Person:John Hill (192)

21 SEP 1789. Lancaster Court Order Book 19, p. 69. Mary Hill, widow of John Hill, deceased, granted administration on his estate. Court estate to be appraised by James Carter, Peter Beane, Jeduthan James and James Hill, any three of them.

19 OCT 1789. Lancaster County Will Book 22, p. 114 (227). Inventory returned by appraisers James Carter, Jeduthan James, and James Hill. Included one slave named Jinny, valued at £10.

He was taxed for 50 acres of land from 1782 until his death in 1789. _____________________________

PROBLEM: The law of primogeniture was repealed in Virginia in 1785. If John Hill died in 1789, his land would have been divided between all of his children. This 200 acres seems, however, to have gone solely to John Hill, Jr. There would have been a deed for this, which has not been found.

"In Virginia (VA) the entail was abolished in 1776; however, primogeniture was not eliminated in VA until 1785.  The VA law, unlike the NC law of 1784, provided for equal sharing of real property among all the heirs - both male and female.  [See C. Ray Keim, Primogeniture and Entail in Colonial Virginia, William and Mary Quarterly, Volume XXV, No. 4 (October 1968), Pages 550-551]" From http:/sc_tories.tripod.comlaw_of_primogeniture_in_the_south.htm ________________________________

TAX LISTS 1782-1849:

1782-1787. John Hill, 50 acres 1782-1806. 50 acres tax to "John Hill's Estate". 1807-1815. John Hill's Estate no longer taxed, added to John Hill's taxable lands and called 50 acres + 200 acres "at Merry Point" in 1814

DEEDS: NONE

DEEDS, REFERENCE:

ABSTRACT OF DEED

by Craig M. Kilby 15 May 2008

Location: Lancaster County, Virginia Repository: Circuit Clerk's Office, Lancaster County Court House, Lancaster, Virginia 22503 Grantors: John Kirkham & Elizabeth his wife, and William Connolly & Margaret his wife, all of Lancaster County Signatures: All signed by signature except Elizabeth who signed by mark "X" Grantee: John Hill of Lancaster County Date Executed: 20 February 1807 Date Recorded: 20 February 1807 Witnesses: /s/Alexander Marsh, /s/ George P. Oliver, /s/James Carter Consideration: $32

Description

"a certain piece and parcel of land situated & lying in the County aforesaid containing twenty five acres be the same more or less it being the same piece & parcel of land which was formerly given by a certain James Hill and Elizabeth his wife to their daughter Margaret Florane as will more fully by referring to the record of the county aforesaid and which said piece and parcel of land was afterwards devised and bequeathed by the said Margaret Florane to a certain John Hill and his heirs forever: which said last mentioned John Hill is father of the aforementioned Elizabeth & Margaret…"

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NOTES:

1. John Kirkham married Elizabeth Hill, bond dated 18 December 1805, John Hill security, William Connolly witness (Lancaster County Marriages 1715-1852, p. 103). No minister's return.

2. William Connolly married Margaret Hill, bond dated 26 December 1792. Bride "24 years of age next June." Jeduthan James, security (Lancaster County Marriages 1715-1852, p. 103). No minister's return.

3. Lancaster County Real Property Tax Lists show this transfer to John Hill in 1810. (The 1809 microfilm copy of the tax list is illegible. There was no tax assessed in 1808)

4. John Hill, Sr. died in Lancaster County, VA in 1789 _________________ 21 SEP 1789. Court Order Book 19, p. 69. Mary Hill, widow of John Hill, deceased, granted administration of estate. To be appraised by James Carter, Peter Beane, Jeduthan James and James Hill, any 3 of them.

10 OCT 1789. Inventory of John Hill recorded. Made by James Carter, Jeduthan James and James Hill. Included one slave named Jinny, valued at £10. (Lancaster County, VA Will Book 22, p. 114).

1. ↑ WB 22:227