This gets a bit complicated. The evidence to support the fact that Elijh Brickey son of Peter (1761-1836) and Elizabeth Brickey is found in the records where Jonathan Lee and John Brickey tried to "break the will" of Peter Brickey. Jonathan Lee was a son-in-law of Peter, and John Brickey was the son of Peter, (John married to Rhoda Shrewsberry.) John Brickey and Jonathan Lee, and some of Peter's heirs, signed a document that they would help pay the lawyers to contest the will. That suit went on for quite awhile...most of the heirs signed over their interest or inheritance (or sold to) John Brickey the land that they received or had interest in part of the estate of Peter. I am not quite clear as to whether or not Elizabeth Brickey (Peter's widow) sold or signed over the land she inherited to her children or what happened that they had any interest in Peter's property. They were all willed slaves, but not land. By 1855 she had left Virginia and gone to Carter Co., Tennessee and applied for a pension for Peter (it was denied) but she was granted land on his service.
In any case, John Brickey attempted twice to serve papers on Elijah, James Jones (Mary Polly Brickey's husband) and Jared Brickey who were residing in SCOTT COUNTY, VIRGINIA(subpoena) to appear in court in Botetourt County, Va. Since the subpoena was by Jonathan Lee and John Brickey, it is assumed that they were trying to get Elijah, Jared Brickey and James Jones to pay their part for lawyers they had hired.
The first summons was made on May 5th 1847 (Chancery Court of Botetourt County, VA. Chancery Box 28, Folder 1) This subpoena (on backside of the document) states: "not executed because they come here after the return day G. W. Salling for Ch. Kilgore" (Sheriff of Scott County)The subpoena states:
"The commonwealth of Virginia
To the Sheriff of Scott County Greetine: We command you to summon James JONES, JARED Brickey and ELIJAH Brickey to appear at the Clerks Office of the Superior Court of Law and Chancery in and for the county of Botetourt on the first Monday in June next, to answer a bill in Chancery exhibited in our said court against them (et al) by John Brickey and Jonathan Lee, and when the said defendants shall appear and answer the complaints bill within two months after the service of this subpoena the said bill will be taken for confessed, and the Court will proceed at a future day to decree accordingly. And this they shall in no wise omit under the penalty of 100 (dollars?) ---And have then there this writ. Witness HENRY W. BOWYER, Clerk of the said Court the 5th day of May, 1847, in the 71st year of our foundation. Teste (signature of Bowyer)"

Then another subpoena SECOND ATTEMPT:
Same wording, different date: April 19th 1848. This subpoena was executed:
"Executed on Elijah Brickey 15(15th), Jared Brickey and James Jones 16th May 1848 by delivering to them in person a true copy of the within----
Hiram Kilgore Sheriff Scott County, Virginia."

Roxann Rhea who is a desc. of John Brickey and Rhoda Shrewsberry Brickey...dug up quite a few documents pertaining to Peter Brickey's will.....there are some documents that are still missing. I believe that she (Roxann) said that she had also gone to the courthouse in person to look for records.....

It is a bit odd that no WIVES were mentioned in the subpoena's, since the Elijah who married to Jane Wright was married in Dec. 1830. Still working on trying to find the RIGHT Elijah Brickey. There were 3 Elijah Brickey's in the census records in Scott County, ...one was 2 years old, then the one married to Jane Wright (1850, 1860 and 1870 Scott County, VA.) and the other Elijah Brickey who married Adeline Brickey....that one has been well researched and was b. 1830, so is too young to be Elijah son of Peter Brickey anyway. I CANNOT SAY FOR SURE THAT ELIJAH WHO MARRED JANE WRIGHT Scott County, VA. is the Elijah who is the son of Peter Brickey (1761-1836) Still researching (need to get marriage record for Elijah and Jane) and trying to figure it out. I have not scanned the documets at this point, but do have copies....I will have to post them at a later time, since I have exceeded the upload bandwidth on my satelite service - won't go into that on here(go figure!)
As for Raymond's source in the book, page 49 and 50 for JAMES BRICKEY son Elijah "Marriage Register of Scott Co. VA"
1820 census of Scott Co., VA. (useless as far as names of wife and children goes) I see no other source.
Furthermore, he lists this JAMES BRICKEY married Lydia Vicars as the JARRETT BRICKEY who went to KY and married Synthia Jeffrey, HOWEVER the Vicars family records say that JAMES BRICKEY's wife, Lydia refused to be executor of her husband, JAMES estate......that was in 1833. (It was JARRETT BRICKEY ---NOT JAMES BRICKEY who married to Synthia Jeffrey and went to Arkansas. Lots of people have added the JAMES to JARRETT....and it IS JARRETT NOT JAMES in the census records. I believe that the two men JAMES married Lydia Vicars, and JARRETT who married Synthia Jeffrey to be TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE. I have corresponded in the past with a lot of desc. of JARRETT BRICKEY/Synthia Jeffrey and not one of them knew who JARRETT's father was....with any proof at all.

And I quote from page 51 what Raymond says about JAMES BRICKEY/Lydia Vicars: " Your author is NOT SURE this is 88(36) JAMES BRICKEY, the son of 36 (7) John Brickey and Mrs. Mary Compton, but he is the only one we know who could have been born in 1797 and have other vital dates to fit"
So basically, Raymond was GUESSING that this James Brickey was the son of John and Mary (Carhart) Compton.....

Nancy
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