This Scots-Irish William Sproul was the progenitor of the current Sproul family of Augusta County, Virginia. With numerous offspring and an expanding frontier, the family spread rapidly across the country in the early 1800s. Of the fifteen second generation children, all seven daughters stayed in the local area but five of the sons moved to Kentucky.

First Augusta County Records:
1756 – Muster Roll of Capt. George Wilson's Company of Augusta County Militia
1757 – William Sprowl marriage license
1759 – Land Patent for 168 acres on Cowpasture River
1759 – Land purchase of 320 acres on Moffatts Creek
1761 – William and Jean sell 320 acres on Moffatts Creek
1761 – William and Jean sell 168 acres on Cowpasture River
1761 – Several privy examinations of Jane, wife of William
1762 – William purchase of 200 acres on Cowpasture River Probable Location Dates
1756-1762 Cowpasture River at Shaws Fork
1762-1765 Cowpasture River at Stuart Run
1765-1806 Locust Grove, headwaters of Moffatts Creek

Descendants of Settler William Sproul

There were fifteen children of William and his two wives, Jane and Susanna, seven girls and eight boys. The girls all married except Mary, and all of them remained in the local area. Four of the boys went to Kentucky.
John and Charles inherited the Locust Grove land and home, but Charles died at 24. Samuel died single before finishing his education. So of the eight boys, only William (Squire Billy) and John (Capt John) remained in the area. William (Squire Billy) died in 1837 and all his children left the area by 1858. Thus only one second generation Sproul male family (Capt John's) remained in the Augusta County area.
Similarly, in the third generation, John had two sons, and with Col Billy dying during the Civil War in 1864, Archibald Alexander remained the only Sproul male of the third generation in the Augusta County area.

Children of 1st wife, Jane

Alexander 1758 1813 Jane Beard Cumberland, Ky

Margaret c.1764 aft.1817 John McCutchen local

James Sproul c.1766 aft.1817 Frances McCutchen Cumberland, Ky

William "Squire Billy" 1769 1837 Esther Beard Newport

Nancy 1770 bef.1806 James McNutt local

Children of 2nd wife, Susanna Ewing

Jean (Jane) 1775 1837 John Weir Raphine

Sidney 1776 bef.1817 Joseph Beard local

Mary 1778 aft.1825 died single Locust Grove

Joseph 1779 aft.1822 Rachael Davis Stanford, Lincoln Co, Ky

Oliver 1780 aft.1825 Mary Davis Frankfort, Ky

Martha 1782 1859 Robert Hutcheson Brownsburg

John "Capt. John" 1784 1749 Matilda King Scott Locust Grove

Fanny 1786 1867 Thomas Thompson Swoope

Samuel 1789 bef.1817, while finishing education Locust Grove

Charles 1792 1817 died single Locust Grove