David was also known as "Long David".
David and Sarah were living in Fredericksville Parish, Louisa County, Va in 1743, where his father-in-law , Richard R. Brooks, had given (see Deed Book A, page 75-76) them land on Dirty Creek (Swamp), a small creek in Louisa County. (5 years later this same acerage was sold to John Brooks, Book A, page 324, 22 Aug 1748) They moved to, Cjumberland Parish, Lunenburg County, Virginia (where he is listed in the tithe book of Cumberland Parish,Llunenburg County, in 1750, 1752, and 1764) in about 1749, and into Johnston County, North Carolina in the early 1760's; where David died abt 1764. Sarah then moved in 1765, with her children to South Carolina, where as David's widow she was granted 350 acres of land (50 acres for each of her minor children and 100 for herself, see The Land Platts of South Carolina, Pre-Revolution, published by the South Carolina Historical Commission).
In 1761 David witnessed a sale by William of Lunenburg County to Francis Ray of Johnston County, North Carolina. Two years earlier, in 1759, David sold land with his brother Richard as a witness, and is identified as "of Johnston County, North Carolina". It is assumed that he died in the early 1760's because his widow, Sarah, and her brother Elisha Brooks, received land grants in Colleton County, South Carolina in 1766. Sarah's grant was for 450 acres, 100 acres for herself and 50 acres for each child living at home. The source for this grant is THE LAND PLATTS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, PRE-REVOLUTION, published by the South Carolina Historical Commission. The 350 acres for Sarah's children shows that she had seven children dependent on her at that time. (Nicholas of Nashboro fame was already married). Ge Lee Hendrix, a Genealogist from Greenville, South Carolina points out that since these were pre-Revolutionary plats and "I saw no other Gentrys listed...save Sarah" she and her sizeable family apperar to be the first of the Gentry name in South Carolina.
David may have moved to Johnston County, NC since one of his Lunenvureg deed in 1764 calls him "of" that location. He died shortly after the move and his widow moved to SC.
**Gordon Price
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