Capt. John Netherland Jr.

• General Notes
  • From "Virginia Kaleidoscope" by Margaret C. Woodbury & Ruth C. Marsh, 1994:
    
    "John Netherland, Jr. was born 4 October 1726 in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Virginia. He and sister Elizabeth are listed as twins in Mrs. Spoden's book. They were about 7 years old when his family moved to Goochland County, Virginia. About a year later the family moved to their final home, still in Goochland County, but from the north side to the south side of the James River. they continued to live there but the plantation was later in the bounds of Cumberland County (1748) then Powhatan County (1777)."
    
    "John Netherland, Jr. was a member of Southam Parish Vestry. At the age of 25 he was appointed to the responsible position of Gentleman Justice of Cumberland County, Virginia. Later, he was appointed the sheriff of this county. He was active in the affairs of his church, county, and colony, and accumulated a considerable estate. During the Revolutionary War he was a very active member of the Cumberland County Committee of Safety, the first county committee formed in the American colonies to instruct for a declaration of independence from Great Britain. He served on this committee from its organization in 1775 until after the war, was a Captain in the militia, and was thus officially part of the American Revolution."
    
    "John Netherland became a man of great wealth and prestige, owning many acres of land and many slaves. His wife, Mary Ann Mosby Netherland added to his wealth, as her father Benjamin willed 'every slave and other estate of what nature, or kind soever she is now possessed of by virtue of any gift or loan from me, also a common horse'. (will proven 26 September 1774.) They were generous in gifts to their children in lifetime and in their wills."
    
    "John and his wife Mary Ann Mosby Netherland, reared their family in the 'Virginia Gentleman' tradition, as plantation owners and public servants. John served his community as a leader in peace and war and he left this tradition with his sons and daughters. The Netherlands worshipped at St. Peter's and Southam Parish churches, of the Anglican (Episcopal) faith."

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Sources/Citations Virginia Kaleidoscope, Historic Sites of Sullivan County

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