Nancy Jane McCarty

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• Name: Nancy Jane (m. Bauguess) Fitzhugh

Nancy married Richard Bauguess in 1775 in Shelburne Parish, Loudoun, Virginia, USA. Richard was born on 12 Jun 1735 in , Fairfax, Virginia, USA; died in 1821 in Traphill, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Frances "Fannie" Bauguess was born in 1773 in , Loudoun, Virginia, USA; died in Jun 1847 in Galax, Grayson, Virginia, USA.
2. Samuel James Bauguess, Sr was born in 1775 in , Loudoun, Virginia, USA; died in 1860 in Traphill, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA.
3. Robert Bauguess was born on 12 Jun 1776 in , Loudoun, Virginia, USA; died in 1872 in , Wilkes, North Carolina, USA.
4. William Richard Baugus was born in 1779 in , Loudoun, Virginia, USA; died in Jul 1847 in , Lewis, Tennessee, USA.
5. Bryant Bauguess was born in 1780 in , Loudoun, Virginia, USA; died on 16 Jun 1835 in , Shelby, Tennessee, USA.
6. Jane "Jennie" Bauguess was born on 20 Oct 1783 in Traphill, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; died on 6 Feb 1854 in Traphill, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA.
7. Henry Bauguess was born in 1784 in , Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; died in 1840 in , Wilkes, North Carolina, USA.
8. John Bauguess was born on 10 Apr 1788 in , Loudoun, Virginia, USA; died on 6 Mar 1847 in , Maury, Tennessee, USA.
9. Vincent Bauguess was born on 26 Dec 1789 in , Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; died on 3 Jan 1884 in , Wilkes, North Carolina, USA.

Notes:

McCarty History in Virginia:
One of the nearest and most intimate friends of the McCartys was George Mason of Gunston Hall in Fairfax County. Mason is an historic figure in the political movements of his day and is described as "one of the greatest men of a great period." He was the author of the "Declaration of Rights" and the Constitution of Virginia, and is familiarly known as "The Father of States' Rights." Colonel Daniel McCarty and George Mason were keen sportsmen, and Dogue's Neck, part of the Mason estate, was long famous for its native deer and wild fowl, and the neighboring gentry often were guests at the hospitable mansion of the Masons and in hunting parties and other social events of the time. In 1778, Daniel, son of Daniel and Sinah (Ball) McCarty, married Sarah, daughter of George Mason, and William T. Mason, son of George, married Sarah McCarty. Daniel, Jr., was also known as "Colonel," and after their marriage the young couple settled at Cedar Grove. Kate Mason Rowland, in her Life of George Mason, thus refers to Cedar Grove: "The McCarty place has gone out of the family of its original owners. It is beautifully situated on Pohick Creek. Its lovely water views from its commanding position on high ground almost entirely surrounded by the Creek, are its chief attraction now, but in former days, with its lawns, its orchards and its shrubberies, it must have made a delightful residence. The family burial ground at Cedar Grove is perhaps a half mile from the house in a dense grove of oaks and poplars. Bending back the thick branches in this Druid-like solitude and stooping over fallen trees, one finds three graves with their gray mosscovered stones, marking the spots where rest Dennis McCarty and his grandson, Daniel McCarty, with the wife of the latter, who was the daughter of George Mason. Colonel Daniel McCarty, the elder, the friend and contemporary of George Mason, was buried at Mount Airy, another family seat of the McCartys.

That portion of his estate in Stafford County which Daniel, the Speaker, bequeathed to his son, Dennis, having been subject to entail, the latter's descendants regarded it as a hardship that they were precluded by the terms of the will from disposing of it as they chose. This matter was the subject of discussion between Daniel McCarty and George Washington, and among the Washington papers at the Library of Congress there is a letter from Daniel McCarty dated December 6, 1769, addressed to "George Washington Esq. at Williamsburg," which reads as follows:

"I send you by Mr. Peirce Bayly the Deeds made by me and my wife to Mr. Chichester and Likewise them from him and his wife to me, as also my Grandfather's will, Wherein you will find in the 3rd. Page how he gave the Land. Fairfax County was then Stafford, and by looking over the Will you may see some hardships which my father was laid under more than either of my Brothers. My wife's father's will I have not, neither is it in my Power to get it at this time, it being on the Records of Lancaster, but you may see by the Deeds made to Mr. Chichester in what manner it was Given which I hope will be sufficient. We have at last had a Vestry to lay the Parish Levy which is Sixty three per Pole 34900 being Levy'd Towards Paying for the Church and by those very Gentlemen who was so much against it formerly. Mrs. Posey & old Mrs. Johnston are both dead within two or three Days of each other. You will remember that I informed you that I have near Six thousand acres of Land more which is all intailed, being in the County of Loudoun, and I must beg your care of the Papers now sent. My Wife joins me in our Compliments to your Self, Mrs. Washington and Miss Patey, hopeing to see you all Return in Good Health, And I remain with great esteem

Dr Sr yr most obet Hble Servt
Daniel McCarty."

It is evident that upon Washington's return from Williamsburg the question was again discussed, and that it was decided that McCarty should seek relief from the legislature by securing the passage of an act canceling the entail, which process was known as "docking the entail." The Journals of the House of Burgesses under date of December 12, 1769, contain this entry:

"A Petition of Daniel McCarty was presented to the House, and read, setting forth that the Petitioner is seized in Fee Tail under the Will of Daniel McCarty his Grandfather, of 2000 Acres of Land in the Parish of Truro, and County of Fairfax, and is seized in Fee Simple of 1000 Acres of Land in the County of Fauquier, purchased of Richard Chichester and Sarah his Wife, and that it will be to the advantage of the Petr and those claiming in Remainder if the Intail of the said 2000 Acres of Land in Fairfax was docked and the said 1000 Acres of Land in Fauquier, with nine valuable Slaves, settled in Lieu thereof, and therefore praying that an Act may pass for that Purpose."

Thereupon, it was "Ordered that leave be given to bring in a Bill pursuant to the prayer of the said Petition," and it is with considerable interest that we note that the two persons who were "ordered" by the House "to prepare and bring in the same" were George Washington and Richard Henry Lee. 21 On the following day there is an entry in the Journals, reading: "George Washington, member of the House from Fairfax County, presented a Bill to dock the Intail of certain Lands whereof Daniel McCarty is seized and for settling other Lands and Slaves to the same Uses," and the bill was passed by the House on December 19, 1769.

Daniel married Ann Mary Lee on 27 May 1719 in Farnham, Richmond, Virginia, USA. Ann (daughter of Colonel Richard Henry Lee, II and Laetitia Corbin) was born on 5 Jan 1683 in Mt Pleasant, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA; died on 12 Jan 1732 in Eagles Nest, King George, Virginia, USA; was buried in , King George, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Anne McCarty

Dennis married Elizabeth Billington in 1668 in Old Rappahannock, Richmond, Virginia, USA. Elizabeth was born in 1654 in Richmond, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA; died on 3 Apr 1717 in Farnham, Richmond, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]