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- According to David Glenn, the surname is Scottish and is related to the MacIntosh clan. Our Glenn's supposedly were Scottish borderlanders who moved from Scotland to (Co. Ulster?) Ireland and then to Virginia in the 18th century. (CL-345) Some second hand sources suggest that the Glenns first settled in Chester Co., PA between 1735 and 1740 (where Glennville is named after them) before moving to near Staunton, Augusta Co., VA in the 1740's to early 1750's where he lived on Naked Creek. Naked Creek is a stream located at 381816N Latitude and 0785452W Longtitude according to the USGS Mapping Service. (CL-413, 413d, 731) According to "Augusta Co, VA Heritage Book", he emigrated in 1742 with his friend Dr. Robert Curry along with other Glenns, Youngs (specifically his friend, Dr. Robert A. Young), Blacks and Blairs. In this account they landed in Philadelphia, PA and then traveled south settling on the lovely lands near Staunton on Naked Creek in Virginia. His large brick home was still standing in 2015 in Mt. Sydney, Virginia. The first evidence of any Glenn in Chalkley's records of Augusta Co., VA doesn't occur till 1754 when a James Glenn died there naming children William, James, John and Mary.
As for George Glenn, once a year, these Scotch Irish settlers would meet at his home to compete amongst themselves in a variety of sports and contests. These included weight lifting, running, jumping, boxing, wrestling, fencing, and sword dancing. He called his hill and hollow "Glenn Cose" after Scotland's "Glencoc". Part of the house that he built around 1750 was is still standing at Glen Cose. (CL-391, 676)
George Glenn was a private in the Revolutionary War, in Capt. Reuben Harrison's Co., Augusta, Virginia and Capt. Anderson's Co., Augusta, VA. He is listed in the DAR Patriot Index, Vol. I, pg. 271 as a private. (CL-171) (CL-259) His birthdate is truly not known. It is listed anywhere from 1715-1740. The earlier dates are unlikely since he was a private in the American Revolution and lived to 1815. I'm using the 1740 birthdate given on his Revolutionary War records. The 1740 birthdate would also better match his children's birthdates listed in the family bible of Hugh Glenn. (CL-185)
George Glenn is listed in the 1782 Taxpayers Lists for Virginia. He is the only Glenn listed in Augusta Co., VA and he owned no slaves according to this record. (CL-173) George Glenn does not appear in the 1790 census records for Virginia, but I have been unable to locate any census records for the supposed county of his residence, Augusta Co. They appear to have burned. (CL-172). (CL-185) He purchased 18 acres of land on Apr 7, 1796 on the waters of Naked Creek which lay between his current land and that of Robert Young's land. It also bordered on Peter Tetree's land. This is land that was very near where his wife's father's land was. Since the purchase of his original land is not in the records, it is possible his wife and inherited some land from her father. http://lva1.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/F/SYN8RBNYTXI23K6T2K3XB77J8PXDENKLATYSJIXXCXRAI1DF58-41373?func=full-set-set&set_number=007425&set_entry=000001&format=999
He is in the court records according to Chalkley: Aug 1796, William, Samuel, James Anderson and George Glenn (defendants) vs. William Young (orator).--Writ. Chancery, 27th September, 1793. William and Samuel were brothers. Petition by William Young, 1792, states that some years ago he employed George Nicholas to commence and prosecute this cause, that on removal of George (to Kentucky) from this county the case was entrusted to John Nicholas, who drew and filed the bill, shortly after which John also declined practicing in this court, and left his business to Robert Jouett, Esq., Attorney, who has also declined practicing in this court. Witness is aged and infirm. Petition for rehearing. Ellinor Young, wife of William Young, orator, 1st November, 1793. Samuel Anderson and George Glenn returned no inhabitants, 25th August, 1790. Samuel Anderson's deposition 15th February, 1791, before Benjamin Harrison, a Justice of Bourbon County. Pennsylvania executed on Samuel Anderson, 30th August, 1787.
It appears that George returned to Augusta Co., Virginia. George Glenn's Will was in Augusta Co., Will Book No. XI, pg. 458, : "In the name of God Amen, this 22nd day of December 1801, I George Glenn of Augusta County and State of Virginia, being in my ordinary health and sences do think it necessary at this time to make this my last Will and Testament first I recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty God through the merits of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ when he will be pleased to remove me and my Body I recommend to the Earth to be decently Buried at the discretion of my Executors herein after named, and all my worldly Estate both real and personal, I give bequeth and dispose of the same in the following manner. First I give and bequeath unto my beloved son Hugh Glen all my Estate in Land together with all my Horses, Cattle, Sheep and hogs, all my household Goods farming utencils and moveable property of every kind to him his heirs and assigns forever with this incumberance only that he will pay the following legacies two years after my decease - I give and bequeath unto my son James Glen his heirs or assigns the sum of five pounds I also give and bequeath unto my son William Glen his heirs or assigns the sum of six pounds - I give and bequeath unto my son in law Wert Miller and my Daughter Nancy the sum of five pounds - I give and bequeath unto my son in law Robert Young, and my Daughter Sarah the sum of five pounds - I give and bequeath unto my son in law Samuel Curry and my Daughter Mary the sum of five pounds - I give and bequeath unto my son in law John Mead five shillings - I also nominate and appoint my son Hugh Glen and no other to be the only Executor to this my last Will and testament and I renounce all other Will or Wills made by any time heretofore and rectifies this and no other to be my last Will and Testament under my hand and seal the date above. Signed, Sealed, published and pronounced in the Presence of John Anderson, Jas Anderson, Geo. Anderson. Signed: George Glenn Probated 11 March, 1815; commission as Justices of Augusta County to take deposition of George Anderson, an aged and infirm witness, returned executed 14th March 1815. Proved 14th March, 1815 (George Anderson is dead since above deposition; James and John Anderson are also dead). Executor qualifies." His will supposedly does not list his children in their birth order.
DAR records state that George actually died in 1801 and that it took this long for Hugh Glenn to have his father's estate administered. In any case, what we know is that George died between Dec. of 1801 and Mar. of 1815. He and his wife are buried in the old stone cemetery of the Augusta Stone Presbyterian Church at Fort Defiance. Their daughter Mary, his wife's father, James Young and his friend Dr. Robert Curry are buried there.
An excellent article at https://familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/12482240 based upon personal knowledge of George's great grandson, Robert Addison Glenn gives this account of George. "GEORGE GLENN was born about 1720 in the northern part of Ireland near Londonderry. He was Scotch-Irish Presbyterian. When he was about fifteen years of age he married in Ireland, a Miss Young, also a Scotch-Irish Presbyterian. Shortly after their marriage he and his bride immigrated to America with a party of other Scotch-Irish Presbyterians, among whom was Dr. Robert Curry and his bride Ann Curry, and others.
This emigrant party first came into Pennsylvania about 1745, but immediately afterwards came south with the tide of Scotch-Irish emigrants who were then settling in the great Valley of Virginia. George Glenn patented and settled on what is known as the David Hunter, Sr. farm on the headwaters of Middle Branch of Naked Creek, Augusta County, Virginia, and built the old residence now standing on the farm. By his said wife George Glenn had seven children, three sons and four daughters, viz.: Sarah, Nancy, Margaret, William, James, Hugh, Mary."
My great Aunts wondered if this line of Glenns might be related to the American Astronaut, John Glenn. In John Glenn's ancestry from Coleraine, Ireland to here, I have not found a connection. (CL-261)
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