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.