The counties in south central Virginia
was home to several Gross families during the late 1700's and early
1800's. This area included the counties of Pittsylvania and
Bedford. The majority of these Grosses appear to have been the
descendants of Solomon Gross with the exception of a few other Grosses,
including the Richard Gross line and an Isaac Gross that both appeared
in Pittsylvania County. Although it had been previously
thought that Richard may have been from the Solomon Gross line, there
has been no evidence to verify this. There is evidence however,
that Richard most likely was related to the Isaac Gross that was living
in Pittsylvania Co. and that they were probably father and son.
Until further research can be done and all of the evidence can be
examined the possibility of some sort of family connection to the
Solomon line cannot be ruled out.
Richard Gross Sr.
of Pittsylvania Co., VA
Excerpt "The Edmund Gross Family of
Southeastern KY" @ 2002
by Jerry Taylor
Richard Gross, Sr. was born between
1740 and 1750 and his wife, Elizabeth was born between 1740 and
1750. The first recorded document of Richard found in the court
orders was dated in August of 1790, wherein Richard Gross was
the plaintiff, against Elisha Walker, defendant. The jurors
found Elisha Walker had not paid the debt to Richard Gross in
the declaration mentioned and awarded Richard Gross the 200
pounds owed on debt, plus his cost for the suit and expenses,
which are to be discharged by the payment of 100 pounds with
interest paid per annum from 25 Dec. 1787.[i]
The next record from September of 1802
was a deed wherein Richard Gross and his wife Elizabeth, while
living along the Bannister River, possibly on Sandy Creek in
Pittsylvania County, in the amount of 72 pounds current money,
Richard Gross sold to Samuel Fuqua three Negroes named Let,
Stephen and Polly. In case of death or failure in any of the
above Negroes, Jude and Nancy will replace them. In conjunction
with this sale, Samuel Fuqua entered security for a Delivery
Bond in Consequence of an Execution, Davis Bailey, plaintiff
against Richard Gross, defendant. This shall stand as long as
Fuqua stands his security for this case, or until the debt has
been abolished. [ii]
At no other time was Richard listed as owning slaves.
In July of 1806, an indenture was made
between Richard Gross and John Chalmers & wife Sarah of Halifax
Co. wherein they sold to Richard Gross Sr. of Pittsylvania
County for 65 pounds a tract of land consisting of 240 acres
lying on the headwaters of the Banister River in Pittsylvania
Co., surveyed by Robert Williams. Nathaniel Williams had
conveyed this land previously to John Chalmers and wife by a
deed. Key boundary notes: “starting at Devins Corner Pointers
on the Courthouse Road,” traveling a line south and west “to
pointers in William Devins line.” [iii]
At some point Richard had put this land up, along with three
barren cows and nine head of sheep, for collateral to secure a
debt owed to Samuel M. Lovell and in April of 1821 after paying
off the debt Lovell, instructed the court to release the land
and personal property back to Richard Gross.[iv]
One year later on April 27, 1822,
Richard sold this land to, Elizabeth, Mekey and Emily Gross for
the sum of $1500.00. [v]
In June of 1824, all of the afore mentioned, were listed in an
indenture together which stated: Richard Gross Sr., Mekey Gross,
Elizabeth Gross & Emily Gross of the 1st part,
Achilles H. Moorman trustee of the 2nd part & Jaby
Smith of the 3rd part. All of the Grosses were
indebted to Jaby Smith for $74.84 by a bond due 1 Feb. 1826.
Moorman, for the sum of $1.00 paid the Grosses for 4 beds &
furniture, 2 chest, 2 cows & calves, 7 hogs, 1 table, 2 pots, 1
oven, 1 skillet, 9 pewter plates, 1 pewter dish, 2 Wheels, 1
loom, 1 Wheel, 7 chairs and 2 bee stands. “This indenture in
ownership upon Trust and special confidence that in the event
the said Richard, Mekey, Elizabeth and Emily Gross fails to pay
to said Jaby Smith the said sum of money on before the 1st
day of January 1825 then and in that case the said Achilles H.
Moorman Trustee as aforesaid shall at the request of the said
Richard Mekey, Elizabeth and Emily Gross and Jaby Smith or
either of them proceed to sell at the residence of the said
Richard, Mekey, Elizabeth and Emily Gross after having given ten
days previous notice thereof by way of advertisement at divers
public places in the county of Pittsylvania the above mentioned
property at public auction for ready money and out of the
proceeds of such sale pay to the said Jaby Smith the sum of
$74.84 and the interest which may have occurred therein”[vi]
Richard Gross, Sr. purchased other
tracts of land in Pittsylvania County. In 1813, Richard bought
fifty acres and a water gristmill lying on the Bannister River
for $300.00 from Robert Adams. [vii]
This appeared to be the same land that two years later in
October of 1815, Richard and his wife Elizabeth, sold to Robert
Pierce. This land was listed as containing 50 acres on the
Bannister River, known as the Mill Tract. The purchase price
was 60 pounds.[viii]
A note of interest in this case was Elizabeth Gross was examined
privately to fully explain to her the deed and afterwards
Elizabeth acknowledged the deed to be her act and declared that
she willingly signed it. At the time, the deed was taken into
the clerk’s office to be certified, it stated that Elizabeth
relinquishes her “Dower” in and to the lands conveyed by this
indenture.
There were two other times that
Richard sold land that he owned. The first of these two deeds
listed was an indenture between Richard Gross, Sr. & wife
Elizabeth to William C. Biggers on October 15, 1821 for the sum
of $30.00 wherein Richard and Elizabeth sold to William C.
Biggers 15 acres of land bounded by the Lynchburg Road. [ix]
The second was an indenture between Richard Gross and Robert
Cook & Josiah Ferguson, for the sum of $100.00 paid to
Richard Gross for a tract of land lying in Pittsylvania Co. on
the Timber Fork of White Thorn Creek containing 150 acres. This
land began at the Lynchburg Road.[x]
This was the same land conveyed to Richard by John Medkiff Jr.
(no deed found on this but lawsuit Medkiff Jr. vs. Richard Gross
dated 23 Nov. 1820, Bk. 21, P. 272 & Bk. 22, P. 45)
There were many cases involving
Richard Gross, Sr. in the Pittsylvania County Court Orders. One
case of special interest was in 1807 [xi]
wherein Richard Gross was charged with assault and battery
against Joseph Hubbard. The jury could not reach a verdict and
it was retried on March 23, 1808,[xii]
and at that time Richard lost and had to pay one penny in
damages. What makes this case so interesting was just three
days earlier on March 10, 1808, Edmund Gross was listed as the
plaintiff against Joseph Hubbard. In this case, Edmund won and
was awarded one penny in damages and his cost for the suit.[xiii]
This was the only time Edmund was ever mentioned in the court
records.
Another court order of interest was in
1810 where Richard Gross “paid the tax imposed by law; a license
was granted him to keep an ordinary at his house in this county
from this time the 1st day of May. Whereupon, the
aforesaid Richard Gross, with Thomas Blakely, his security
interest, into and acknowledged their bond according to law.”
An ordinary was a place that served meals at regular times, at a
set price.
Richard Gross, Sr. died in 1833. On
May 21 of that year, it was ordered by the court “Richard Gross,
having departed this life and Elizabeth his widow, waving her
right of administration there on and no person applying
therefore, the estate of said decedent, be committed to the hand
of Robert Harrison, Sheriff of this county of administration.”
No record of his wife Elizabeth was found after that time. [xiv]
Children of Richard and Elizabeth
Gross
I. William Gross
was born between 1774 and 1794.[xv]
More than likely, he was born around 1788, which would have made
him twenty years of age at the time of his marriage on February
22, 1808, to Maryan Foust in Pittsylvania County. William can
be found living in Pittsylvania County in 1810 and 1820. From
the 1820 census William and Mary are listed as having three
males, two of which were born 1810-1820, one born 1804-1810;
also four females, his wife Mary born 1774-1794 and three other
females, probably daughters, two born 1804-1810 and one born
1810-1820. There is a possibility there were several more
children. Two children who were definitely known, were their
sons Jonathan, born circa 1808[xvi]
and Allen, born in 1810.[xvii]
Other children believed to be theirs are: Raleigh, born 1820,[xviii]
Harvy, born 1824,[xix]
Letitia (Tishie), William and David. By 1830, William is
apparently deceased, as he was no longer found in any census.
Mary Gross was found as head of household living in Giles
County, Virginia. The children of William and Mary were found
living in Tazewell County, Giles County, Raleigh County and
Buchanan County, Virginia. At some point, the children and
grandchildren of William changed the spelling of their surname
from Gross to Grose, which remains to this day in William’s
branch of the Gross family.
Children of William Gross and Mary Foust
A. Jonathan Gross, b. 1809 and died between
1860 and 1870.
He married Elizabeth Lambert (b. 1804 on 30 Nov. 1831 in
Giles Co., Va.
B. Allen Gross, b. 1810 and died between
1870 and 1880 in Buchanon Co., VA. He married
three times. His first marriage was to Martha Lambert (b.
809, d. 1836) in 1835 Giles Co., his second married
was to Elizabeth Fry (b. 1810, d. before 1862) in 1837
Giles Co.. Allen's third marriage was to
Rebecca Mosely (b. 1844) in 1862 Tazewell Co., VA.
C. David Gross, listed in 1840 Tazewell but
possibly deceased by 1850.
D. Female 1804-1810
E. Female 1804-1810
F. Raleigh Gross was born in 1820. He
lived in Tazewell Co. until the 1860 census and then
appeared in Buchanan Co. He died sometime between
1860 and 1868. Raleigh married Wilmouth Terry,
18 Aug. 1837 Tazewell Co., daughter of Joseph and Lucinda Terry
of Pittsylvlania Co.
G. William Gross, b. 1820, married Nancy
Louderback?, 15 Apr. 1846 Tazewell Co.
H. Letitia (Tishie) Gross, b. 1822, married
Daniel Johnson 24 Apr. 1846 Tazewell Co.
I. Harvy Gross, b. 1824, d. 19 Mar 1895
Raleigh Co., VA., married Matilda Ann Lambert Martin, 12
Jan 1845 Tazewell Co.
II. Edmund Gross
was born in 1792. There were only three known records of
Edmund in Pittsylvania County. The first two, were the 1810 tax
list and the 1808 court orders, which have been previously
mentioned. The third record was a marriage dated July 15, 1812
in Pittsylvania County to Elizabeth Napier. In the pension file
of Edmund he stated that he had not been previously married, so
it is not known if this is his marriage or not. If it was, she
may have been deceased before his enlistment in the war.
III. Richard Gross,
Jr. was born circa 1794. The 1830 census gives his range of
birth between 1750 and 1760, but this is probably and error
since his year of marriage was not until 1814, which makes 1794
a closer estimation. Richard first appeared in the 1810 tax
list of Pittsylvania County. He then married Peggy Daniel on
April 29, 1814. Two years later in 1816, there was an indenture
between Richard Gross Jr. of Pittsylvania Co. and Richard Daniel
of Charlotte Co., wherein Richard Gross Jr. bought a tract of
land for the sum of $25.00, containing 100 acres from Richard
Daniel, lying in Pittsylvania Co., on the Sandy River. The land
had been conveyed to Richard and Margaret Daniel by Jacob Aaron.[xx]
There is a possibility that this may have been the parents of
Richard’s wife. By 1820 Richard had moved from Pittsylvania
County and was living in Rockingham County, North Carolina as
noted in an indenture wherein he sold the land he had previously
purchased from Richard Daniel to Sanders Warren for 4500 pounds
of tobacco.[xxi]
By 1830, Richard and his wife had returned to Pittsylvania
County, but no record has been found of him since that time.
Richard and his brother William were listed together three times
in the Pittsylvania County Court Orders. All three times, they
were listed as the defendants. The first two cases were listed
on the same date in 1811. These cases were Ingram Banks verses
William and Richard and James Batte verses William and Richard.
Then in 1815, there was a case of Robert Biggers verses
William and Richard. These were the only cases that William was
involved in, but Richard is listed many more times. There are
currently no known children of Richard and Peggy. The only
census he was found in only list him and his wife.
IV. Emily
Gross was born in 1790. She possibly had several children, but
only two are known, Louisa Gross, born 1835 and James Gross,
born 1837.
V. Mekey
(Mickey, Micky, Mica) Gross was born in 1800. Mekey only had
one known child, Cornelia, born 1832. There were possibly more.
VI. Elizabeth
Gross was most likely born circa 1802. This is an estimation
determined by the date of her first appearance in the court
orders.
Emily, Mekey and Elizabeth Gross
Emily, Mekey and Elizabeth Gross appear
to of had a strong bond with each other that remained throughout
their entire life. From 1822 to 1838, these women appear
together several times in the deed books. On many occasions,
Richard Gross, Sr. is listed with them. The first of these
deeds was the land that they purchased from Richard in April
1822. Within a few days of this transaction, Emily, Mekey and
Elizabeth borrowed $240.97 from Jaby Smith. For collateral they
put up the land they had purchased from Richard, and four
feather beds and furniture, 1 yoke oxen, seven head of cattle,
three head of sheep and their household and kitchen furniture.
In November of that same year the three women sold to James
Hodges, 152 acres lying on the head branches of the Bannister
River. This land is stated as being the land that Richard Gross
is currently living on. Two years later, in 1824, Richard Sr.,
Emily, Elizabeth and Mekey, put their land up for collateral
again to Jaby Smith, who they were indebt to. This time a
reference was made that if the debt was not paid, the property
would be sold at the “residence of Richard, Emily, Mekey and
Elizabeth.” This statement, along with the information given in
the other transactions, gives compelling evidence that these
four individuals were of the same family and shows proof that
all of them, at one point, were living on the same property. In
addition, from information in census records, Emily and Mekey,
remained living together throughout their lives. No marriage
record has been found for either woman, but they did have
children, as indicated in the census. There is a marriage
listed for an Elizabeth Gross, on August 20, 1853 to John
Smith. Records show her as having at least one child, William
Thomas Gross, before her marriage. In December 1855, there was
a guardian qualified for him. [xxii]
Later, in 1857, the court ordered the guardian to record the
account of William Thomas Gross, infant son of Elizabeth Smith,
Formerly Elizabeth Gross.[xxiii]
In August 1867 there was a suit brought by William T. Gross
against Elisha F. Keen guardian.[xxiv]
It is not known if this is the same Elizabeth that was the
sister to Emily and Mekey. It is possible, because of dates
involved, that this may have been a younger Elizabeth and a
daughter to one of the three women.
[i]
Pittsylvania County Court Orders, Bk. 6, Pg. 429, Aug.
18, 1790, Richard Gross vs. Elisha Walker
[ii]
Pittsylvania County Deed Book, Bk. 13, Pg. 156, Dec. 20,
1802, Richard & Elizabeth Gross to
Samuel Fuqua
[iii]
Pittsylvania County Deed Book, Bk. 15, Pg. 156, Jul. 21,
1906, Index date Feb. 16, 1907, John
Chalmers & wife to Richard
Gross Sr.
[iv]
Pittsylvania County Deed Bk. 24, Pg. 61, Apr. 20 1821,
Index date May 21, 1821
[v]
Pittsylvania County Deed Bk. 24, Pg. 482, Apr. 27, 1822,
Indenture between Richard Gross Sr.
and Mekey, Elizabeth
and Emily Gross
[vi]
Pittsylvania County Deed Bk. 26, Pg. 287, Jun. 21, 1824
[vii]
Pittsylvania County Deed Bk. 18, Pg. 190, Jan. 3, 1813,
Robert Adams to Richard Gross Sr.
[viii]
Pittsylvania County Deed Bk. 19, Pg. 341, Indenture
between Richard Gross Sr. & wife
Elizabeth to Robert
Pierce, Oct. 6, 1815, Index Date Feb. 15, 1813
[ix]
Pittsylvania County Deed Bk. 24, Pg. 396, Oct. 15, 1821,
Index Date Mar. 18, 1822
[x]
Pittsylvania County Deed Bk. 26, Pg. 482, Apr. 27, 1822,
Index Date May 1, 1822
[xi]
Pittsylvania County Court Orders, Bk. 12, Pg. 207, Index
Date Mar. 19, 1897, Joseph Hubbard
vs. Richard Gross Sr.
[xii]
Pittsylvania County Court Order Bk. 13, Pg. 33 & 169,
Joseph Hubbard vs. Richard Gross Sr.,
Mar. 23, 1808
[xiii]
Pittsylvania County Court Orders Bk. 13, Pg. 172, Edmund
Gross vs. Joseph Hubbard, Mar. 20, 1808
[xiv]
Account Current Bk. 31, Pg. 22, May 21, 1833, Richard
Gross
[xv]
1820 Pittsylvania County Virginia Census
[xvi]
1850 Tazewell County Virginia Census, Household #737,
Jonathan Gross
[xvii]
1850 Tazewell County Virginia Census, Household #1275,
Allen Gross
[xviii]
1850 Tazewell County Virginia Census, Household #748,
Raleigh Gross
[xix]
1850 Tazewell County Virginia Census, Household # 747,
Harvy Gross
[xx]
Pittsylvania County Deed Bk. 20, Pg. 204, Dec. 9, 1816,
Indenture between Richard Gross and
Richard Daniel
[xxi]
Pittsylvania Deed Bk. 24, Pg. 28, Oct. 20, 1820, Index
Date Apr. 16, 1821, Richard Gross to
Sanders Warren
[xxii]
Pittsylvania County Court Order Bk. 43, Pg. 246
[xxiii]
Pittsylvania County Account Currant Bk. 22, Pg. 358
[xxiv]
Pittsylvania County Court Orders Bk. 48, Pg. 246
Deeds Emily, Micky/Mekey
& Elizabeth Gross
August 17,
1835, Emily Gross to Micky Gross, B&S, Bk. 37, pg. 37
& 479 (Emily sold to Micky, 27 acres lying on Banister River at
Lynchburg for $243.75, this appears to be just a formal transfer of
ownership in property)
August 17,
1835, Micky Gross to Emily Gross, B&S, Bk. 37, Pg. 48
(Micky sold to Emily 118 acres lying on Banister River at Lynchburg
for $243.75)
January 18,
1836, Emily & Micky Gross to James Hodges, B&S, Bk. 38, Pg.
209
November 21,
1826, Emily, Elizabeth & Mekey Gross to Jesse Carter, B&S,
Bk. 39, Pg. 222
January 15,
1838, Emily, Elizabeth & Mica Gross to Samuel Mitchell, B&S,
Bk. 41, Pg. 115 (Emily, Elizabeth & Mica and Others sold to Samuel
Mitchell 115 acres lying on head waters of Banister for $250.00)
September 17,
1838, Emily & Elizabeth Gross to John Mitchell, B&S, Bk. 41
September 17,
1838, Elizabeth & Micky Gross to John Mitchell, B&S, Bk. 41
There are no
deeds listed for Emily & Mekey after 1838. However, Elizabeth
(possibly also known as Betsy) and her son are listed as follows:
April 21,
1873, William Thomas Gross to D.A. Herndon, B&S, Bk. 66, Pg.
126
November 18,
1878, by Commissioner, Betsy Gross to D.A. Herndon, B&S
June 20, 1879,
Elizabeth & William Thomas Gross to D.A. Herndon, B&S
Pittsylvania County Court Orders 1767 - 1889
There are
several court orders listed, that have not been previously
mentioned, for Richard Sr., Richard Jr., Emily, Elizabeth and Mekey.
They are as follows:
October 21,
1805, Richard Gross Sr. verses Thomas Alsop, Bk. 11, Pg. 263
October 22,
1805, Robert Finley verse Richard Gross, Bk. 11, Pg. 479
January 21,
1806, William Devins Est. verses Richard Gross, Bk. 12, Pg.
26
March 19,
1806, Richard Gross verses William Hines, Bk. 11, pg.
307,346,470, 516, Bk. 12, Pg. 75
March 17,
1807, Richard Gross Jr. verses Thomas Alsop, Bk. 12, Pg. 87,
241, 299, 353
March 19,
1807, Joseph Hubbard verses Richard Gross Sr., Bk. 12, Pg.
207, 210, 244, 255, 278, 308, 332, 333, 336
March 19,
1807, Joseph Hubbard verses Richard Gross, Bk. 12, Pg. 373,
457
November 18,
1807, William Hines verses Richard Gross, Bk. 12, Pg. 356,
375, 552, Bk. 13, Pg. 20
March 20,
1808, Richard Gross verses Joseph Hubbard, Bk. 12, Pg. 362,
Bk. 14, Pg. 158, Bk. 27, Pg. 88
March 23,
1808, Joseph Hubbard verses Richard Gross, Bk. 13, Pg. 22,
169
March 23,
1808, Edmund Gross verses Joseph Hubbard, Bk. 13, Pg. 172
August 17,
1808, Thomas Alsop verses Richard Gross, Bk. 12, Pg. 98, 241,
365, 445, 545, Bk. 13, Pg. 17, 295
March 21,
1810, Richard Gross verses Anthony P. Lipford, Bk. 14, Pg.
45, 205
June 21, 1810,
William Armistead verses Richard Gross, Bk. 13, Pg. 444, 457,
Bk. 14, Pg. 88, 295
September 16,
1811, Richard Gross verses George Anderson, Bk. 14, Pg. 474,
Bk. 15, Pg. 89
November 19,
1811, James Batte verses William & Richard Gross, Bk.
15, Pg. 126
November 19,
1811, Ingram Blanks verses William & Richard Gross,
Bk. 15, Pg. 126
March 16,
1813, Peter Thacker verses Richard Gross, Bk. 15, Pg. 139,
326, 423, 479
March 16,
1813, William Newton verses Richard Gross, Bk. 15, Pg. 139,
326, 423, 479
May 17, 1813,
John S. Armistead & Co. verses Richard Gross, Bk. 15, Pg. 533
August 18,
1813, Jeremiah Hutherson verses Richard Gross, Bk. 15 Pg. Pg.
223, 322, 366, 420, 477, Bk. 16, Pg. 32, 87
March 16,
1814, William Newton verses Richard Gross, Bk. 15, Pg. 139,
326, 423, 279
March 22,
1814, Commonwealth of VA verses Richard Gross Sr., Bk. 16,
Pg. 30, 79, 202
June 20, 1814,
Richard Gross Jr. verses Thomas Matthews, Bk. 16, Pg. 261
August 17,
1814, Richard Gross Jr. verses Thomas Matthews, Bk. 16, Pg.
339
August 17,
1814, Thomas Matthews verses Richard Gross Sr., Bk. 16, Pg.
285, 340
November 22,
1814, Samuel Dabney verses Richard Gross, Bk. 16, Pg. 378
June 22, 1815,
Lewis Atkinson verses Richard Gross Sr., Bk. 16, Pg. 506
June 22, 1815,
Robert Biggers & wife verses Richard Gross, Bk. 16, Pg. 507
August 24,
1815, Robert Biggers & wife verses Richard Gross, Bk. 16, Pg.
507, Bk. 17, Pg. 34
August 24,
1815, Robert Biggers & wife verses William & Richard Gross
Jr., Bk. 17, Pg. 7, 31
March 18,
1816, Commonwealth of VA verses Richard Gross Jr., Bk. 17,
Pg. 50, & Bk. 17, Pg. 107
December 16,
1816, Thos. Shelton verses Richard Gross Jr., Bk. 18, Pg. 116
December 16,
1816, Reynolds verses Richard Gross Jr., Bk. 18, Pg. 116
December 27,
1816, Commonwealth of VA verses Richard Gross, Bk. 18, Pg.
122, transferred to Superior Court
June 18, 1817,
Armistead verses Richard Gross, Bk. 18, Pg. 224
November 18,
1818, Commonwealth of VA verses Richard Gross, Bk. 19, Pg.
207
November 23,
1820, Medkiff Jr. verses Richard Gross, Bk. 21, Pg. 272, Bk.
22, Pg. 45
November 23,
1820, Davis verses Richard Gross, Bk. 21, Pg. 272, Bk. 22,
Pg. 45
May 20, 1822,
Biggers verses Richard Gross, Bk. 23. Pg. 97
July 19, 1824,
Midkiff verses Richard Gross Sr., Bk. 24, Pg. 325
August 15,
1825, Commonwealth of VA verses Richard Gross, Bk. 25, Pg.
206
November 24,
1826, Craighead & Anderson verses Meekey Gross, Bk. 24, Pg.
363, Bk. 25, Pg. 40, 128, 236, 359, 151
November 20,
1826, Commonwealth of VA verses Richard Gross, Bk. 26, Pg.
128
November 20,
1826, Commonwealth of VA verses Richard Gross Jr., Bk. 26,
Pg. 128
November 20,
1826, Commonwealth of VA verses Emily & Mekey Gross, Bk. 26,
Pg. 128
November 22,
1827, Craighead & Anderson verses E. Gross, Bk. 24, Pg. 363,
Bk. 25, Pg. 40, 128, 189, 236, 359, 207, 23
July 20, 1829,
Commonwealth of VA verses Richard Gross, Bk. 27, Pg. 422
July 20, 1829,
Peter Harris verses Richard Gross, Bk. 27, Pg. 426
September 16,
1854, Commonwealth of VA verses Elizabeth Gross, Bk. 43, Pg.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
December 17,
1855 Guardian Qualified for William T. Gross, Bk. 45, Pg. 245
December 21,
1857, By Guardian of Wm. Thomas Gross, Account Currant
Confirmed, Bk. 44, Pg. 294
August 24,
1867, Wm. T. Gross verses Elisha F. Keen Guardian, Bk. 48,
Pg. 246
There were only two marriages
listed in Pittsylvania County for Gross females.
Tamesia
Gross married John O. Adkins – 8 May 1851
Elizabeth
Gross married John Smith – 20 Aug. 1853
Census
Records for Pittsylvania County Virginia
1820
Pittsylvania County Census
Richard
Gross
– Head of Household
Male born
before 1775
Female born
before 1775
William
Gross
– Head of Household
2 – Males born
1810 – 1820 1 – Female born 1810 -
1820
1 – Male born
1804 – 1810 2 – Females born 1804
- 1810
1 – Male born
1774 – 1794 2 – Females born 1774
– 1794
1830
Pittsylvania County Census
Richard
Gross Sr.
– Head of Household
1 Male born
1740 – 1750
1 Female
born 1740 – 1750
Richard
Gross
– Head of Household
1
Male born 1750 – 1760
1 Female
born 1750 - 1760
Emily
Gross – Head of Household (This household is probably a
combination of Emily and Mickey’s family.)
1 - Female
born 1780-1790
1 - Female
born 1790-1800
1 - Female
born 1820-1825
2 - Female
born 1825-1830
1 - Male born
1820-1825
1850
Pittsylvania County Census
Northern
District Pittsylvania County
Household #
1127, Head of household Jesse Thomas, age 50, laborer (relationship
unknown)
Emily Gross,
age 60 Mickey Gross, age 50
Louisa Gross,
age 15 Cornelia Gross, age 18
James Gross,
age 12
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