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This source lists city of birth as Kingston?
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Source: book - "Vital Records of the town of Halifax, MA to the end of the year 1849".
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This source lists death year as ABT 1807?
Occupation in 1758 was Blacksmith, Antrim Parish, Halifax, Co., VA. Elected Constable, Pittsylvania Co., VA June 1767. Served in the American Revolution, Ft. Rutledge, SC, June 1, 1777. Death 1803 in Halifax Co., VA or inTraveler's Rest, Spartenburg Co., SC. Occupation listed a second time as Shoemaker.
Military Service: Between 1779-1780, Major-Drum and Fife Corps. Revolutionary War Pension records W9092. Served during 1777 and 1780 with Captain Tutts South Carolina Co.
Probate: August 28, 1751, John Justice built a water grist mill for William Wilson, and same is not properly built, Augusta County, VA court.
Probate: April 1760, John Justice, Jr. being guilty of profanely swearing 2 oaths, is fined.
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Source: book - "Vital Records of the town of Halifax, MA to the end of the year 1849".
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"Simeon Justice, son of John and Mary Justice died in 1783, in Pittsyvania Co., leaving his wife and three minor sons. John, Simeon Jr. and Thomas. John and Simeon Jr. Justice, "came of age to choose," orphans of Simeon, came tocourt and made choice of William Justice, their uncle, as their guardian, said William and John entered into and acknowledged bond in penalty of 1000 L. (See Book 9 -- page 230 -- Feb. Court 1800). On Feb. 20 1792, Elizabeth Justice,widow of Simeon Justice, filed for recording in Pittsylvania Co., VA., a relinquishment of her dower interest in her husband's estate to Abisha Watson my thirds of land formerly belonging to Simeon Justice, dead, lying in Harepin Creek inPittsylvannia Co." (See Deed Book 9 -- Page 112 -- Feb. 20, 1792).
Her husband's brother, Thomas, had earlier moved to Rutherford Co., North Carolina so she and her other son Thomas went to Rutherford Co., N.C., in order to join the members of the Justice family. Apparently she died soon after makingthis long and hazardous journey, because the following was recorded in 1796 on page 65 of the records of the court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions the following: "Thomas Justice, a minor, son of Simeon Justice dec'd, came of proper age tochoose, and chose his uncle Thomas Justice, Sr., his guardian, who was approved by the court and entered into bond with Wm. Edwards, Surety." Soon thereafter, Thomas joined his cousins, John and Simeon, sons of his uncle John (1725 -1801) and travelled back to Pike County, Kentucky. (See footnote page 16-A). His cousins John and Simeon had only recently been discharged from the army in south Carolina. In Pike Co., KY., Thomas met and married Elizabeth Blackburn in1805 (See Kozie History of eastern Kentucky, Page 42). (actually was it was in 1812). They were married by Matt Spurlock. To this marriage were born four sons and two daughters. The sons were Thomas, James, Simeon and Ned."
Notes for Simeon Justice:
The Inventory for the Estate of Simeon Justice was recorded in A/C Book 1, page 151, 152, 203 & 204, Pittsyvania Co., VA.
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15. John Justice
Probate: February 17, 1800, John and Simeon Justice, orphans of Simeon Justice, deceased, came into court and made William Justice their guardian, Pittsylvania Co., VA Court.
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Probate: April 15, 1799, John Justice, orphan of Simeon Justice, Sr., deceased, stole two shotes of pigs, the property of Samuel Calland. Fine paid. Pittsylvania Co., VA Court.
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Also see notes under his father, Simeon Justice, Sr.
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17. Margaret Justice
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Source: book - "Vital Records of the town of Halifax, MA to the end of the year 1849".
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The parents of this Thomas Justice are in serious discussion as to whether this Thomas comes from William Justice and Mary Frame VA. line or from John Justice and Mary Moore from MA. As of November 14, 2003 I have merged theinformation on these two Thomas Justice's while unraveling source information.
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Also have birth listed abt 1727. residence: Mill Creek, Rutherfordton, N.C.Sold the last of his holdings in Virginia in 1779 and is shown in North Carolina with 600 acres of land in 1786.
Probate: January 1796, Orphan Thomas Justice, minor son of Simeon Justice, deceased, reached the age of selection and selected Thomas Justice, Senior as his Guardian, Rutherford Co., NC Court. He became a Baptist minister.
Also see notes under Simeon Justice, brother to Thomas.
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Information from a typed partial lineage of the Davis Family provided by V. Iris Beck Womeldorff, a copy of which is in the Justice Family File at the Henderson Historical Society, Hendersonville, N.C.Buried Rutherfordton, N.C.
Owned land in several counties in Western North Carolina. Waggoned produce to South Carolina and Georgia, accompanied by son, James Dyer. Died on returning from a trip to Augusta, GA.
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Thomas started buying land in Rutherford County, N.C. on April 19, 1788 in the Green River area, listed June 4, 1794.--
Thomas Justice and his wife Mary Dyer, who came from Virginia, settled near what is now Mill Springs, in the Blue Ridge foothills of Polk County. Two of their sons were among the earliest citizens in what is now Henderson County.
"We next turn to the many deeds recorded in Buncombe Co., the parent county of Henderson. Early land entries for the Justice family began after the Treaty of Hopewell, which was concluded in 1785, between the national governmentand the Cherokees of Western N.C. At this time Joseph McDowell, Jr., of the famous western pioneer family , ran the dividing line between Burke and Rutherford Co. from the top of the Blue Ridge to Pigeon River, and in 1787 N.C. beganissuing the first grants for land in the Indian's old hunting ground beyond the Blue Ridge Mountains. Prior to this, in 1782, each soldier of the Continental Line then in service, and who continued to the end of the War, or had beendisabled, and all who had served at least two years honorably and NOT reinlisted, or who had been dropped when forces were reduced, received land grants; the number of acres was determined by the rank of each man.
We can almost see our Justice men leaving Virginia and Eastern N.C. and migrating up through Howard Gap, their land grants in their hands. In 1796 grant #251 had been issued to an Englishman, but a few years earlier, in 1789, the reknownBishop Asbury had visited this area. Still earlier, in 1787, the first Land Grant west of the Blue Ridge was issued to William Moore and on that same day, 640 acres was granted to the Davidson Family, for who Davidson River in present dayTransylvania Co. was named. Over in Burke Co. the State of N.C. had issued a Land Grant to William Mills (also famous in the history of Henderson Co.) We now find the Justice family making their entrance into the history of this hithertoall Indian land. In the records of Rutherford Co. there is a deed for 15 acres for 15 pounds sterling. This was the first foothold, and dated April 19, 1788. The deed however was not recorded until June 4, 1794. Thomas was listed as awitness to a sale of 100 acres for 30 pounds sterling, sold by William Mills to one Richard Yielding. This was originally a Land Patent dated Nov 15, 1790, on both sides of Rotten Creek of Green River. Checking deeper we find a ThomasJustice receiving, through State Land Grant #879, 100 acres July 19, 1794 along McDowell Creek in Rutherford Co. As records indicate, several Thomas Justices were in the same locale; one being the orphaned son of Simeon as per themiscellaneous records in the court house in Rutherford Co., N.C.
Perhaps a short resume of where some Justice families were, through the various State and Federal Census records, might be appropo at this time.
1784 - If we look back at the State and Federal Census records, for these years, and in particular Halifax Co, N.C. we will find a John Justice, age 21 to 60, with seven white males either under 21 or over 60. This might well be Johnoldest son of John and Mary Hogue Justice. We can assume all seven were relatives and the four females listed might be sisters or at least nieces of John.
1790 - In early Rutherford Co. we find Amos, Jared, and Thomas, Jr. all sons of Thomas Sr. At this time Thomas Sr. has an additional two males over 16; these could be his children or those of his sons John and William, or even children ofhis deceased brothers John and Simeon.
1800 - In this year a John Justice is still on the Census in Halifax Co. with four white males and three females. We can also find in several of the family listings in Buncombe, formed from Rutherford and Burke, such names as Amos,Simeon, and Thomas. We note in Burke Co. the following - John, Joseph, Thomas and two Henry Justices. Over in Rutherford Co. we find Jared, two Johns again, and the Thomas we are recording in this history. Three of these later ones mostassuredly could then be sons of John and Mary Hogue Justice.
1810 - This Census in Buncombe Co. records a John again; also a Benjamin, Robert (could this be one related to Robert who in 1807 md Pheraby Barrow in Halifax Co., N.C.?) and also there is a William and Joseph. In Rutherford Co. we seeJames and Jared, but no John; altho there is one of his name in Burke, along with a Henry.
1820 - Finally, in 1820 we have, in Buncombe, a George, James D. (who we know is our James Dyar) who appears a little later in Henderson Co.; and a Thomas, and all living near each other. In another locale is a John Justice Sr. and aWilliam, who are near neighbors - with a John Jr. and a Mary, nearby. Many of these could well be descendants of John and Simeon, brothers to Thomas E. Justice. Going back to Halifax Co., N.C. at even this late date we still find aRobert and a widow lady as head of the house - but whose house? and which lady?
All this is to show how the family grew, how they moved around, where they lived and to show too they were indeed land owners in Western N.C. long before Henderson and Polk Counties were planned. These were your trailblazers at the turnof the Century.
Most all stories gleaned from descendants of this first man of Rutherford Co, Thomas Justice, Sr. start with James Dyar Justice, his youngest son. This was due in part to the short life of Thomas after he came to Western N.C. and also tothe busy life that James Dyar built for himself in this area. Even now, try as we might wish, the full lineage of this branch is not complete, but at least partially revealed in the line of descent from James Dyar, to the present.Determination and desire most assuredly were part of the dream of these settlers. They were seeking a home far from Virginia, far from the Indians, and in this newly opened section they believed they were safe and had found their Utopia.Their vigorous energy and their Christian beliefs has strengthened them in their chosen steps and has also endowed their descendants into our own day and time."
"He is the pioneer from whom most of the Justice family in Western N.C. now descend - this includes those in Henderson, Buncombe, Rutherford, Polk, Mason, just to name a few.
We do not have too much on his early life altho he is listed on the records of Rutherford Co. under date of Oct 28, 1782 receiving, by Patent, land on Green River. In that same year he appears on the tax list for the county owning 600Acres. When Buncombe was formed, 1791, we find this family owning land in many of the above counties and it is there that many of them grew to manhood.
In Rutherford Co., Abstracts of Deeds 1773-1795, we find Thomas listed on other records, as follows -
1788, 19 Apr Peter Johnston to Thomas Justice for 10 ? tract of 15 Acres on North side Green River including improvement Thos. Justice bought of James McFarling (sic). Recorded June 5, 1794. No Witnesses.
1793, 11 Jan William Mills to Richard Yielding for 30 ?, 100 Acres (land granted by Patent Nov 16, 1790) both sides Rotten Creek of Green River. Isham Ravis (Revis) and Thos. Justice signed. Recorded March 25, 1795.
1795, 11 Nov Thomas Justice as Witness to Caleb Lindsey, with James Lindsey having Power of Attorney.
A little about his early life, from Hubert Justice descendant of Phillip Brittain Justice, who was the grandson of the above Thomas, partially completes the life of Thomas through Hubert's "family history" -- "Thomas E. Justice carriedproduce into Georgia - going by wagon - and young James Dyar Justice, his youngest son would travel with him. All the wonders of 'over the mountain' was implanted in this young man's mind....but on one trip his joy turned to sorrow whenhis father, Thomas E. Justice, died, while enroute back to the Blue Ridge Mountains."
We do find in Deeds in Halifax Co., VA., where the father John died, that Thomas E. Justice, along with brothers Simeon and John, Jr. were selling their inheritance. The date of the last sale of land by Thomas E. was 1779 and it wouldallow for the next purchase, which was 1782, in Rutherford Co., North Carolina.
Early deeds in Buncombe Co. also show their presence in this newly formed county. The first Deed recorded was actually land in Rutherford Co...i.e. 100 acres on McDowell creek; this Thomas received from the State of N.C. patent (or grant)No. 879, under date July 19, 1794. Later Thomas sells this same land under date of July 16, 1798 to son Amos. Records show too that on this exact day Thomas received from son Amos, 100 Acres on Shaw's Creek (present day Henderson Co.),which makes on wonder if this transaction was only a "fair exchange".
Thomas had received another 150 acres, also Shaw's Creek, under Patent #680 dated Nov 21, 1799, and still more property (no description given) under date of Feb 18, 1803 from Amos. This latter transaction could well be to Thomas Jr. Itis an established fact, through Deeds, that Thomas Sr did sell to Thomas Jr under date of July 7, 1801, 100 Acres on Robins Camp Branch... and that Thomas Jr. had received, earlier (Jan 27, 1798) from Andrew Miller, 200 Acres on Shaw'sCreek. All of these deeds show the gradual inroads that Thomas Justice Sr, late of Halifax Co., VA. was making into the records of Rutherford Co. N.C. as well as Bumcombe, and finally Henderson and Polk Counties. He had in the truestsense become a land owner, when the area was sparsely settled."
Notes for THOMAS JUSTICE:
Some of the information regarding the descendants of Thomas Justice was obtained from a paper written by Golden Levi Downing on the Justice and Woodward families. He was born 10-12-1884, Fresno, California, died 4-19-1962, Oakland,California. The history was written on February 20, 1933.
6. Elce "Ailsey"Alice Alse "Abbie" Justice
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Source: book - "Vital Records of the town of Halifax, MA to the end of the year 1849". Elce "Ailsey" b. 31 May 1739.
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Name may have been Elsie or Elce Alice Hughes Justice?
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Notes for THOMAS CHERRYSTONE WATSON:
Pittsylvania Co, Va MarriagesAbishal Watson Sally Watson 20 Nov 1801
Amos Watson Elizabeth Yates 14 Nov 1793
Anderson Watson Sarah Streetman 6 Jan 1791
George Watson Peggy Murphy 20 Oct 1790
Jacob Watson Mary Surnson 1793
John Watson Lurana Polly 24 Oct 1782
John Watson Bethmiah Watson 12 Nov 1784
John Watson, Jr. Lucy Smith 22 Nov 1800
Joshua Watson Nancy Morray 16 Nov 1799
Levi Watson Nancy Watson 18 Oct 1798
Shemie Watson Elizabeth Murphy 17 Oct 1792
Thomas Watson Francis Campbell 21 Nov 1791
Thomas Watson Melinda Watson 15 Sep 1800 (D/O John)
Elizabeth or Sally are not named in the Will of Thomas Watson. I have no proof that they were his children.
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Marietta, GA 30066The next Justices to Floyd County settled just south of Pikeville and became part of Pike County when Pike was formed in 1821. These were the mostly married sons and daughters of William and Margaret (?) Justice (my ggggg grandparents).Most Pike county researchers say that Margaret was a Johnson, but, I am not sure of that. When searching Virginia records, I found a William Justice descendant of the Charles City Justices , who married Margaret Johnson in LunenbergCounty, VA and much later than our William and Margaret would have to had married. The Lunenberg William and Margaret had a son named William Johnson Justice who came to Georgia, where I now live. Our William and Margaret started havingchildren in the 1770's From all I can peice together William was born in Mass in 1742 and came to Floyd County, KY in 1805. William and Margaret brought nine children with them to the banks of the Levisa just south of Pikeville.
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Owned property February 16, 1809 located on the Big Sandy River, From David Morgan, Floyd Co., KY. Will dated July 3, 1812, Floyd Co., KY, Court File # 2. Will probated March 13, 1813, Prestonburg, Floyd Co., KY. Occupationlisted as Plantation Owner.
Probate: April 15, 1799, John Justice, orphan of Simeon Justice, Sr., deceased, stole two shotes of pigs, the property of Samuel Calland. Fine paid. Pittsylvania Co., VA Court.
Probate: February 17, 1800, John and Simeon Justice, orphans of Simeon Justice, deceased, came into court and made William Justice their guardian, Pittsylvania Co., VA Court.
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Marietta, GA 30066The Mayflower Descendant Volume XXVII published in 1925 and includes the record of William Justice (our earliest ancestor into east KY.) being Baptized on 3 March 1743 at Halifax, MA.
his death there at age 74 in 1864 when he was killed by marauding Confederate Scouts. After the war ended, his widow obtained an indictment of murder for eleven Confederate troops but no one was ever brought to trial. I will include herethe will of William Justice 1742-1813. This will is on file at Prestonsburg and was first discovered by Terry Anderson of Maysville. Terry is three times a Justice and a very dedicated genealogist. I owe him a great deal in unraveling thedifferent Justice relationships in Floyd and Pike County.
"IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN I WILLIAM JUSTUS OF FLOYD COUNTY AND STATE OF KENTUCKY BEING A MAN OF A CONSIDERABLE AGE AND CALLING TO MIND THE MORTALLITY OF MY BODY KNOWING THAT IT IS APPOINTED FOR ALL MEN TO DIE AND BEING IN PERFECT HEALTH ANDMEMORY AT THIS TIME THANKS BE TO ALMIGHTY GOD FOR HIS MERCY I DO MAKE AND ORDAIN THIS MY LAST WILL AND TESTEMENT THAT IS TO SAY PRINSAPALLY AND FIRST OF ALL I RECOMMEND MY SOUL INTO THE HANDS OF GOD THAT GAVE IT TO ME AND MY BODY TO THEEARTH FROM WHENCE IT CAME TO BE BURIED IN A DECENT CHRISTIAN BURIAL AT THE DESCRETION OF MY EXCEUITORS NOTHING DOUBTING BUT AT THE GENERAL RESURRECTION. (next two lines unreadable) I GIVE AND BEQUEATH IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER: ITEM 1: FIRSTOF ALL MY JUST DEBTS BE PAID OUT OF MY ESTATE. ITEM 2: I LEAVE MY SON WILLIAM JUSTUS HALF THE BOTTOM THAT HE LIVES IN NOW. ALSO I LEAVE MY SON EZRA JUSTUS THE OTHER HALF OF THE SAME BOTTOM. ALSO I LEAVE MY SON PATON JUSTUS THE LOER HALFTHAT I NOWN LIVE ON. WILLIAM AND EZRA IS TO PAY THIRTY THREE POUNDS EIGHT SHILLINGS. PAYTON TO PAY SIXTY SIX ?? POUNDS THIRTEEN SHILLINGS AND PERMITS? JOHN JUSTUS, GEORGE JUSTUS, AND SIMEON JUSTUS TO BE EQUIL HEIRS OF THE LAND. ITEM 3: ILEAVE TO MY DAUGHTERS NO PART OF THE LAND. ITEM 4: I LEAVE TO MY BELOVED WIFE MARGARET JUSTUS TWO NEGROS NAMED SAM AND CHARRITY AND ONE HORS (HORSE) AND ALL THE CATTLE AND HADGS (HOGS) AND SHEAP AND THE HOWS (HOUSE) AND HOUSELFUNITURE ANDAS MUCH OF THE CLEAR LAND THAT SHE WONTS IN DURING HER WIDOWHOOD. ITEM 5: I LEAVE TO MY DAUGHTER ELIZABETH ONE NEGRO GAL NAMED VILET. ITEM 6: I LEAVE TO MY DAUGHTER MARY ONE NEGRO GIRL NAMED CLAY. ITEM 7: I LEAVE TO MY DAUGHTER SARY ONENEGRO GIRL NAMED YALLOR JIN HER LIFE TIME THEN TO HER CHILDREN. ITEM 8: I LEAVE TO MY SON WILLIAM ONE NEGRO BOY IN NAME PETER. ITEM 9: I LEAVE TO MY SON JOHN ONE NEGRO BOY NAMED HARRY. ITEM 10: I LEAVE TO MY SON EZRA ONE NEGRO GIRL NAMEDBLACK SILLER? ITEM 11: I LEAVE TO MY SON GEORGE ONE NEGRO GIRL NAMED JIN BLACK. ITEM 12: I LEAVE TO MY SON SIMEON ONE NEGRO GARL NAMED CHARITY. ITEM 13: I LEAVE TO MY SON PATON ONE NEGRO BOY NAMED SAM. ALSO THOSE NINE NEGROS THAT I HAVELEFT TO MY NINE CHILDREN IS TO BE VALLIED (VALUED) BY THSE GOOD MEN CHOSEN BY THE ESCEKITORS AND PAMENT TO BE MAID FROM THAT GITS THE HIEST INCRISE? TO THOSE THAT GETS THE LOIST INCRISE? EQUALLY. THOSE TWO NEGROS BEFORE MENTIED CHARRITYAND SAM IS TO BE LEFT TO MARGET JUSTUS HIR LIFETIME AND THARE INCRESETO FROM MY DECESE BOTH EM THAT THAAS LEFT TO. ALSO JOHN, EZRA, GEORGE, AND PATON IS TO HAVE A COW APEASE OUT OF THE CATTEL STOCK. AND ALL THE BALLANCE AND IN CREAS (INCREASE) OF MY ESTATE IS TO BE DIVIDED EQUALLY TO ALL MY CHILDREN WHILE MY DISCEASE. FERTHER MORE I DO CONSTITUTE AND ORDAIN MY WELL BELOVED WIFE MARGET JUSTUS AND SIMEON JUSTUS MY BELOVED SON TO BE MY TRUSTY EXECUITORS AND ADMINISTRATORSTO ACT AS I COULD DO AND TO HAVE THE POWER IN THE SAME CASE AS I COLD HAVE MYSELF AND I DO HEREBY UTTERLY DISALLOW REVOKE AND DISANNUL ALL AND EVRY OTHER FORMER TESTEMENT WILLS LEGACEES ESCECUTORS BY ME IN ANY WISE BEFORE METINED NAMEDWILLED AND BEQUATHE RATTIFYING AND CONFIRMING THIS TO AND NO OTHER TO BE MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT WHAR UNTO I HAVE SET MY HAND SEAL THIS THIRD DAY OF JULY IN THE YEAR ONE THOUSON EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWELVE ASSIGNED SEALLED AND DELIVERED INTHE PRESENTS OF US.
ELIJAH ADKINSON
SARAY MAY
ANNEY ADKINS? AKINS?
FLOYD COUNTY COURT MARCH TERM 1813
The last will and testament of William Justice deceased was proved by the oaths of Elijah Adkinson and Sarah May two subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded.
Wm. J. Mayo CFCC Last Will and Testament of William Justice, dec.
Recorded in book A page 2.
And Examined
Wm. J. Mayo Clk 1813
Our ancestor William most likely felt sorry for some one who only knew one way to spell a word. In actuallity, he did well for some one brought up in frontier America where school houses were non-existant. Notice that throughout his willWilliam spelled our name Justus. However his father John spelled it Justice in his will. Some of the Buchanan County, Virginia Justices, all descendants of Simeon and Keziah Saulsbury Justice , spell our name Justus. All of William'schildren were consistant in spelling their name Justice.Notes for WILLIAM JUSTICE:
WILLIAM JUSTICE-CENSUS RECORDS1810 FLOYD CO, KY
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1 M 16-26 1784/94 (PEYTON?)
1 M 45-UP BEF 1765
1 F 45-UP BEF 1765William and Margaret Justice sold 294 acres on Cherry Creek, Pittsylvania Co, Va. for 70 pounds on 6 February 1800.
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This source lists name as Margaret Mary Johnson?
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Marietta, GA 30066The next Justices to Floyd County settled just south of Pikeville and became part of Pike County when Pike was formed in 1821. These were the mostly married sons and daughters of William and Margaret (?) Justice (my ggggg grandparents).Most Pike county researchers say that Margaret was a Johnson, but, I am not sure of that. When searching Virginia records, I found a William Justice descendant of the Charles City Justices , who married Margaret Johnson in LunenbergCounty, VA and much later than our William and Margaret would have to had married. The Lunenberg William and Margaret had a son named William Johnson Justice who came to Georgia, where I now live. Our William and Margaret started havingchildren in the 1770's From all I can peice together William was born in Mass in 1742 and came to Floyd County, KY in 1805. William and Margaret brought nine children with them to the banks of the Levisa just south of Pikeville.
45. Polly Justice
One source lists Polly Justice as an adopted child.