HUGHES.
Thomas Hughes, who came from Buckingham, and lived
on James River, died in 1779. His children were William,
Moses, Mary, the wife of a Jude, and Rebecca, the wife of a
Ball. William was a man of some prominence. He was
acting as a magistrate of the county in 1783, and served as
Sheriff in 1797. He and his wife Mary had five children,
Rebecca, Robert, Jane, the wife of Alexander Fretwell,
Hannah, the wife of Edward Thomas, and Sarah, the wife of
Samuel Irvin. He died in 1813.
Stephen Hughes was a large landholder near Charlottesville
at the time the town was established. In 1764 he purchased
from John Grills nearly a thousand acres on Moore's
Creek, including the mouth of Biscuit Run. In June 1762
he bought from Colonel Richard Randolph, of Henrico, five
hundred and fifty-eight acres lying mainly on the east side
of the present Scottsville Road, and extending from the
limits of the town beyond Moore's Creek; this tract, except
a few acres, he sold in 1765 to Creed Childress, who the
same year sold it to Nicholas Lewis. His dwelling was not
far from where the old Lynchburg Road crosses Moore's
Creek. He died in 1793. He was twice married, and his
children were Stephen, Mary, the wife of James Mayo, Edward,
Sarah, and Letitia, the wife of Francis Taliaferro.
Stephen about 1810 built a mill on Moore's Creek, which
occupied the site of that which now belongs to Jesse L.
Maury. He disposed of it to John Wheeler, who in 1820
sold it to Reuben Maury and John M. Perry. Edward died
about 1826. His wife was Elizabeth Chisholm, and his
children Nancy, Mary, Martha, Susan, Sarah, William
and John. Mary became the wife of Washington Chiles, who
was for many years one of the cabinet makers of the town,
and lived on the south side of Main Street, east of the Perley
Building.
