| Name |
John McGeorge |
| Birth |
1728 |
Scotland  |
 Deed |
6 Jul 1749 |
Louisa County, Virginia |
| John Thompson (Thomason) of St. Paul's Parish, Hanover County, merchant, to John McGeorge of Fredericksville Parish, Louisa County, scrivener (meaning clerk or scribe).... (Could this have been a marriage gift from a father in law?) |
- John Thompson (Thomason) of St. Paul's Parish, Hanover County, merchant, to John McGeorge of Fredericksville Parish, Louisa County, scrivener.
For natural love and affection for said John McGeorge, kindsman, and for 5 shillings current money, 200 acres land purchased by said Thomson of Charles Anderson of Hanover County . . .in Fredericksville Parish . .corner which divides this land from John Thomson's . . Dansie's back line, formerly Mitchell's . . corner which divides this land from William McCromick's, formerly King's line . . .on said county line . . . on north side of the main road, on said Thomson's line, formerly Kings's. signed John Thomson Proven by oaths of witnesses 25 July 1749.
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| Witness |
29 Nov 1750 |
Louisa County, Virginia |
| John witnesses the will of William Boswell "This will was this day proved in open court by the oath of John McGeorge, one of the witnesses thereto..." |
| Witness |
25 Feb 1752 |
Louisa County, Virginia |
| Witness to the deed of John Thompson, Merchant of St. Paul's Par. Hanover, from John? |
| Witness |
25 Sep 1753 |
Louisa County, Virginia |
| John McGeorge is witness to the will of William McCormick "This will this day proved? |
| Land Patent |
23 Dec 1754 |
Louisa County, Virginia |
| 400a on both sides Owens Creek (Patent Book 32, page 427-239) |
| Land Purchase |
26 Jun 1769 |
Bedford County, Virginia |
| John McGeorge purchases land from Merry Carter, on the south side of Little Otter River (Deed Bk C-3, p 316, 318) |
| Death |
January 1794 |
Bedford County, Virginia |
- Abstracts of Bedford County Virginia Will Book 2 with Inventories and Accounts. John McGeorge Administrator John Wigginton 27 January 1794 Appraiser: James Foster 25 Dec 1794 Purchaser at Sale Drury Foster
Will Book 2 Page 151
Inventory and Appraisement
Listed: household goods, clothing, carpenter's tools, cooper's tools, blacksmith tools (no livestock or farm equipment).
Included: 3 old guns, "Feather Pillow" and the following list of books as seen in the inventory: "Watts on astonomy, History of Corsisa, History of Europe, Watts Psalms, Algaroths Letters, 1 Testament, Tulla to Ovid, Concordance, Elyric Poems, Watts Hymns, V. Chatism, History the Art of War, Sundry old Books"
Appraisers: Daniel Mitchell, Samuel Mitchell, James Foster
Returned: 23 February 1795
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| Person ID |
P3657 |
Burress | My Ancestors |
1728 - 1794 (66 years)
