Justices of Peace, Nottoway County.

Deed Book 2, p. 28, shows that Richard Bland, William Watson and Richard Dennis were justices in 1798. Deed Book 2, p. 67, shows that Robert and Francis Fitzgerald were justices in 1798; p. 75, shows that Freeman Epes was a justice. at the same time; Pincham, Williams shown justices in 1799. (Nottoway Deed Book 2, p. 95.) Daniel Verser and Isaac Winfree, shown justices in 1799. (Nottoway Deed Book 2, p. 166.)

Deed Book 2, p. 175, 179, shows that Richard Bland, Samuel Morgan and Dabney Morris were justices in 1800. 1805, Freeman Epes, John Bass, Edmund Wills, Daniel Verser, gents., justices; also Joseph Dupuy, Abraham Hatchett, Richard Epes.

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ALLEN, JAMES, 1793. Will. Witness, Hannah Watson. man of intelligence and property. One of his daughters married Francis Smith. Children, Joseph, John, Ben, Charles, Mary, Elizabeth, Sally, Patsy; grandsons, Christopher and Daniel. Prince Edward County Records.

ALLEN, JAMES, SR., 1808. Will. Witnesses, Samuel Watson, Jr. and Allen Watson. Daughters, Martha and Sallie Watson (unmarried), Hannah, Elizabeth Simms, Mary; wife, Margaret; sons, Daniel, John, James. Prince Edward W. B. 4, p. 122. ANDERSON, CHARLES, of Southam Parish, Goochland, 1745. Deed to William Watson, of same county and parish, conveys land in Goochland. Goochland D. B. 5, p. 343.

ANDERSON, CHARLES, 1789. Deed, September, 1789, conveys land to Thomas Comer, 19 acres with Mill place (Maxey's Mill) on Mallory's Creek, adjoining Henry Anderson and George Bagley. Nottoway D. B. 1, p. 13.

ANDERSON, REYNARD, of Nottoway, 1790. Deed to Uriah Lipscomb, of Nottoway, for land in Nottoway on Winningham Creek. Nottoway D. B. 1, p. 68.

ARCHER, EDWARD, 1789. Will. Executor, Friend George Robertson. Wife, Mary; son, William, given land on Swift Creek and on Appomattox River; son, Field, "land whereon my father lived" on Second Branch Road, also lots in Petersburg held as tenant in common with George Robertson; son, Edward; devised lands in Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Halifax, on Green River in Kentucky, etc. Chesterfield W. B. 4, p. 244.

ARCHER, ELIZABETH, 1785. Will. Executors, Edward Archer, William Downman and George Robertson. Daughters, Agnes Downman, Martha Field Walthall, Michal, Elizabeth Mosely, Mary Archer; grandson, James Robertson; grand daugh

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ters, Elizabeth Osborne Downman, Elizabeth Osborne Moseley, Martha Moseley, Martha Field Robertson, Martha Field Walthall, Martha Field Downman. Chesterfield W. B. 4, p. 1.

ARCHER, JOHN, 1764. Deed from John Archer and John Hylton to Richard Eppes, of Chesterfield, for lots in Bermuda Hundred. Chesterfield D. B. 4, p. 557.

ARCHER, JOHN, SR., 176- (?). Will. Daughter, Ann Robertson, and other children. Chesterfield W. B. 2, p. 28.

ARCHER, WILLIAM S. (Mr. Archer died March, 1855). Will at Amelia, 185-; executors, colonel Thomas Tabb and Dr. John B. Harvie. Inventory shows 2500 books in library, 16 mules, 7 horses, 40 head of cattle, 10 oxen, 120 hogs, 107 sheep, 80 bbls. corn, 30,000 pounds of oats, 3000 bushels wheat, 88 negroes; had large property in Mississippi. Amelia W. B.

ATKINSON, ROGER, Olive Hill, Chesterfield County, 1829. Will. Executors, Brother Thomas, and son Dr. Thomas P. Requests executors to make sale of my three tracts of land in County of Chesterfield, purchased of Thomas E. Gary, Thomas B. Manlove and Peter Andrews" etc.; also "all my stock,

crops and plantation utensils on my Hyde and Dan River plantations". . . . to pay his debts. Gave daughter, Sally B. Jones, all lands on south side of Hyde River upon condition her husband, Dr. Joseph Jones, pay for 200 acres of it at not less than $11.00 per acre; also negroes previously put in his possession To son, Thomas Atkinson, "one-sixth of my estate for use and support and education of the children of my son, John Atkinson.' (This Thomas Atkinson was Dr. Thomas P. Atkinson, as appears from subsequent clauses.) One-fifth part estate given in trust to Thomas for the benefit of children of daughter, Caroline E. T. Mayo. Residue of estate to children, Jane B. Pryor, Robert Atkinson, Lucy Pryor and Nancy P. H. Atkinson, in equal portion, having already advanced to "other three children equal property." Gives his wife, Sarah, in pursuance of marriage contract, life estate in 22 slaves. Speaks of his wife's sister Robertson. Chesterfield Superior Court Deeds, Wills, etc., since 1809, page 50.

ATTWOOD, JAMES, 1747. Deed. Conveys land on Flatt Creek and Frank's Creek, adjoining Isham Vaughan and others; also near head branches of Buckskin Creek. Amelia D. B. 3, p. 6.

ATWOOD, JAMES, 1762. Deed from James Atwood and Mary, his wife, of Amelia, to William Jennings, of Hanover, for two tracts of lands of 200 acres each; the first tract beginning in Robert Moody's, now James Oliver's, line where it crosses Deep Creek, etc., being the lower part of 600 acres bought by Atwood of William Hudson, 1748; the second two hundred acres spoken of as lying above that two hundred acres which James Atwood gave to his son William Atwood. Amelia D. B. 8, p. 48.

ATWOOD, WILLIAM, 1763. Deed from William Atwood, of Prince Edward, planter, to William Jennings, Sr., planter, of

Amelia, for two hundred acres, it being part of a greater tract patented by William Hudson and conveyed by James Atwood by deed of gift to William Atwood, lying between Cabin Branch and Deep Creek. Amelia D. B. 8, p. 48.

BACON, TYREE G., 1830. Will. Executors, Nathan Ward and brother William Bacon. To son James, "tract he now lives on, called Jennings"; daughters, Mary, Sally and Eliza; Petronella Marshall seems to have been another daughter; grandson, Herbert T. Bacon. Inventory and appraisement show 17,809 dollars. Nottoway W. B. 6, p. 186.

BALDWIN, SAMUEL, 1793. Deed from Samuel Baldwin, of Charlotte County, and Elizabeth Baldwin, of Nottoway, to George Baldwin; of Nottoway, land on West Creek bounded by John Blankenship, William Rogers and John Gilliam, being part of tract late the property of William Baldwin. Nottoway D. B. 1, p. 385.

BARDWELL, Nottoway. Owned whole tract got from Col. Burke's estate. Deed from him to Bradshaw, et als, 1891. Bradshaw became purchaser, Feb. 1897. Judge William Hodges Mann, trustee.

BARKSDALE, WILLIAM J., 1859. Will. Inventory appraises personal property at $103,457.00 Amelia W. B., 1859.

BELL, WILLIAM, 1793. Deed. William F. Bell and his wife, Frances, convey water grist mill and land on Flat Creek, known as Bell's Mill, to John Mann. Nottoway D. B. 1, p. 304. William Bell, prior to 1794, sold his mill on Flat Creek to John Mann, and Mann sold to Booker, of Prince Edward, and half to another party, 1794. Nottoway D. B. 1.

BELL, WILLIAM, 1795. Deed from William Bell and wife, and Peter Ellington and wife, to Daniel Jones, of Nottoway, land on Flatt Creek bought by Bell of William Watson and Archibald Yarborough; mill now owned by Owen Smith, of Prince Edward, and others. Speaks of James Dupuy's (Jr) corner and Pulliam's Road, etc. Nottoway D. B. 1.

BIBB, WILLIAM, 1789. Deed from William Bibb and Sarah, his wife, of Prince Edward, to Augustus Watson, of said county, land on Harris's Creek. Prince Edward D. B. 8, p. 158.

BIGGER, WILLIAM, 1752. Deed from William Bigger, of Goochland, to John Watson, his son-in-law, and other children, conveying slaves, etc. Goochland D. B. 6, p. 233.

BLAND, EDWARD, 1831. Will. Will. Wife, Rebecca; son, William Richard; daughters, Ann A., Martha B., Rebecca, Sarah, Frances and Virginia; nephews, Richard E. and Peter B. Jones, who with sons-in-law, Henry C. Worsham and George W. Harrison, were made executors. Inventory and appraisement of estate aggregates 34,000 dollars, and includes "Abbeville," "Springfield" (with grist mill), and "Round Top" plantations. Nottoway W. B. 6, pp. 257, 443.

BLAND, PETER, 1796. Deed from Peter Bland and Elizabeth, his wife, to Richard Dennis, forty acres "on both sides of Leath's or Middle Cellar Creek.' Nottoway D. B. 1, p. 551.

BOGGEFF, HENRY, 1789. Deed from Henry Boggeff, of Botetourt County, to Samuel Cocke, of Surry, land near Dudley's Bridge and adjoining Christopher Harrison, Richard Bennett, Bryan and Dudley. Nottoway D. B. 1, p. 28.

BOLLING, ROBERT, 1752. William Watson one of the executors of Robert Bolling, deceased, brought suit against Worsham, administrator. Chesterfield County Court Order Book 1, p. 199.

BRAXTON, CARTER, 1773. Deed. Conveyance to Samuel Watson, a negro woman and two children. Prince Edward D. B. 5, p. 183.

BROADDUS, RICHARD, 1800. Deed to Robert Dickinson for land on Mallory's Creek (Agnew's place called "Inverness"). Nottoway D. B. 2, p. 155.

BROOKING, THOMAS V., 1801. Deed. Conveyance from Thomas V. Brooking and wife to Richard K. (?) Cralle, all of Nottoway, of the old Samuel Sherwin estate on Winningham Creek, etc; speaks of Sherwin's Road. Nottoway D. B. 2, p. 250.

BROOKING, VIVIAN, 1789. Deed to Isaac Holmes and wife (Elizabeth Thacker Holmes, daughter of grantor) 18 negroes. Nottoway D. B. 1, p. 7.

BROWN, LAWRENCE, 1744. Deed to Seth Ward, of Henrico, to land on West Creek, near Captain Field Jefferson's mill, and patented by Brown, 1737. Amelia D. B. 1.

BURRUS, CHARLES, 1743. Deed. Charles Burrus, of King William County, conveys to John Watson, Jr., of Hanover County, land in Goochland, on Tuckahoe Creek, north side James River. Goochland D. B. 4, p. 318.

BURTON, ABRAHAM, 1736. Will. Lived on Appomattox near mouth of Deep Creek. Gives son, Abraham Burton, this tract. Amelia W. B. 1, p. 135. (Son Abraham died, 1758, leaving this land to his son, Peter.)

CHAMBERS, ALLEN, 1798. Deed to Abner Watson, of Prince Edward, for land beginning at Rutledge Road, etc. Witness, Drury Watson, Jr. Prince Edward D. B. 11, p. 287.

CHAMBERS, JOSIAH, 1785. Will, dated 1781, probated 1785; executors, John Watson and Charles Allen. Order of court shows that John Watson, Sr. was one of the witnesses examined in court as to execution. Wife, Mary; sons, Josiah, John and Allen; daughters, Elizabeth Allen, Betty Ann, Susannah. Prince Edward W. B. 2, p. 9.

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CHAMBERS, MARY, 1800. Will. Executors, son-in-law Charles Allen, and brother Jesse Watson; witnesses, John Watson, Jr., Drury Watson, Jr., and Hannah Watson. Son Josiah and four daughters. Prince Edward W. B. 3, p. 182.

COCKE, STEPHEN, and others, 1790 (?). Deed from Stephen Cocke, John Gooch, Richard Jones, Jr., William Fitz

gerald, Francis Fitzgerald, Rowland Ward, Jr., and William Cross Craddock, trustees of Nottoway Parish, by act of assembly, 1788, to James Henderson, land known as "The Glebe," on east side of Lazaretta Creek and adjoining Robert Fitzgerald, Cocke, Winn and others. Nottoway D. B. 1, p. 99.

COCKE, WALTER, 1801. Deed from Walter Cocke and wife (Ann Carter Cocke), of Surry County, to Francis Epes, of Lunenburg, to 915 acres (Rittenhouse place), bounded by lands of Nathaniel Robertson, James Henderson, Nottoway Glebe land and Irby's Courthouse Road; witnesses, Francis Epes, of Prince George, and others. Nottoway D. B. 2, p. 266. Nottoway D. B. 2, p. 266. (Tom Epes told me that Richard, Frank and Peter Epes were brothers and came from High Rock, in Prince George County. Peter stayed in Lunenburg; Richard was grandfather to Dick Epes, clerk, according to old Tom Epes.)

COMER, 1800. Deed. Sale of Comer's Mill to Peter Bland (the dam being then broken). Nottoway D. B. 2, p. 179.

COMER, THOMAS, 1809. Will dated 1809, probated 1811. Leaves property to wife, Elizabeth. Nottoway W. B. 3, p. 105. COOK, JAMES, 1802. James Cook shown as owning land on

south side of Namozine Road. Nottoway D. B. 2, p. 343.

CORLEY, 1779. Deed. Witnesses, Drury Watson, Jesse Watson and Josiah Watson. From Corley, of Cumberland, to John Watson, Jr., of Prince Edward, 176 acres in Prince Edward, etc. Prince Edward D. B. 6, p. 211.

CRADDOCK, CATEY BASS, 1816. Will, dated November 15, 1816; to her brother James (or Joseph) Craddock, her undivided interest in land in Hardin County, Kentucky. Amelia W. B. 8, p. 516.

CRADDOCK, CLAIBORNE, 1855. Will dated October 29, 1855. Amelia W. B. 17, p. 465.

CRADDOCK, HENRY, 1783. Will. Witnesses, Moses and William Cross Craddock. To brother Robert, 200 acres due him by military warrant; "balance of money due me from the publick," to brothers Charles, David and Robert; and "all clothing due me from the publick" to Robert; other brothers, Edward and Archibald; sisters, Edith, Hannah Craddock and Sarah; friend, William Cross Craddock. Amelia W. B. 3, p. 204.

CRADDOCK, JAMES, 1868. Will, dated June 28, 1868; William Cross Craddock appointed executor, but Joseph M. Gills qualified in $700. Leaves daughter, Mary O. Hatch, "one dollar, and no more"; leaves son, William C. Craddock, remainder of estate, including a tract called Louis's on Vaughan's Creek, and all the interest he has to a tract of land in Ohio County, Kentucky, containing 1500 acres (patented by William Cross Craddock). Amelia W. B. 20, p. 58.

CRADDOCK, MARTHA, 1822. Will dated Jan. 21, 1822; devises land and negroes to brothers and sisters. Amelia W. B. 9, p. 410.