MARKS.
An Englishman named Marks married Elizabeth Hastings,
and emigrated to Virginia. They had five sons and a
daughter, Peter, John, James, Hastings, Thomas, and
Sarah, who in 1782 became the wife of James Winston, of
Louisa. The children were all settled in Albemarle prior to
the Revolution. Peter probably lived in Charlottesville, as
his business operations were mainly connected with the real
estate of the town. He was Escheator for the county, and
during the Revolution superintended several inquisitions,
for the confiscation of the property of those who took sides
with the British. In 1791 he bought from Mr. Monroe the
square on which the Stone House stood, and from Dr. Gilmer
part of Lot Thirty-Two, on which stands the store of
T. T. Norman. His death occurred in 1795, and gave rise to
complications in his affairs that were not fully straightened
for many years; in fact, the part of lot Thirty-Two was not
finally disposed of till 1830. His wife was Joanna Sydnor,
and his children Sarah, the wife of Joshua Nicholas, Martha,
the wife of Francis McGee, Mary, the second wife of James
Lewis, Sophia, the wife of Russell Brown, Elizabeth, the
wife of John W. Hinde, Nancy, the wife of Temple Gwathmey,
a nephew of George Rogers Clark, Hastings and Peter.
The most of the children removed to Kentucky. The only
one who spent her entire life in the county, was Mrs. McGee.
Her sister Mary seems to have made her home with her,
but in 1826 James Lewis returned from Tennessee, and took
her back as his wife.
John Marks was a Captain in the Revolutionary War, and
for this service received a grant of four thousand acres of land
on Brush Creek, Ross County, Ohio. After the death of
William Lewis, he married his widow, Lucy. He was a
magistrate of the county, and was appointed Sheriff in 1785.
During his incumbency of the office, he removed with the
Gilmer emigration to Georgia, where he died shortly after.
James was also a magistrate. He lived on a farm consisting
of eight hundred acres near Keswick Depot, and likely including
it. He emigrated to Georgia, and when taking this step
sold his plantation to John Harvie, whose sister Elizabeth
was his wife. Hastings owned a place in the Ragged Mountains,
not far from the D. S. In 1785 he married Ann Scott,
sister of Mr. Jefferson, and removed to the tidewater district
of the State. The kind and considerate disposition of the
President, who at the time was Minister to France, was shown
in the letters he addressed to each of the parties, on the occasion
of this union.
