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I realize it's all based on location and the fact that John is the only Childers old enough to be their father. Here is what I wrote in my family's history:
By 1744, John Childers’ first records appear in Albemarle county on Willis Creek. He was entering surveys for land that was at the edge of the unsettled wilderness. This land later would fall in Buckingham County, since it was south of the James River on Willis Creek. At this time Joseph Childers, presumably his son, also patented land and
had it surveyed. It was on the same creek as John Childers. Two years later, the Ablemarle court records ordered John to be the overseer for the road construction needed from Brook’s mill to John Bostick’s plantation.
Twice John recorded deeds in Albemarle County, and both times he did it by deeding gifts of land to sons. The first deed was to Francis Childers in 1751. This
deed was for 200 acres of land that Francis was already living on. Then in 1760, he gave additional land to Abraham Childers. This deed was for 250 acres located at
Beaver Pond on Willis Creek. Presumably, he also gave land to his other sons, but those deeds have not been
found. If these deeds were written in Albemarle County records, they could have been recorded in the lost Albemarle deed book dated 1752 to 1758.
Another possible reason as to why other records have not been found, is that they were written after 1761. After this date, all of John Childers’ records were transacted
in the newly formed county of Buckingham. Unfortunately, all of Buckingham County’s records are missing or destroyed. There is no easy way to piece together
missing parts of this puzzle.
The other sons of John who could have received land were Joseph, John (Jr.), Benjamin, and Henry. John Childers could easily have deeded land to Benjamin Childers, who lived his whole life just across the James River from John Childers. And both John (the younger) and Henry Childers continued to live in the area. Unfortunately for us, no records exist to verify these other gifts or the full relationship of these Childers families.
Only tax records that were kept at the colonial capital exist today for Buckingham. They show that John Childers, Francis Childers, and Abraham Childers all lived near
each other in 1764. Since the other sons, Joseph, Benjamin, John (Jr.) and Henry lived across the river, their names do not appear.
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