John SOUTHERN
Ordinance Index - Version 1.02
Internet IGI (Dec 2004)
Christening poses problems for age at marriage, unless he was christened some years after birth. Removed to Albemarle Co. (in a section that later became Buckingham Co. in 1761), VA. SOURCES: 1. 1749 purchased 325 acres in Albemarle Co., Va. 2. 1755 deeded land to sons in Albemarle Co., Va. 3. "Daughters of Founders and Patriots." 4. IGI. 5. Records of Mrs. Margaret Reed. 6. Records of Sylvia L. Hadlock. 7. Records Evylene A. Canup. 8. Records of Michael Tish Southern, http://www.mindspring.com/~msouthern/southern
1. Records of Evylene A. Canup. 2. IGI. 3. Ancestral File.
William and Mary sold their land in Middlesex County and moved to Chesterfield Co., VA. Immigrated into what is now southeastern Stokes Co. (then Surry Co), NC, in 1774 and settled north of present day Pine Hall, along a creek known at the time as Hewins or Hewings Creek. His land comprised 315 acres in the fork of the creek on the western half of a 640 acre tract granted by the State of North Carolina to Joshua Tillery in 1780 -- only twenty miles from where the Battle of Guilford Courthouse was fought in Mar 1781. SOURCES: 1. 1773, 1774 list of tithables - Buckingham Co., VA. 2. 1775 tax list - Surry Co., NC: Camplin's District. 3. 1780 tax list - Surry Co., NC. 4. 1782 tax list - Surry Co., NC. 5. 1783 tax list - Surry Co., NC: Capt. Bostick's District. 6. 1785 tax list - Surry Co., NC: Capt. Bostick's District. 7. 1786 tax list - Surry Co., NC. Capt. Bostick's District. 8. 1787 tax list - Surry Co., NC. Capt. Bostick's District. 9. 1789 tax list - Surry Co., NC: Capt. Bostick's District. 10. 1790 tax list - Stokes Co., NC: Capt. Bostick's District. 11. 1790 census - Stokes Co., NC: Salisbury District. 12. 1791 tax list - Stokes Co., NC: Capt. Morgan's District. 13. 1792 tax list - Stokes Co., NC: Capt. Morgin's District. 14. 1793 tax list - Stokes Co., NC: Capt. Morgan's District. 15. 1794 tax list - Stokes Co., NC: Capt. Morgin's District. 16. Last Will and Testament. 17. "Daughters of Founders and Patriots," #774. 18. Records of Karen D. Ward. 19. Records of Michael Tish Southern, http://www.mindspring.com/~msouthern/southern.htm. 20. Records of Nancy Berry, naclu@hiwaay.net.
He married Margaret Kidd 17 Feb 1720 at Christ Church, Middlesex, Virginia . Margaret Kidd was christened at Christ Church, Middlesex, Virginia 12 May 1702 daughter of William Kidd and Margaret Chowning .
They were the parents of 9
children:
William Southern
born 16 Aug 1722.
John Southern
born 16 Aug 1722.
Susanna Southern
born 22 Jul 1725.
Joseph Southern
christened 14 Jan 1727.
Benjamine Southern
born 29 Oct 1730.
Samuel Southern
born 1 Jan 1732.
Margarett Southern
born 18 Aug 1735.
Averilla Southern
born 25 Dec 1738.
James Southern
born Abt 1740.
John Southern died 21 Oct 1759 at Albemarle, Virginia .