Notes on William Poe
William Poe, before the Revolutionary War, circa, in April, 1755, and later was hailed into court for gambling, and once as a witness in a gambling case; and William Poe was charged as engaging in horse racing. On December 9, 1737, William Poe
and his wife, Lydia, (Power of Attorney to Benjamin Poe) game William Taliaferro, gentry, deed of lease and release in Caroline County, Virginia.
Had a Land Grant in Northern Virginia as of 7 Dec 1735.
That his father was Samuel Poe is not fully established at this time, so that link should be considered circumstantial.
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