Justinian JUSTICE

                   Justice Family Bible Record, Contributed by Prentiss Price, Richmond, VA.as reported in the Virginia Genealogical Society QUARTERLY, April 1971,Vol. IX, Num. 2:  The source of this information was the Justice FamilyBible, New Testament, Oxford, 1743, owned by Gilbert H. Clinard, HighPoint, NC.

"William Justice, grandson to Justinian Justice and Prissila his wife,died in his childhood the 8th day of July in the year of our God 1751"

Note by Prentiss Price:  Quit Rents of Virginia, Charles City County,Justinian Justis, 200 acres.
                  

                   This source lists John's birth year as 1698?

This source lists death date as Mar 17, 1775 in Surry County, VA?

Will signed March 11, 1765.  Will probated July 17, 1766., HalifaxCounty, VA. (Will book 0, page 206).


Notes for JOHN JUSTICE:
Halifax Co, VA.
Will Book O.   Page 206
Halifax County in the province of Virginia, Mar. the 11th, 1765, in thename of God, the last will of John Justice, Senior being in health andsound memory, thanks be to God, Almighty, and calling to rememberance theuncertain state of this transitory life and that all  flesh must yield todeath, I do declare this to be my last will and testament in manner andform, revoking and admitting by these  presents all and every presentsall  and every testament and testaments, will and wills here to before byme made and declared other by word or by writing and this is to be takingby these presents that I, John Justice, Senior, that I give and bequeathunto my beloved wife, Mary, all my goods and chattels and all moveablesthat I am in possession of on Harpin Creek, as long as she remains mywidow, likewise unto my son Ezra, 300 acres of land and a mill on itwhich is now the home place, likewise unto my son William Justice 100acres of land, lying on Pigg River likewise unto my son Justice, 5shillings, Simeon Justice, 5 shillings and unto my son Thomas Justice, 5shillings and unto my daughter Mary, the wife of George Green, 5shillings, likewise to my daughter Alice, wife of Thomas Watson, 5shillings.

John Justice

Signed , sealed and delivered in presence of William Metcher, WilliamAdkenson, John Witcher, at a court held in Halifax County, the 17th dayof July 1766.  This will was provided in court by the oath of the severalwitnesses there to subscribed and ordered to be recorded and the testorhaving appointed no executor of the same certificate was granted to MaryJustice, his widow and relief who made oath according to law forobtaining letters of administration with the said will annexed in dueform, she having with Thomas Justice and Ezra Justice her securitiesentered into and acknowledged according to law.

Test:  Robert Munford
Test:  C. Ellenford

Truly recorded.

It is very confusing at this point.  Some sources list this John Justiceas the son of Justinian and others list him as the son of Justinian'sbrother, John?  The source here lists him as the son of John.

"After selling his father's estate and moving westward to Augusta Co.,VA.  he, like others, had to eventually move to another area; this wasdue to the French and Indian War raging in the area around Staunton inAugusta Co.  He later moved to Halifax Co., VA. but before the move,built a water grist mill in Augusta, for a William Wilson; this on August25, 1751.  Later the authorities recorded it "as not properly built".With corrections made, he was paid, and then we believe purchased forhimself 224 acres on Newfoundland Creek -- this purchase of May 20, 1752between John McCreery and wife Agness (see Lyman Chalkley's  Records ofAugusta Co., VA. 1745-1800, v. 3, pg. 302).  All was not smooth sailingeven then, as the Indians were too hostile, so on May 17, 1754, just twoyears afer purchasing the land, he sold to Michael Harper (Chalkley'sv.3, page. 326).  With this sale money he financed his next move, and wenow find him, through deeds, in Halifax Co., VA.

We know that John and Mary (Hogue) Justice sold 400 Acres  of land onMiry Creek and 400 additional Acres, on December 17, 1756, to a GeorgeEvins....also he sold to sons John Jr. and Simeon, 200 Acres in Parish ofAntirm; this under date of March 15, 1758.  Later he sold to John Jr.,100 Acres on Harping Creek, under date of June 17, 1762.  Finally we findhis Will, dated March 11, 1765 (recorded July 17, 1765).

Some historians recorded a James and John Justice, brothers, settlingaround the James River in 1760.  Perhaps this is true, but as in manycases where the same name is repeated again and again, the wrong personcan be included in the wrong family. [note from Mike Justice "It is thisJohn and James, referenced here, that is of particular interest as thisJohn may be the John Justice from which the western N.C. Justice's aredescended from.]

To help identify each John and/or Thomas Justice we now show a chart withthe line of descent, to this point, for the first William and his twosons:

William Justice 1 md. Mary Fframe
(each generation is always indicated by number abve the name to theright)
(also his place in each family always indicated to the left of the name)
Two known sons
I.    Justinian 2 Justice                                          II.John 2 Justice,   md.  Mary (?)
had sonshad son(s)   (not firm)
A.    William 3 Justice md. Martha                         A.    John 3Justice, md. Mary Hogue
John died 1766, Halifax Co., VA.
Issue:Issue:
1.    William 4 Justice                                               1.John 4 Justice (d. bef. 1796)
Issue:Issue:
a.    James 1753-1798                                             a.Jonathan 5 md. Amy Neal
and others                                                          b.James
c.    Amos
B.    Justinian 3 Justice, Jr.d.    Right
Issue:e.    Diadama
1.    John 4 Justicef.     Simeon
2.    Justinian Justice III2.    Mary Mustice, md. Geo Green
3.    Major Justice3.    Alice Justice, md. Thos. Watson
4.    Judith Justice4.    Ezra Justice b. 1733; d.c. 1785
5.    David Justice5.    William Justice b. 1737; d.c.178?
6.    Ephraim Justice6.    Thos. E. Justice, Sr., b.c. 1740 d.c. 1805
7.    Priscilla Justice7.     Simeon Justice, d.c. 1796
C.    Richard JusticeB.     James 3 Justice
D.    John

It is John 3 Justice (A. above) who married Mary Hogue that is ofparamount interest to us.  His eldest son John 4 (Jonathan), came to S.C.with HIS two sons, Jonathan and Simeon.  This later son, Simeon5 (f) cameof age in 1796 and appeared in the courts of Rutherfordton, N.C. desiringthat his uncle Thomas E. Sr. #6 above, be appointed his guardian.Earlier Jonathan 5 (a) had also chosen this same uncle.  Meanwhile,Simeon #7 above, moved from Virginia to Anson Co., N.C.  and in 1779moved on to that part of Old Tryon, which was later Buncombe, Hendersonand finally Polk Co., settling near present Mills Springs.  He too leftchildren - one being Thomas Justice who as did his cousin, chose ThomasE. Sr. #6. Quoting now from the "History of the Justice Family andIncidents in the Lives of James Dyar Justice and His Descendants"written by a descendant of the Rev. A. I. Justice (he being a grandson ofJames Dyar 5 Justice), we report - "The first ancestors of the Justicefamily, it is said came from Wales to America.  John, who with hisbrother James, settled in Virginia about the year 1760 (Note: this toobears out the migration time of John and brother James as being between1754, when John sold to Michael Harper, and 1760-, when (Miss MarthaJustice of Rutherfordton, N.C. later writes) they were in the area inVirginia near Monticello where Thomas Jefferson lived.  Sometime afterthis they no doubt did move)."

"Deeds from Halifax Co, Virginia in the Justice Family"

"John Justice, Sr. and wife Mary to George Evins, Dec 16, 1756, 400 acresand 400 A Miry Creek.

John Justice, Sr. to John Justice, Jr. and Simeon, Mar 16, 1758 200 AParish of Antrim.

John Justice, Sr. to John Wood Feb 19, 1758 200 A Miry Creek.

John Justice to John Justice, Jr. Jun 17, 1762 100 A Harping Creek.

John Justice, Jr. to Patrick Brady May 18, 1758 200 A Eckhalls Fork.

Simeon Justice to Theophilus Lacy Jul 20, 1758 200 Acres.

Thomas Justice to Drusilla Hendrick Apr 19, 1770 300 A Miry Creek.

Thomas Justice to Nathaniel Pook Young & Co. Dec 16, 1773 294 AcresAstens Creek.

Thomas Justice to Garret Fitzgerald Feb 16, 1775 100 Acres Miry Creek.

Thomas Justice to Workam Easly Mar 21, 1776 100 Acres.

Thomas Justice to Thomas Wilson, Jr. Aug 15, 1776 100 Acres Astins Creek.

Thomas Justice to Francis Arnold Mar 18, 1779 100 Acres."