HOUSEHOLD 20
[A123]
(East of present Route 13)
NOTE: The procession returns of 1795/96 show that before his death Ralph Justice's heirs still owned lands in both Accomack Parish Districts 6 and 9. (Walczyk Processioners:20, 22).
Whitelaw states:
1786 - Stephen Clemmons (wife Susannah) left the 50 acres to his daughters Siner and Bridget and the former is known to have married Ezekeil Costin. (Whitelaw:1185.)
On 31 January 1787 Ralph Justice married Bridget Clemmons (Turman:149). The text reads:
Ralph Justice to marry Bridget Clemmons on 31 January 1787. Nathaniel Bevens security.
On 30 April 1794 this land was noted in a survey requested by William Bishop (Survey Book 1:259).The record reads:
Surveyed at the request of William Bishop one hundred and Sixty Six Acres of land and run a division line through a corner thereof which laid of Ralph Justice 10 acres which lands are situate and being in the Parish and County of Accomack and Bounded as follows, towit, On the S.W. by the lands of Muns Bishop on N.W. by the lands of Ralph Justice, on the N.E. by the lands of James Moore, on the S.E. by the lands of Bennet Mason, Sarah Melson, Richard Savage and Charles Fox and in the by Ralph Justice's Clemmons land.
SEE: http://easternshoreheritage.com/surveys/bishop_survey.htm
On 3 January 1796 the lands of the heirs of Ralph Justice were proessioned in District 6 (Walczyk Processioners:20). The text reads:
Lines between Ralph Justice’s heirs & Charles Fox. ... Lines between WilIiam Bishop’s heirs & Ralph Justices’s heirs. Lines between Stephen Clemmons & Ralph Justice’s heirs. This land was what was known as Ralph Justice's Clemmons land.
Note this land bordered District 9 to the east.
For more on Ralph Justice SEE:http://easternshoreheritage.com/processions/accomack/acc_ 9/household_88.htm
Sources:
_____. Accomack County Survey Book 1.
Turman, Nora Miller. Marriage Records of Accomack County, Virginia 1776-1854, Recorded in Bonds, Licenses and Ministers' Returns. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1994.
Walczyk, Gail M. Accomack County Processioners Returns 1796 -1816 For Accomack and St. George's Parishes. Coram NY: Peter's Row, 2004.
Whitelaw, Ralph T. Virginia's Eastern Shore A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties. Vol. 2. Gloucester MA: Peter Smith.
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