Posted by Scott Simpson <scott.simpson@juno.com> on Thu, 16 Dec 1999

Surname: Michie, Wood

Albemarle County, Virginia, Will Book 2, page 358.

In the name of God Amen. I John Michie of Albemarle County, being weak in body tho' of Sound mind, do hereby make my Last will & Testament, hereby Revoking all my former Wills, Imprimis, I Resign my Soul to God in all humble hopes of mercy thro' Jesus Christ our Lord, Item I give & Bequeath unto my grand daughter Sarah Michie, Daughter of Son John Michie Decd, Two Negroe Slaves Sue & Bett Children of Darius.

Item I give to my daughter Sarah Wood, and to Christopher Wood her husband during their Lives and the life of the Longer Liver of them the use of eight negroes Jack. Bob, Sam, Sall, Jude, Fanny and Fanny's Two youngest Children, all of harris's Creek with a power to my Said daughter, to appoint the fee Simple Estate, in the said Slaves, to any person or persons descended of her body, but if no Such appointment be made, at or before the death of the Survivor, then I give the Said Slaves & their Increase, to her Children then Living, and the Representatives of Such as be dead to be divided among them, so as that the Representatives, shall take only the part of the dead person whom they Represent & in Case there be no Such Children, or Representatives Living at the death of the Survivor, then notwithstanding any previous appointment under the power aforesaid, I give the Said Slaves and their Increase to my own Children then living, and the Representatives of Such as shall be dead those of my Son John Excepted, to be divided in like manner between them, so as that the Representatives, shall take only the part of the person whom they Represent Respectively. --

Item all the Rest of my Estates, rights Titles, real, personal and mixed I give to my Children Robert Michie, James Michie, Patrick Michie, William Michie, & Mary Wood & their heirs forever, equally to be divided among them, but with this Express Condition, with Respect to my Sons James Michie and Patrick Michie, that within twelve months after my Decease, they Execute Sufficient Release of all promises, agreements or Contracts, made by me to or with them or Either of them at any time before the date of this my will, either in Consideration of marriage, or any other Consideration whatever and on failure to Execute Such Release then their part of this Residuary, bequest to go to the other Residuary Legatees, Still Subject to the Same Condition & limitation over as to so much forfeited Estate, part as shall go over to either of my Said Sons, James Michie & Patrick Michie, on the failure of the other to perform this Condition.

and whereas my Sons James Michie & Patrick Michie & William Michie have made Considerable Improvements on the Lands they now Occupy which Lands are of my Property, and make a part of the Residuum before devised, I declare it to be my will that Such Improvements, shall not be Considered as any part of my Estate, but that on the division of the said Land they Shall be Valued and the Value thereof paid to Such of my Sons James Michie Patrick Michie & William Michie, as made the Said Improvements Respectively by the person, into whose Lot the Said Improvements Shall fall. Whereas also during my Life I have given or lent Several Slaves to my Children Robert Michie, James Michie, Patrick Michie, Mary Wood and Sarah Wood, which with their Increase are now in their possession I hereby declare I mean that Such of the Said Slaves and their Increase as Shall be Living at the time of the Division, shall be Considered as my Estate, and divided with the Residuum before bequeathed.-- Item I out of the Above Residuary Bequest, give to my daughter Mary Wood, all my household furniture, notwithstanding anything to the Contrary, or Seeming to the Contrary, in the said Residuary Bequest.

and I hereby appoint Dr Thomas Walker & Nicholas Lewis my Executors.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal this fifteenth day of July One Thousand and Seven Hundred & Seventy Two.

/signed/ John Michie

Sign'd Seal'd Publishd and declared by the Testator as his Last will & Testament in presence of us who have Subscribed our names in his presence

John McCalloh

Samuel McColleh

William his mark Ferguson

At Albemarle August Court 1777

This will was proved by the Oath of the Witnesses thereto & Ordered to be Recorded, and at a Court held for the Same County January 8th 1778 on the Motion of Thomas Walker & Nicholas Lewis Executors therein named who made Oath According to Law Certificate, was granted them for obtaining a probat in due form, whereupon they gave Bond with Security & Acknowledged the Same Accordingly.

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John Nicholas Clk

John Michie, known in the family as "Scotch John"(c1685-1777) was deported to VA from Liverpool on the ship "Elizabeth and Anne on 29Jun1716 for participating in the 1715 Jacobite rebellion.

Scotch John may have been the son of Robert Michie (c1660-?) and wife, Margaret Farquharson (dau.of John); and Robert may have been the son of John Michie (c1640-?) of Castletown, Scotland.

Scotch John and his wife, Mary ?, lived in Hanover and Louisa Counties, VA and had 7 children: Robert, James, Sarah, Patrick, Wm., Mary and John. He became a large landowner & in his later years moved to Albemarle Co., VA., where he died in 1777. His son, Wm., was the proprietor of "The Old Michie Tavern" still located between Charlottesvile, VA and Jefferson's "Montecello".

John Michie lived at “Riverview Farm”, Louisa Co, VA. Came from Scotland in 1715 and died in Louisa Co in 1777. He bought land and a large clapboard house which became Michie Tavern from Major Henry, whose son, 10 year old Patrick, would also become an opponent of the British ties. “Scotch” John Michie was himself a rebel. He had opposed the plan to unite Scotland with England. He narrowly escaped death and his earlobes were cut off when he was exiled from England.

Historic Michie Tavern is near Jefferson's Monticello, and is a tavern-museum which preserves the rural inn which was established by the Michie family c. 1784.

John Michie (c1685-1778) was deported to Virginia on the Elizabeth & Anne from Liverpool, England in 1716 (along with his friend, James Watson) for participating in the Jacobite Rebellion of 1715.

One story of how Scotch John got here in America. The story goes that he and another bed-ridden friend were in debtors prison in England. The prisoners were given a chance to avoid being hung. They could draw from a box of marbles whereupon if they drew a white one they would be deported to the new world while a black one would send them to the gallows. John (who may have been know as "Jack"... or maybe that was one of his sons) drew a white marble but then placed it in the hands of his ill friend. He was allowed to draw again and drew another white one! I believe the friend was some importance to the story (i.e. also became a well-known Virginia family) but I do not recall who it was. - Tom Behrendt (tfbva@aol.com)


Posted by: Tawnya Michie Kumarakulasingam Date: June 09, 1999 at 05:47:48

My great uncle D.F. Michie visited the Michie Tavern in VA and emailed me the following story years after his visit to the tavern. The story about the Michie Tavern goes as follows. When the John Michie who survived hanging and finally worked his way free from being indentured he somehow acquired a farm but was not a very good farmer. However, his farm house was on the main intersection of several major roads (especially the road to Washington, D.C.) and invariably people would knock on his door and ask for shelter, food, and spirits. John Michie found that it was much easier to run a hostel than it was to till the land. He had a neighbor who made excellent whiskey so he had a source for the spirits that he sold. The neighbor made such good whiskey that the travelers began to ask for the whiskey by saying the last name of the distiller. John Michie founded the first drive-in liquor store. He slept by a window and when the customers would ride up, and knock on the window, John Michie would serve them through the window. The neighbor who made the excellent whiskey was named John Booze. That is how the word booze came into common language usage. The customers would knock on John Michie's window and would say, "Give me a bottle of booze." It became common usage to use the word booze instead of whiskey. Prior to the Revolutionary War, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Patrick Henry, and their cronies used to gather at John Michie's Tavern to plot against the English. John Michie fought with Washington. When the war was over, the story is that he promoted himself to Colonel and was addressed as Colonel Michie for the rest of his life. When he came home from the war his rank was corporal. The tavern remained in the Michie family control but was sold to a corporation and is now a tourist attraction about seven miles from Jefferson's Monticello. They sell excellent fried chicken, per my Great Uncle D.F. Michie, but would not give him a discount even though he proved his surname was Michie.


Posted by: Tawnya Michie Kumarakulasingam Date: June 09, 1999 at 05:38:35

My great uncle David Francis (Dave or DF) Michie emailed a story about the Michie family... anyone else ever heard this story in your family - I'd be interested to know. The story that his dad told him when he was a kid was that the Michie family was on the losing end of the war when England invaded Scotland and cleared the Highlands of people in order to replace the people with sheep. An ancestor was captured. The English commander was a gambler and had each prisoner pick a bean out of a covered jar. If you picked a white bean you were hung. If you picked a black bean you had your ears cropped meaning that they were sliced partially off for recognition purposes and then you were sent to the Virginia Colonies to work as indentured servants. The only problem was that there were very few black beans in the pot. As luck would have it our ancestors must have picked out a black bean and survived because we are all here. Anyone iwth the last name Michie spelled MICHIE is related. There is only one family. The Michie family is a sect of the Forbes Clan. The family was too small in numbers to have their own clan so they affiliated with the larger Forbes Clan. There are many Michie's in Scotland. The main area where they lived was Ballater which is about seven miles from the Balmoral Castle where the English royal family spend their summer vacations. Prince Philip spends a lot of time in the area.

1830 MICKIE ELIZA Albemarle County VA 277 No Township Listed Federal Population Schedule VA 1830 Federal Census Index VA559332753

THE MICHIE FAMILY of ALBEMARLE.91

The first of the name to settle in Albemarle County, Va., was John Michie, a Scotchman, who bought land near the Horse Shoe of the Rivanna, from John Henry, father of the great Orotar, Patrick Henry, which he subsequently sold to Hezekiah Rice, and repurchased the same from Rice in 1763. Where John Michie died in 1777, and was buried in the Horse Shoe on Mechums River, and the land is still occupied by his descendants. His children:

1. John Michie; died before his father.

2. Robert Michie.

3. James Michie.

4. Patrick Michie

5. William Mchie

6. Sarah Michie; married Christopher Wood.

7. Mary Michie; married Mr. Woods.

The two latter couples, and their brother Robert Michie, lived in Louisa County.

James Michie Jr., commonly called "Bean Jim," was a son of one William Michie. His residence was at Longwood, west of Earlysville. He died in 1847. He married Eliza Graves, of Rockingham. Their children:

1. Dr. Theodore Michie; married Margaret Michie.

2. Octavius Michie.

3. Joseph Michie.

4. Lucien Michie; married Theresa Michie.

5. Oran Michie.

6. Claudius N. Michie.

7. Eugene Michie.

8. Catherine Michie; married William A. Rogers.

9. Cornelia Michie.

10. Virginia Michie.

MICHIE.
The first Michie who settled in the county was John, who bought land near the Horse Shoe of the Rivanna from John Henry, father of the great orator. When the purchase was made does not appear, but he sold to Hezekiah Rice, and repurchased from him in 1763. He died in 1777. His children were John, who died before his father, Robert, James, Patrick, William, Sarah, the wife of Christopher Wood, and Mary, the wife also of a Wood. Robert and his sisters seem to have lived in Louisa.
Patrick had his home southwest of Earlysville, between the Buck Mountain Road and the south fork of the Rivanna. He died in 1799. His wife's name was Frances, and his children were Nancy, the wife of Joseph Goodman, James, Elizabeth, the wife of Thomas Maupin, Sarah, the wife of William G. Martin, Martha, the wife of Richard Davis, Susan, the wife of William Michie, Mary, the wife of John Maupin, and David.
William became a large landholder in the same section. He purchased in 1793 from Lewis Webb, of New Kent, two thousand and ninety acres in one tract. On the Buck Mountain Road he established the public house, which has since been known as Michie's Old Tavern. He was appointed a magistrate in 1791, served as Sheriff in 1803, and died in 1811. He was twice married; one of his wives, it is believed, being Ann, daughter of David Mills. His children by the first marriage were John A., and Mary, the wife of John Mullins, and by the second William, David and Lucy, the wife of Benjamin Richards.
John A. was appointed a magistrate of the county in 1807. His wife was Frances, daughter of Thomas Jarman. He died in 1827. His children were Frances J., Ann, Sarah, Elizabeth, the wife of Bezaleel
G. Brown, Theodosia, the wife of Edmund Brown, John E., James, William, Robert J., Jonathan, Mary and Martha. of these James attained a prominent position in the affairs of the county. He was a successful business man, was appointed a magistrate in 1816, and served as Sheriff in 1843. He was an earnest Episcopalian, and displayed his zeal in active efforts to rebuild the ruins of the old Buck Mountain Church. His home was on the north fork of the Rivanna, south of Piney Mountain. He died in 1850. His wife was
Frances, daughter of Thomas Garth Jr., and his children Mary Elizabeth, the wife of William T. Early, Virginia, Susan, Adeline, Dr. J. Augustus, Thomas, Theresa, the wife of Lucian Michie, Alexander H., and Henry Clay. Jonathan married a sister of Thomas J. Michie, of Staunton, and his children were John P., Margaret, the wife of Dr. Theodore Michie, Frances, the wife of Dr. R. N. Hewitt, of Campbell County, Thomas, Chapman and Franklin.
William Michie, son of William, married, it is believed, Susan, daughter of his uncle Patrick. His children were Dr. James W., David and Frances. His brother David was a man of great enterprise and thrift. In early life he was a merchant first in the Michie Tavern neighborhood, and afterwards at Milton. He invested in real estate in different parts of the county, purchasing in 1805 from Randolph Lewis his plantation Buck Island on the north side of the Rivanna, which he seems to have made his home till 1837. In that year he bought the brick house on the northeast corner of Market and Seventh Streets in Charlottesville, where he resided until his death in 1850. He left no children, and his large estate was divided among his numerous relatives, under the direction of George Carr, as administrator.
James Michie Jr., or Beau Jim, as he was commonly called, was the son of a William Michie. His residence was at Longwood, west of Earlysville. His death occurred in 1847. He married Eliza Graves, of Rockingham, and his children were Dr. Theodore, Octavius, Joseph P., Lucian, Oran, Claudius N., Eugene, Catharine, the wife of William A. Rogers, Cornelia and Virginia.

source: genealogy library.com
http://www.familytreemaker.com/_glc_/index.html
History of Albemarle County, Virginia
The history of Albemarle County, Virginia, A description of the founding and events of
this Virginia county including narritives on its residents families from 1727-1890.
Bibliographic Information: Woods, Edgar Rev. History of Albemarle County, Virginia:
The Michie Company, Printers, 1901