia ,   d. 1836, Rockingham County, Virginia  (Age 60 years)   4. SNAPP, Catharine,   b. 1776, Frederick County, Virginia ,   d. 1803  (Age 27 years)   5. SNAPP, John,   b. 1788, Rockingham County, Virginia ,   d. 7 Aug 1830, Green County, Tennesse  (Age 42 years)
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2018
  Family ID	F1090	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  John was a Tax collector for Lord Fairfax. - He sold horses to George Washington. - He purchased a 694 acre plantation on Mill Creek, Rockingham County, Virginia (named Meadow View) July 26, 1793. - 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). - On Aug. 27, 1778 Gov. Patric Henry authorized him to serve and qualify as a Justice in Shenandoah Co., Virginia. - In May 1782 he was named as a trustee of Woodstock. - By 1789 John was listed as one of the largest land owners in Rockingham Co., Virginia, with 629 Acres. - In 1790 he owned a tavern at Mill Creek, Rockingham Co., Virginia. - 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. - By October 20, 1814, he purchased 296 acres for $1,000 on both sides of Limestone Creek, Washington County, Tennessee, near Greene County. - He purchased an additional 275 acres and in February 1815, and sold 352 acres for $18,500. - John's will is recorded in Washington Co., Tennesse.

  
  

• Sources

  [S24] Washington Co., Tennesse Will, October 1818. [S25] Revolutionary War Records of Virginia, Brumbaugh, p 601. [S26] Virginai Valley Records, by Wayland, pp 9, 19, 309. [S27] DAR Application, by Pearl Snapp Bailey. [S28] The Heartland, Rockingham Co., by N. Hess, 1976, pp 327, 328.