Pvt. Southy East, (mariner)

Abt 1730 - Bef 1795  (< 65 years)

• Name	Southy East  [1, 2]
  Prefix	Pvt.
  Suffix	(mariner)
  Birth	Abt 1730	Accomack Co, Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Land bought	25 Jan 1770	Accomack Co, Virginia   [1]
  	John Bird of Accomack County, Ship Carpenter and Mary his wife sold for £35 to Southy East of Accomack County, Mariner, 50 acres, late the estate of John Parker’s near Deed Creek Road bounded by Bartho Shreaves, Jacob Ayres, Doctor William; Signed John Bird and Mary Bird. The Birds acknowledged the deed on 31 January 1770 and Mary relinquished her dower.
  Land sold	30 Sep 1772	Accomack Co, Virginia   [3]
  	Southy East of Accomack County and Sabrough his wife sold for £36 to John McMath, 50 acres that the said East purchased of John Bird being the land that John Parker willed to be sold bounded on the east by Doctor William William’s land, Bartholomew Shrouds on the S.W. side joining on Sever Parks to Jacob Ayres. Signed Southy East and Sabrough (her mark) East; signed in the presence of John Colburn, Americus Scarbrough Junr, Edward Ker. The Easts acknowledged the deed the same day and Sabrough released her dower.
  Rev War Veteran	1775	Accomack Co, Virginia   [4, 5]
  	Southy East appears on the payrolls for the 9th Virginia Regiment for November and December 1775. A notation indicates that he remained in the unit until 28 November when he was taken into sea service. Another notation indicates that he enlisted on 2 February 1776 and was discharged in September 1776 which conflicts with the bounty land warrant information below.
  Land bought	5 Oct 1789	Accomack Co, Virginia   [6]
  	George Lewis of Accomack County sold to Southy East of the same place for seven pounds, four shillings, 4 acres of land lying and binding near Deep Creek road bounded by John West on the west side upon Bartholomew Shrives on the north east end and down to the road that leads from said Shreve’s house to a small bridge upon Deed Creek Road. Signed George (his mark) Lewis; Witnesses were Francis Ayres, William East and Severn East. Proven by the witnesses on 19 October 1789.
  Will	6 Apr 1793	Accomack Co, Virginia   [7]
  	In his will Southy East gave to wife Scarbrought East whole estate during her widowhood. To son William land where I now live. To son Severn East. To son Southy East ground to set a house & shop upon on the South-west corner of the land if he should want it on Deep Creek Road. To son Asia East. To son Richard East. To daughter Mary East. To daughter Sarah. To son Nehemiah East. Balance of estate to wife Scarbrough to distribute among the children as she thinks most convenient. Witnesses Thomas Metcaff, Peggy Metcaff, and Elizabeth Ross.
  Death	Bef 29 Jun 1795	Accomack Co, Virginia   [7]
  	It was on this date that his will was proved and Robinson Custis qualified.
  Chancery suit	1797	St. George Parish, Accomack Co, Virginia   [8]
  	Severin East, Southy East and Richard East brought a chancery suit against Mary East, Asa East, Sally East and Nehemiah East. The dispute was over a tract of land in St. George Parish, Accomack County containing about three acres being the land which a certain Southy East Senior deceased resided on during his lifetime and devised to William East who died intestate and without issue in 1796 leaving both the plaintiffs and the defendants who were his siblings of the whole blood as his next of kin (there being no mother living). Since the defendants were minors, under the age of 21, they could not consent to the sale without a decree from the chancery court. William Gibb acted as guardian for the minor children. A summons was issued which ordered the defendants to appear in court on 12 March 1797.
  Land bounty warrant	27 May 1831	Accomack Co, Virginia   [9]
  	Southy East was awarded bounty land for three years service from the state of Virginia on 27 May 1831. Jno Cropper formerly the Lieutenant Colonel of the 11th Virginia Regiment indicated on 3 January 1820 in Accomack County that Southy East enlisted a soldier in the 9th Virginia Regiment in the last of 1775 or beginning of the year 1776 and was appointed sergeant and that he served with reputation and that being before a seafaring man and seaman being wanted he was permitted to go in the naval service that he served to the end of the war and that he lived to be an old man and has been dead some years. He was a scholar and navigator. On 1 May 1820 Stephen Gunter of lawful age made oath that he well knew Severn East to be the eldest son of Southy East a solder in the army of the United States.
  Rev War heirs named	27 Mar 1832	Accomack Co, Virginia   [10, 11]
  	Nottingham shows that Southy W. East, Severn East and Mary Bloxom, wife of Elijah Bloxom, are the only heirs at law of Southy East and Nehemiah Walker dec'd, who were in the Army of the Rev. from Virginia. Victor S. Dunn found that Southy’s heirs received a military certificate for his service. A note dated 27 May 1831 indicates he was allowed land for three years’ service as a seaman in the Virginia State Navy. A statement dated 25 June 1832 indicates that William East, Asia East, Richard East, Sarah East and Nehemiah East children and devisees of South East deceased formerly a soldier in the Revolutionary War are dead and that each died intestate, unmarried and without issue and that Severn East, Southy East and Mary Bloxom, wife of Elijah Bloxom are the only heirs at law and devisees of said Southy East now living with said Severn, Southy and Mary as the only heirs of the deceased children and also of the widow of Southy [not named] who also died intestate. Immediately below this is a statement indicating that on 29 June 1832, the Accomack County court certified that Nehemiah Walker formerly a solder in the Revolutionary War died intestate and that no will of the said Nehemiah Walker was ever proven or offered for probate.
  Reference Identifer	DAR Patriot #A035632 (Seaman from Accomack County & Pvt. with Capt. Snead)
  Record ID	49368
  Person ID	I49368	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2023

  
  

  Family	Scarburgh Walker,   b. Abt 1750, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Bef 1797, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age < 46 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1768  [12, 13]
  Children	1. William (of Southy) East,   b. Abt 1770, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Bef 2 Feb 1797, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age < 27 years) + 2. Severn (of Southy) East,   b. Abt 1772, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown + 3. Southy W. (of Southy) East,   b. Abt 1774, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Bef 30 Jul 1838, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age < 64 years)   4. Richard (of Southy) East,   b. Abt 1776, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Bef 27 May 1832, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age < 56 years)   5. Mary (of Southy) East,   b. Abt 1778, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown   6. Asia (of Southy) East,   b. Abt 1780, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Bef 27 May 1832, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age < 52 years)   7. Sarah 'Sally' (of Southy) East,   b. Abt 1782, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Bef 27 May 1832, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age < 50 years)   8. Nehemiah (of Southy) East,   b. Abt 1784, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Bef 27 May 1832, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age < 48 years)
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023
  Family ID	F10528	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S2760] Victor S. Dunn, Certified Genealogist, Dunn, Victor S. - East Family of Accomack Co, VA, (Report to John Valenta, 460 Old Orchard, Toronto, Ontario M5M 264, Canada), citing Accomack County, Virginia Deeds 3, 1757-1777:675-676; microfilm 12; Library of Virginia, Richmond., 2760. [S3025] JoAnn Hines, Hines, JoAnn - DAR Patroits of Accomack Co, VA, (Provided to MK Miles by Mary Jane Burn, 10 Mar 2018), 3025. [S2760] Victor S. Dunn, Certified Genealogist, Dunn, Victor S. - East Family of Accomack Co, VA, (Report to John Valenta, 460 Old Orchard, Toronto, Ontario M5M 264, Canada), citing Accomack County, Virginia Deeds etc., 1770-1777:138; microfilm 13; Library of Virginia, Richmond., 2760. [S577] Walker & Turman, Acc Soldiers & Sailors in Rev, (Parksley, VA: A Project of the Eastern Shore Chapter National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1975 (Manuscript at the E.S.P.L.)), 577. [S2760] Victor S. Dunn, Certified Genealogist, Dunn, Victor S. - East Family of Accomack Co, VA, (Report to John Valenta, 460 Old Orchard, Toronto, Ontario M5M 264, Canada), citing Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War, compiled 1894 - ca. 1912, documenting the period 1775 - 1784, Southy East, Private, 9 Virginia Regiment, microfilm publication M881 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service), roll 1057; online digital image by subscription, Fold3.com (http:/www.fold3.com : accessed 2017)., 2760. [S2760] Victor S. Dunn, Certified Genealogist, Dunn, Victor S. - East Family of Accomack Co, VA, (Report to John Valenta, 460 Old Orchard, Toronto, Ontario M5M 264, Canada), citing Accomack County, Virginia Wills, Deeds, District Court, 1789-1799:5-6; microfilm 74; Library of Virginia, Richmond., 2760. [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 428 (will of Southey East, wife Scarburgh), 570. [S2760] Victor S. Dunn, Certified Genealogist, Dunn, Victor S. - East Family of Accomack Co, VA, (Report to John Valenta, 460 Old Orchard, Toronto, Ontario M5M 264, Canada), citing Accomack County, Virginia, chancery papers, Severn East etc. v. Asa East by etc., 1797-031; Library of Virginia, “Virginia Memory,” Library of Virginia website (http://www.lva.virginia.gov/chancery : accessed 2017)., 2760. [S2760] Victor S. Dunn, Certified Genealogist, Dunn, Victor S. - East Family of Accomack Co, VA, (Report to John Valenta, 460 Old Orchard, Toronto, Ontario M5M 264, Canada), citing Southy East Virginia State Revolutionary War Bounty Land Bounty Warrant (1831), Record Group #3; digital image at “Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants,” Library of Virginia (http://www.lva.virginia.gov/ : accessed 2017), catalog search on Southy East., 2760. [S575] Nottingham, Soldiers & Sailors of the E.S. of VA, (Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, 1995), p 31 (heirs of Southy East & Nehemiah Walker dec'd), 575. [S2760] Victor S. Dunn, Certified Genealogist, Dunn, Victor S. - East Family of Accomack Co, VA, (Report to John Valenta, 460 Old Orchard, Toronto, Ontario M5M 264, Canada), citing Virginia Land Office Military Certificates, 1782-1876, Southey East; Land Office Inventory 86; microfilm 11; Library of Virginia, Richmond., 2760. [S634] Mr. John Knisely, Knisely, John to Miles, E-Mail, 02/20/1998, 634. [S2760] Victor S. Dunn, Certified Genealogist, Dunn, Victor S. - East Family of Accomack Co, VA, (Report to John Valenta, 460 Old Orchard, Toronto, Ontario M5M 264, Canada), Citing Daughters of the American Revolution, “DAR Genealogical Research System,” online at DAR Daughters of the American Revolution website (http://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search/?Tab_ID=1 : accessed 2017), search on Southy East in VA., 2760.