Joseph Short b. 15 Jun 1884 Tazewell County, Virginia d. 27 Nov 1961 Shortt's Gap, (Tazewell Co.), VA: Burress & Palmer Genealogy

Joseph Short

1884 - 1961 (77 years)

Name Joseph Short

Born 15 Jun 1884 Tazewell County, Virginia

Deed 9 June 1911 Tazewell County, Virginia

Mollie, Mary Belle Newberry to Robert L. Newberry

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.

Died 27 Nov 1961 Shortt's Gap, (Tazewell Co.), VA

Joe Short Death Certificate

Joe Short Obit

Age 77 years

Buried Short Cemetery, Keen Mountain, Shortt Gap, Tazewell County, Virginia

Joe Short Grave

Siblings 9 siblings

+	1. Nancy Ella Short b. 6 Dec 1877, Buchanan, Virginia d. Dec 1968, Buchanan, Virginia (Age 91 years)
+	2. Margaret "Maggie" Short b. Jan 1882, Tazewell County, Virginia d. 5 Jun 1955, Tazewell County, Virginia (Age ~ 73 years)
	3. Elbert Lee Short b. 17 Apr 1883, Tazewell County, Virginia d. 20 Sep 1971, Swords Creek, Russell County, Virginia (Age 88 years)
	4. Anna Short b. Feb 1886
	5. Carrie Short b. Feb 1886, Tazewell County, Virginia d. 1931, Virginia, United States (Age ~ 44 years)
+	6. Mary Jane Short b. Jun 15 1888, Tazewell County, Virginia d. May 1972, Raven, Tazewell County, Virginia
	7. John Short b. 10 May 1889, Virginia, United States d. 17 Oct 1917, WWI, France (Age 28 years)
	8. Newell Jefferson "Jeff" Short b. 20 Jun 1890, Virginia, United States d. 30 Oct 1938, Tazewell County, Virginia (Age 48 years)
+	9. Thomas "Tom" Short b. 01 Jan 1894, Tazewell County, Virginia d. 07 Apr 1991, Tazewell County, Virginia (Age 97 years)

Person ID P2839 Burress

Last Modified 27 May 2021

Father	Newell Jefferson Short, Sr. b. Jul 1857, Russell County, Virginia, USA d. 30 Jun 1922, Richlands, Tazewell County, Virginia (Age ~ 64 years)
Mother	Louisa Jane "Eliza" Hill b. 1860, Stokes County, North Carolina d. 1902, Tazewell County, Virginia (Age 42 years)
Married	23 Mar 1880	Tazewell County, Virginia
Family ID	F1075	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Wife Mollie Jane Newberry
b. 15 Mar 1886, Russell County, Virginia
d. 27 Oct 1930, Shortt's Gap, Tazewell County, Virginia (Age 44 years)

Married 29 Dec 1904 Russell County, Virginia, USA

Joseph Short and Mollie Newberry Marriage Certificate

Children 5 children

+	1. George Graham Short b. 24 Feb 1906, Tazewell County, Virginia d. 15 Sep 1928, Red Ash, Russell, Virginia (Age 22 years)
	2. Roy Garner Short b. 07 May 1907, Tazewell County, Virginia d. 17 Dec 1988, Shortt's Gap, (Tazewell Co.), VA (Age 81 years) [natural]
	3. Sadie Short b. 1910, Tazewell County, Virginia [natural]
	4. Rosa Short b. 1913, Tazewell County, Virginia [natural]
	5. Della Short b. 06 Jul 1923, Tazewell or Russell County, Virginia d. 09 Nov 1979, Virginia, United States (Age 56 years) [natural]

Last Modified 22 Apr 2018

Family ID F1074 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

	Born - 15 Jun 1884 - Tazewell County, Virginia
	Married - 29 Dec 1904 - Russell County, Virginia, USA
	Deed - Mollie, Mary Belle Newberry to Robert L. Newberry - 9 June 1911 - Tazewell County, Virginia
	Died - 27 Nov 1961 - Shortt's Gap, (Tazewell Co.), VA