Richard Joel Farthing^[1]

1735 - 1826  (91 years)

• Name	Richard Joel Farthing  [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	8 Apr 1735	Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA   [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1777	Mansfield, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
  	Lived in this house until 1777. This house was where the first court was held on 23 Jan 1777. On 1 Jan 1777 the county was divided and assumed its current boundaries. It was ordered that Pittsylvania court be held at Richard Farthing's house until the justices selected a location and built a courthouse. The previous court to this was at Callands. Court was soon moved to Cherrystone Meeting House Spring off Whittle Street in Chatham. In 1783 a new courthouse was built up the hill from the spring, where Chatham Baptist Church now stands.
  Residence	1782	, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA   [5]
  Residence	1785	, , Virginia, USA   [2]
  Death	26 Jun 1826	Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
  Person ID	I13032	Master
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2019

  
  

  Father	William Farthing,   b. 1725, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 1825, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 100 years)
  Mother	Mary Dudley,   b. 1725, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. , Person, North Carolina, USA
  Marriage	1744	, Pike, Illinois, USA
  Family ID	F3632	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Euphemia Grizzell Watson,   b. 1740, , Louisa, Virginia, USA d. 5 Jun 1820, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	1760	, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA   [6]
  Children	+ 1. John Farthing,   b. Aug 1760, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 9 Oct 1834, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 74 years) + 2. William Farthing,   b. 1765, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 1850, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 85 years)   3. Dudley H Farthing,   b. 1765, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 16 Jun 1878, , Logan, Kentucky, USA (Age 113 years)   4. Michel Farthing,   b. 1767   d. 1833 (Age 66 years)   5. Landy Farthing,   b. 1768, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 26 Jun 1826, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 58 years) + 6. Abner Farthing,   b. 18 May 1776, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 27 Nov 1861, , Robertson, Tennessee, USA (Age 85 years) + 7. Richard Farthing,   b. 18 May 1776, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 27 Nov 1861, , Robertson, Tennessee, USA (Age 85 years)   8. Solomon Farthing,   b. 1777, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 14 Jan 1861, Tamaroa, Perry, Illinois, USA (Age 84 years)   9. Mischael Farthing,   b. 6 Sep 1786, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 14 Feb 1833, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 46 years)
  Family ID	F3631	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2019

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 8 Apr 1735 - Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Marriage - 1760 - , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Residence - 1777 - Mansfield, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Residence - 1782 - , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Residence - 1785 - , , Virginia, USA Death - 26 Jun 1826 - Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos		Mansfield from victorianvilla.com: The back (west) section of Mansfield is probably Chatham's oldest building still remaining. It is thought to have been the home of Richard Farthing during the 1770's. It is of log construction, now weatherboarded. Its typical colonial configuration is quite apparent. Mansfield is now a faculty residence on the Chatham Hall campus, located just off Hurt Street at the Chatham Hall campus. Chatham, Virginia
  		Richard Farthing's home Richard Farthing's home up until 1777. Called Mansfield, it is the oldest building in Chatham, Virginia. In 1777, it served as a court house and later became the home of a Judge Coles after the Civil War. Mansfield is currently a Chatham Hall faculty residence. http://www.victorianvilla.com/sims-mitchell/local/chathamsoldest.htm http://www.victorianvilla.com/sims-mitchell/local/tour/cha/

  
  

  Histories

  Richard Farthing, "History of Pittsylvania" Richard Farthing is mentioned on page 159 of Maud Clement's book, "History of Pittsylvania County, Virginia". Text that pertains to Richard Farthing states: "It was further ordered that the court for Pittsylvania should be held at the house of Richard Farthing until the justices of the peace should select a central point in the county at which the necessary court buildings should be erected. On January 1, 1777, Pittsylvania assumed its present size, and on the 23rd day of that month a court for the county was held at the home of Richard Farthing."

  
  

• Notes

  Richard Farthing LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT (Will Book 11-343, pg. 150, Pittsylvania Co. VA.) I give to my son Landy Farthing, 30 acres of land more or less agreeable to the lines around the land whereon he now lives and being part of the tract whereon I now live. I give to my son John Farthing 30 acres of land more or less agreeable to the lines around the land whereon he now lives and being part of the tract whereon I now live. I give to my son William Farthing 30 acres of land more or less agreeable to the lines around the land whereon he now lives and being part of the tract whereon I now live to be laid off agreeable to the lines now established. I also give my son William the use of the spring he now uses forever in common with his brother Richard Farthing. I give to my son Abner Farthing 30 acres of land more or less agreeable to the lines around the land whereon he now lives and being part of the tract whereon I now live. I give to my son Dudley Farthing on feather bed and furniture. I give nothing more to my daughters Michael Nicholas and Rebecca Parsons than what I have heretofore given it them on their intermarriage that being in my opinion equal to their portion of my estate. I give to my son Richard Farthing the remainder of my estate real and personal subject to the payment of my just debts and the maintenance of his mother Grisell Farthing during the remainder of her life and in the event of his failing or refusing to afford his mother sufficient maintenance for her comfort then and in that case it is my will and I direct accordingly that my wife the said Grisell Farthing shall enter upon and be possessed of all that part of my estate which I have conditionally given to my son Richard for and during her life and at her death it is my will that the same revert to the said Richard Farthing his heirs and assigns forever. Lastly I do appoint my son Richard Farthing and my friend Thomas H. Wooding executors to this my last will and testament hereby revoking all former wills by me made. In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal this 11th day of March 1807. Richard Farthing Signed: Richard Farthing In the presence of David Bradley and Zachariah Riddle. Examined by Susana Wooding At a court held for Pittsylvania County the 18th day of June 1810. This will was presented in court proven by the oaths of David Bradley and Zachariah Riddle two of the subscribed witnesses thereto and by the court ordered to be recorded. Teste Will Turnstall C.S. The Farthing homeplace is still standing in 1992 on the campus of the Chatham Academy where it has been restored and remodeled to serve as a residence for the Professor of Romance History.

  
  

• Sources

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