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Note: Write up with Trial Chart of the Descendants of Francis Poythress Prepar ed April 1977 by R. Bolling Batte found in Virginia State Library, Archiv es Division Accession Number 29493 transcribed by John M. Poythress:
211 24 Patrick Henry Poythress
( - 1824), m. Mary Elizabeth Eppes (1785 - 1822), daughter of Peterson Ep pes of Dinwiddie County. It might be supposed that P. H. P. was named f or the famous orator, it having been a popular custom in that period to na me children in honor of persons prominent in the affairs of the times. Act ually, this Patrick was named for his own great-grandfather, the Rev. Patr ick Henry who was an uncle of the orator.
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From Barbara P. Neal
In the January 1972, Vol. X, Issue No.1, "Virginia Genealogical Society
Quarterly" (long out of print) is an article (pp. 3-13) entitled
"Unrecorded Wills of Dinwiddie County" which was "contributed by Mrs. E.B.
Short, Dinwiddie, Virginia 23841." The article has no introductory notes,
and no notes following the transcribed wills. Presumably these unrecorded
wills were found by Mrs. Short at the Dinwiddie County, Virginia Courthous e.
The following transcription is on the bottom of p.5 of the above-mentioned
article (with spelling, capitalization, sentence structure & punctuation a s
shown in the article):
PATRICK POYTHRESS
I Patrick Poythress being of sound mind and lawful age, do ordain the following to be my Last Will and Testament.
In the first place, I give unto my loving wife Elizabeth, during her widowhood all the Estate I now have, or may hereafter have, but in case of
her marriage I then give it equally to be divided between my children. I
appoint Mr. [illegible] to be my Executor.
P. H. Poythress Witnesses: Archibald Epps Arthur Johnston M. L. Drinkard [Note on back of this will states it was written 12 August 1818]
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