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Bandy of Tazewell County


Avy Bandy resided in Cumberland County, Virginia. Cumberland County Virginia Court Records 25 Aug 1755 "Ordered that the church wardens of Southham Parish bind out Thomas and George Bandy, sons of Avy Bandy according to law."

Thomas Bandy, son of Avy Bandy, was born ca 1745 in Botetourt County; removed to Tazewell County where he was married to Nancy Peery, his first wife and by her had three children. He died in Tazewell County in 1825. Issue:
Sources: Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia; Last Will and Testament of Richard Bandy (1795) Botetourt County, Virginia; Records of Cumberland County, Virginia; Early Marriages,Wills and Some Revolutionary War Records, Botetourt County, Virginia by Anne Lowry Worrell (1975); Botetourt County Marriages 1770-1853 by John Vogt and T. William Kethley, Jr.