Andrew Dolphus Shortt

George married Stella Octavia Keen. Stella was born on June 19 1908 in Red Ash, Russell, Virginia, USA; died on May 10 1999 in Raven, Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Deed: 9 June 1911, Tazewell County, Virginia; Mollie, Mary Belle Newberry to Robert L. Newberry

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Deed:
Deed Mollie Short et als to Robert L. Newberry

Tazewell County Deed Records.

Mollie Short et als to Robert L. Newberry

This deed, made this the 9th day of June, in the year 1911, between Mollie Short and Joe Short, her husband, Mary Belle Palmer and P.O Palmer, her husband, of Tazewell County, Virginia, parties of the first part, and Robert L. Newberry, of Russell County, Virginia, party of the second part.

Witnesseth: that whereas Thomas J. Newberry, died possessed of a tract of land, situarted in Russell County, Virginia, on the waters of Mill Creek, containing about 50 acres, more or less, which tract of land is described as follows:

Beginning at a beech at the mouth of a spring branch on the west side of Mill Creek, a corner to the land of Charley Newberry, thence with his line up a ridge to a locust, thence southward with said Charles Newberry to a locust by the road, corner of said Newberry, thence northwardly with the road to a sourwood and chestnut, thence northwardly to the top of the ridge to a chestnut oak, thence down a spur to a birch on the west bank of Mill Creek, thence with John Newberry's line down the creek to the beginning.

And being the same tract of land conveyed to the said Thomas J. Newberry by Anderson Newberry and wife, by deed dated the 19th day of May 1894, which deed is recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Russell County, Virginia, in Deed Book 38 page 342-43. And the said Mollie Short and Mary Belle Palmer being two of the heirs of law of the said Thomas J. Newberry, deceased, and entitled to two undivided interest in the afore said described tract of land, therefore this deed.

Witnesseth that for and in consideration of the sum of sixty five dollars, heretofore paid to the said Mollie Short and Mary Belle Palmer, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the said parties of the first part doth bargin, sell and convey with covenants of general warranty of title all the undivided interest of the said Mollie Short and Mary Belle Palmer in the above described tract of land unto the said Robert L. Newberry, however reserving the coal which did not belong to the said parties of the first part. To have and to hold the undivided interest of the said Mollie Short and Mary Belle Palmer in the tract of land fully described aforesaid, and that the said Robert L. Newberry shall have quiet and peaceable possession of the same, free from the claims of anyone whomsoever.

Witness the following signatures and seals.

P.O. Palmer, Mary B. Palmer, Joseph Short, Mollie J. Short

Virginia, Tazewell County, to-wit:

I, N.B Cacy, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Tazewell, in the State of Virginia, do hereby certify that Mollie Short and Joe Short, her husband, Mary Belle Palmer, and P.O. Palmer, her husband, whose names are signed to the foregoing and annexed writing, bearing date on the 9th day of June 1911, have each acknowledged the same before me, in my county aforesaid.

Given under my hand this the 9th day of June, 1911.

Joseph married Mollie Jane Newberry on 29 Dec 1904 in Russell County, Virginia, USA. Mollie (daughter of Thomas J. Newberry and Malissa Alice "Lissie" Strouth) was born on 15 Mar 1886 in Russell County, Virginia; died on 27 Oct 1930 in Shortt's Gap, Tazewell County, Virginia; was buried in Short Cemetery, Keen Mountain, Shortt Gap, Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census_1930: 1900, Elk Garden, Russell, Virginia, USA
• Deed: 9 Jun 1911, Tazewell County, Virginia; Mollie, Mary Belle Newberry to Robert L. Newberry

Notes:

Deed:
Deed Mollie Short et als to Robert L. Newberry

Tazewell County Deed Records.

Mollie Short et als to Robert L. Newberry

This deed, made this the 9th day of June, in the year 1911, between Mollie Short and Joe Short, her husband, Mary Belle Palmer and P.O Palmer, her husband, of Tazewell County, Virginia, parties of the first part, and Robert L. Newberry, of Russell County, Virginia, party of the second part.

Witnesseth: that whereas Thomas J. Newberry, died possessed of a tract of land, situarted in Russell County, Virginia, on the waters of Mill Creek, containing about 50 acres, more or less, which tract of land is described as follows:

Beginning at a beech at the mouth of a spring branch on the west side of Mill Creek, a corner to the land of Charley Newberry, thence with his line up a ridge to a locust, thence southward with said Charles Newberry to a locust by the road, corner of said Newberry, thence northwardly with the road to a sourwood and chestnut, thence northwardly to the top of the ridge to a chestnut oak, thence down a spur to a birch on the west bank of Mill Creek, thence with John Newberry's line down the creek to the beginning.

And being the same tract of land conveyed to the said Thomas J. Newberry by Anderson Newberry and wife, by deed dated the 19th day of May 1894, which deed is recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Russell County, Virginia, in Deed Book 38 page 342-43. And the said Mollie Short and Mary Belle Palmer being two of the heirs of law of the said Thomas J. Newberry, deceased, and entitled to two undivided interest in the afore said described tract of land, therefore this deed.

Witnesseth that for and in consideration of the sum of sixty five dollars, heretofore paid to the said Mollie Short and Mary Belle Palmer, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the said parties of the first part doth bargin, sell and convey with covenants of general warranty of title all the undivided interest of the said Mollie Short and Mary Belle Palmer in the above described tract of land unto the said Robert L. Newberry, however reserving the coal which did not belong to the said parties of the first part. To have and to hold the undivided interest of the said Mollie Short and Mary Belle Palmer in the tract of land fully described aforesaid, and that the said Robert L. Newberry shall have quiet and peaceable possession of the same, free from the claims of anyone whomsoever.

Witness the following signatures and seals.

P.O. Palmer, Mary B. Palmer, Joseph Short, Mollie J. Short

Virginia, Tazewell County, to-wit:

I, N.B Cacy, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Tazewell, in the State of Virginia, do hereby certify that Mollie Short and Joe Short, her husband, Mary Belle Palmer, and P.O. Palmer, her husband, whose names are signed to the foregoing and annexed writing, bearing date on the 9th day of June 1911, have each acknowledged the same before me, in my county aforesaid.

Given under my hand this the 9th day of June, 1911.

Other Events:

• Deed: 30 Nov 1910, Tazewell County, Virginia; This deed, made the 30 day November, in the year 1910 between Newel Short parties of the first part, and Joseph Short parties of the second part. (More...)

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Deed:
This deed, made the 30 day November, in the year 1910 between Newel Short parties of the first part, and Joseph Short parties of the second part. WITNESSETH: That in consideration of one hundred and fifty in good and lawful money paid cash in hand the said parties of the first part do grant unto the said parties of the second part his heirs and assigns for ever all that certain tract, piece or parcel of land laying and being on the waters of Coal Creek a tributary of Clinch River in Tazewell Co, Va and on the dividing ridge and bounded as follows. Beginning on top of a high hill near the top of the ridge thence south to two chestnuts thence east to a chestnut on the side of a hill thence north to a pair of bares thence back to a peach tree and to the old line thence east to a stake thence north to the dividing ridge to the beginning on the Buchanan line containing 15 acres more or less (both parties agrees for the bares and fence to be the dividing). And the said parties of the first part do covenant that he will warrant generally the property hereby conveyed, that he had the right to convey the said land to the said parties of the second paert and that the said second part shall have quiet possession of the said land, free from incumbrances; that he execute such further assurance of the said lands as may be requisite; and that he has done no act to incumber said lands. Witness the following signatures and seals: his seal Newel Short. State of Virginia, County of Tazewell, to Wit: I, L.D. Kingsbury a justice for the county of Tazewell aforesaid, in the state of Virginia, do certify that the parties whose name is signed to the within deed bearing date on the 30 day of November 1910, has acknowledged the same before me in my county aforesaid. Given under my hand, this the 30 day of November 1910. L.D. Kingsbury, J.P. Virginia: In the Clerk's Office of Tazewell County Court, Dec 12, 1913. This deed was presented and upon the annexed certificate of acknowledgement, admitted to record.

Newell married Louisa Jane "Eliza" Hill on 23 Mar 1880 in Tazewell County, Virginia. Louisa (daughter of James Monroe Hill and Mary Jane "Polly" Sands) was born in 1860 in Stokes County, North Carolina; died in 1902 in Tazewell County, Virginia; was buried in Shortt Cemetery, Shortt Gap , Tazewell County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census 1860: 1860, South Western District, Franklin, Virginia, USA
• Census 1870: 1870, New Garden, Russell, Virginia, USA
• Census 1880: 1880, New Garden, Russell, Virginia, USA

Thomas married Malissa Alice "Lissie" Strouth on 10 Jan 1880 in Russell County, Virginia, USA. Malissa (daughter of Michael Strouth and Mary Isabelle "Polly" Miller) was born on 18 July 1860 in Russell County, Virginia, USA; died on 15 Oct 1921 in Iaeger, McDowell, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Powell Cemetery Grapevine Mtn, Ieager, WV. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1870: 1870, New Garden, Russell, Virginia, USA
• Census 1880: 1880, New Garden, Russell, Virginia, USA; Neighbors: Anderson Newberry, sons Thomas/ Malissa & John/Celia; Anderson's sister Rozena Prophett & her family, & John McGhee who married Anderson's niece Julia Newberry
• Census 1900: 1900, Elk Garden, Russell, Virginia, USA
• Census 1910: 1910, Browns Creek, McDowell, West Virginia, USA
• Census 1920: 1920, Sandy River, McDowell, West Virginia, USA; Henry & Malissa are living near Malissa's son Robert Stinson and his family.