Leah (--?--)

Abt 1735 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Leah (--?--)  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1735	Accomack Co, Virginia
  Gender	Female
  Land sold	26 Sep 1752	tract A103, south of Parksley, Accomack Co, Virginia   [2, 3]
  	Indenture between John Dix Jr., Planter his wife Leah and Edmund Allen both of Acc. Co. For £78. For a 150 Acres near Long Love Branch bounded by John Dix the elder and John Dix. In Present of George Holden, Littleton Dennis and Samuel Willson (Wilson).
  Land sold	14 Jul 1756	tract A104, south-east of Parksley, Accomack Co, Virginia   [4, 5]
  	Indenture between John Dix Junr and Leah his wife and Mack William Wright, both of Acc. Co. For £29 for 120 Acres. The land now in possession of Peter Parker Copes in right of his wife, Rhody as her third of the estate of Thos. Simpson, Decd. her former husband. Land formerly conveyed by Simpson to Dix. On main Road bounded by John Dix Jr., Isaac Dix, Decd. Peter Parker Copes, Thos Copes, Geo. Talor (Taylor) and George Middleton. In Present of Ralph Justice, Steven Walker, William Justice, Jr. Edmund Allen and Anderson Patterson. Recorded 27 Jul 1756. Whitelaw shows it as being the eastern end of John's land, including the strip extending to the highway, so he apparently had settled on the western part. The land retained by John Dix for his home plantation was northwest of that sold to Wright, from which it was partially separated by a back road.
  Land sold	1785	tract A104, south-east of Parksley, Accomack Co, Virginia   [6]
  	It was in this year that John and Leah Dix sold 6 acres of this tract to Anne Stephens, free negro, and a survey showed it to be in the southeast corner.
  Land sold	1786	tract A104, south-east of Parksley, Accomack Co, Virginia   [6]
  	It was in this year that John Dix, wife Leah, sold 14 acres of this tract to Richard Grinalds, which was in the northwest corner.
  Land deeded from	1795	tract A104, south-east of Parksley, Accomack Co, Virginia   [6]
  	It was in this year that John Dix, wife Leah, deeded the rest of the plantation, which they called 80 acres, to their son John. While is was not traced further, it became owned by a Thomas Hickman, then by his son William, and later a James A. Middleton.
  Marr Name	Leah Dix
  Record ID	88524
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I88524	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	9 Apr 2023

  
  

  Family	John (of Isaac IV) Dix, Jr.,   b. Abt 1730, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1752	Accomack Co, Virginia   [1, 3]
  Children	+ 1. John Dix,   b. Abt 1774, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Bef 30 Nov 1812, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age < 38 years)   2. Revell (of J.) Dix,   b. Abt 1776, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown   3. Levi Dix,   b. Abt 1778, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Bef 30 Dec 1822, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age < 44 years)
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023
  Family ID	F29070	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S819] Lewis, Mark - Research Files @ ESPL, (Accomac, VA: Eastern Shore Public Library), Dix Chart, 819. [S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Whitelaw, Ralph T. - Virginia's Eastern Shore, (Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1968), p. 1085 (tract A103), 572. [S833] Accomack Co, VA, Deeds, No. 002, 1746-1757, Part 2, p. 390, 833. [S833] Accomack Co, VA, Deeds, No. 002, 1746-1757, Part 2, p. 689, 833. [S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Whitelaw, Ralph T. - Virginia's Eastern Shore, (Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1968), p. 1089 (tract A104), 572. [S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Whitelaw, Ralph T. - Virginia's Eastern Shore, (Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1968), p. 1090 (tract A104), 572.