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Families Along High Gate Creek
Miscellaneous notes: High Gate Creek
In August 1820, John Gregory, David Thompson & Robert Thompson of Lunenburg were appointed by the court of Lunenburg to convey the land of William Weatherford deceased to Judy Weatherford, William Weatherford, Polly Weatherford, Tabitha Weatherford, Peggy Weatherford, Anna Weatherford & Martin Weatherford all children and heirs of said decedent. The land was described as "235 acres in Lunenburg on both sides of High Gate Creek, bounded by the heirs of Joseph Weatherford, Senr., John Brown, William Deupree, Robert Saunders, Cornelius Johnson, David Marergoes? estate and dower line of sd decd ____? relict being the land that William Weatherford dies seized of." (Lun. DB 25:127)
Taxed on the waters of High Gate Creek in 1851:
Mary Burns,160 acres, 15 miles SW of courthouse; no bldg.; transf. from Ricd Burn's estate 1847.
Wyatt T. Newcomb, 72 acres, 15 miles SW of courthouse; no building included in tax. (Taxed to Mary J. Newcomb in 1863.)
John A. Rutledge, 105 1/2 acres, 15 miles SW of courthouse; no house or building.
Allen A. Burwell 3 tracts331 acres. 14 miles SW of the courthouse; value of buildings 150; transferred from Wm. Weatherford Comr. 1843
3 acres 14 miles SW of the courthouse; no building; transferred from Patrick Booth 1845.
62 7/8 acres 14 miles SW of the courthouse; no building; transferred from Charles Hudson 1845Allen Duffer 50 acres 14 miles SW of the courthouse; no building; transferred from Charles Hudson 1845. (This was taxed to Allen Duffer estate in 1868.)
Charles Hudson 102 3/4 acres, 13 miles sW of the courthouse; no building; transferred from Joshua Hardy estate 1849.