JAMESON.
The Jamesons were settled at an early day on Moorman's
River, both above and below Whitehall. John Jameson took
out a patent for land on the north side of that stream in 1741,
and Samuel, his brother or son, on the branches of Spring
Creek in 1747. In 1765 Samuel purchased the land in the
old Woods Gap from Archibald Woods, who had entered it
in 1756. His son Alexander sold it in 1809 to David Stephenson,
of Augusta. Samuel died in 1788. He and his wife
Jean had nine children, four of whom were Alexander,
Thomas, John and Samuel. Samuel Jr., died about 1805.
His wife's name was Margaret, and his children were Hannah,
the wife of William Harris, Jane, the wife of William
Maupin, Elizabeth, the wife of a Harris, Catharine, the wife
of Nathan Mills, Mary, the wife of Nehemiah Birckhead,
William and Samuel. Some of the sons of this family were
mighty hunters, as is manifest from their frequent reports of
wolf scalps to the County Court.
It is supposed that Thomas Jameson, who was a physician
in busy practice in Charlottesville the early part of the century,
was a scion of this stock. In 1806 he lived on the lot
on which the family of J. J. Conner resides at present, and
which he purchased from William G. Garner. In one of his
conveyances it is described as being "on the upper street
leading out to Jameson's Gap," that being evidently the
name of what is now called Turk's Gap. He married Evalina,
daughter of William Alcock, and sister of the second
wife of John Kelly. In 1815 he sold his residence to Mr.
Kelly, and it is believed emigrated to the West.
