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- Between the years of 1721 and 1740, they had nine children and in 1740 the family arrived in America. Their tenth child was not named in the ?importation? of 1740 and it is assumed he was born in Virginia. There are two records of their landings, one in Augusta County, Virginia and one in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Therefore, it is assumed that they landed at one of the two cities first and then went by ship to the other in the same year. The Passenger and Immigration List for 1740 for Augusta Co., Virginia shows a Robert Poague and is annotated: Legal proceedings before Orange County Court, Virginia, where settlers proved their entitlement to enter public lands.
The Passenger and Immigration List Index for Philadelphia lists them and their children and includes facts about the person making the (allegiance) oath, the family which accompanied him, and the date of the oath.
- The Ohio University catalog records in a book by E. Beard states:
"In 1732 and later, the Scotch-Irish who came to America via Philadelphia were not welcomed by the original Pennsylvania settlers, who did not take too kindly to this new group of foreigners which included mostly Germans and the Scotch-Irish. For this reason, many moved to the rugged prairie land in the Beverly Manor area, with the Scotch-Irish settling what is presently known as the Virginia county of Augusta. These strong people tamed this barren land (note that the land was not forested as a result of the native Indians routinely burning the land to hunt buffalo) into farm land, built churches, schools and fought in the American Revolution against the King of England."
- In 1739, Robert Poage is shown as owning property in the Beverley Manor area, 772 acres three miles north of Staunton, Virginia, in 1740 an additional 202 acres, then 265 acres more under Beverley Patent Northeast. In 1742 he acquired an additional 378 acres from the Borden Grant. For all this land wealth, there were very few settlers and consequently, few neighbors and not much social life for Elizabeth. She had the care of her ten children and very few conveniences, but it was for a new life in a new land.
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1726 - 1789 (63 years)
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