Earliest Patent in District 1

This precinct consisted of all of Hogg Island.

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1681 Patent for 2,200 acres to Thomas Hunt, John Floyd, Edmund Bibby and George Clarke. 1687 New patent to the same parties for a total of 3,350 acres called Hogg Island alias Shooting Beach. The next year the island as follows: the south end to Mary Lloyd on behalf of Charles, Berry and Matthew Lloyd, the deed for which definitely says Lloyd. but it was later disposed of by Floyd; to Thomas Hunt, the land north of Floyd; the part north of him to Elizabeth Clarke on behalf of George and William Clarke; and the north end to Bibby.

Source:

Whitelaw, Ralph T. Virginia's Eastern Shore A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties. Gloucester MA: Peter Smith; p. 368.


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