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Will made: 1773, processed 11 Dec 1777, Inventory/appraisal on 12 Mar 1778
Poss born 1710

Deeds-Southampton County, Va:
Book 3 Pg. 363:
Robert Booth bought 295 acres of land from Benjamin Phillips
by Moses Booth line and John Bailey's line, by Cabin
Branch.

In his father's will, dtd: 6 Oct 1757; he was given all the land that lies
below Arthur's line and the mouth of the Mire Branch up to the head thereof,
then along a line of marked trees to a corner tree of his brother Arthur's
land (that was bought from Allen Warren), containing 220 acres.

Booth...The Family in Virginia:
Both Robert Booth, Sr. and Robert Booth, Jr. served in the House of Burgesses.

27 Aug 1777.....Will: Legacies: son Beverly, tract of land bought of Benjamin
Phillips; son Moses, land given me by my father Robert Booth;
daughter Elizabeth; grandson Robert Booth; daughter Lucy
Sykes; granddaughter Maze Booth; Grandson David Booth.
Executors: brother Moses Booth and son Beverly Booth
Witnesses: Moses Booth, Elizabeth Booth, William Salter, Jr.
Page...187, Southampton County Wills.

12 Mar 1778.....Estate appraisd by Barnaby Bailey, Richard Bailey and Charles
Bailey.  recorded: 12 Mar 1778.....Page 201

13 May 1779.....Account current. Legacies paid to: Elizabeth Booth, Beverly
Booth and to the guardian of Moses Booth.
Audited by: Wil Salter, Jr., Richard Bailey and Barnaby
Bailey.........Pg. 261

Robert Booth, Jr. also served as Sexton of the Cyprus Chapel, Upper Parrish,
Nanasemond County, Va.

15 Nov 1762; Vestry Book of Upper Parish, Nansemond Cty, Va, Pg 158
He was paid L 0-15-0 by the church for blocking up the Chapel and cutting down
bushes.     Note: in 1970 L 1-0-0 equalled $2.40 in US dolllars.

Pg. 157....240 Shillings for being a Deacon
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Pg. 161....200                           7 Jan 1764

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