Household 8 - John Parsons - Contributed by Gail M. Walczyk
JOHN PARSONS
HOUSEHOLD
8
[A57]
John Parsons was born circa 1765
Whitelaw states on
p. 820:
A57
Henry Smith Part - He (wife Susanna) left to his son
George, and in 1796 the latter now living in Northampton, and his wife Esther sold
114 acres to John Parsons SEE: HH29 John Parsons
On 29 December 1795, the lands
of John Parsons were processioned in St. George Parish District 11. The text in part
reads: Eleventh District 29 December 1795. . . Lines between William Smith & John
Parsons . . . Lines between John Parsons William Boggs (Walczyk, Processions
p. 10). In the November 1800 court a survey and division of the lands of Reuben Joynes
decd. was ordered. A Thomas Parsons was noted on this land (Plat Book III ).
On Saturday 20 February 1796 the lands of John Parsons was processioned
in Northampton Co., VA (Belote, Processions, p. 6). The Procession reads in
part: This day we have begun the Lines between George Smith & John Parsons, between
John Parsons & William Parsons, between William Parsons and John Trower, between
John Trower & John Talor . . .
On 3 July 1807 the lands of John Parsons
in Saint George Parish were surveyed (Plat Book III, p. 138). The text reads:
Accomack
towit
July 3rd 1807Surveyed the lands of John Parsons situate on the head of
a small Creek on the North side of Pungoteague in the County afsd: & found the same
to contain Seventy Two Acres & twenty five perches (including however a graveyard
said to contain an half acres & heretofore reserved in the said of the said lands)
according to the annexed Plat thereof --- See: John Parsons Survey
Thomas Evans Sur: Acco: Co:
Sources:
_____. Accomack County Plat Book III.
Belote, Tammy Northampton County Procession Returns 1796-1828. Coram NY: Peter's Row, 2007.
Walczyk, Gail M. Accomack County Processioners Returns 1796 -1816 for Accomack and St. George's Parishes. Coram NY: Peter's Row, 2003.
Whitelaw, Ralph T. Virginia's Eastern Shore.A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties, Two Vols. Gloucester, MA: Peter Smith.
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