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Stephen James CAUDILL

Male Abt 1680 - Abt 1763  (~ 83 years)


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  • Name Stephen James CAUDILL 
    Birth Abt 1680  Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death Abt 1763  Lunenburg Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I107  Rootballs
    Last Modified 10 Jan 2015 

    Father James CAUDILL,   b. Abt 1641, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1684 (Age ~ 43 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Family ID F105  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Elizabeth FIELDS,   b. Abt 1698, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1763, Lunenburg, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 65 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1716  Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. James CAUDILL, Sr.,   b. Abt 1720, Old Surry Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1805, Wilkes Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 85 years)  [Natural]
     2. Samson CAUDLE,   b. Abt 1722   d. Abt 1809, Lunenburg Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 87 years)  [Natural]
     3. William CAUDILL,   b. Abt 1724   d. Abt 1779 (Age ~ 55 years)  [Natural]
     4. Benjamin CAUDILL,   b. Abt 1725, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1777, Anson Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 52 years)  [Natural]
     5. David CAUDILL,   b. Abt 1734  [Natural]
     6. Isham CAUDILL,   b. Abt 1735   d. Abt 1802 (Age ~ 67 years)  [Natural]
    Family ID F104  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Jan 2015 

  • Notes 
    • 1. Aug 5, 1731 Paid 20 Shillings for a King George II Patent by William Gooch for 195 acres on the north side of Nottoway River in Old Surry Co., VA.
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      2. The initial record found on Stephen Caudill is in Volume 14 of the Virginia Patents and Land Grants pp. 210, showing a grant to Stephen Cawdle of Surry Co., VA., for 195 acres - Appalachia Crossroads: The Caudill Family", Ch. 2, Pg. 7
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      3. Stephen Caudill appears in the Lunenburg Co. Tax List, 1752, with son James paying two tithes. A tithe is a male of age eligible for military service.
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      4. The following is from the Cordell Clippings, No. 14, Apr. 1996, Pg. 3 (also, reference "Appalachia Crossroads: The Caudill Family", Ch. 2, Pg. 7):
      Stephen first appeared on a land grant from King George II of 195 acres in Surry Co., VA, which later became Brunswick Co., then Lunenburg Co., VA, & NC.
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      5. "When Stephen Cordell died in 1758, a Virginia Court ordered widow Elizabeth and son James to administer his estate. No other children were listed. However, later information showed that Stephen had at least two, and possibly three sons." Cordell Clippings, No. 8, p.7, January 1993.
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      6. Source Library of Virginia, Reel #20, Brunswick County Virginia, Will Book #3, 1751-1769, p. 280, Stephen Caudle, Inventory &c, 1759.
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      7. In 1736, a John Cordle appears as a tithable in Amelia County VA.
      http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vaamelia/ameltith.htm
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      8. In 1737, a John Cordle and John Cordle Jr. appears as a tithable in Amelia County VA.
      Amelia.1737-2a
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      9. In 1738, a John Cordle and John Cordle Jr. appears as a tithable in Amelia County VA.
      Amelia.1738-2a
      William Cordle appears on page 2c
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