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From: "Laura McKenzie" <>
Subject: [EKYORIGINS] Fw: Justice family of Floyd Co.
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 09:56:47 -0500

Tom, who wrote this note is my grgrgrandfather's grgrnephew.
He's worked very hard to find out as much as possible about the
family. If you are researching Pike or Floyd (Lawrence,
Martin....) County Justices, you might like to work on the
"old" John Justice that Tom is working out. New evidence leads
away from Virginia and to Mass. (see below)

-----Original Message-----
From: tjustice <>
To: <>
Date: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 8:12 AM
Subject: Fwd: Re: Justice family of Floyd Co.


>
>Halsey, You must not have read my mail to you on the 9th of
August. This is a
>quick over view on just how the various east KY and WVA
Justices are related.
>Tom
>
>
>Date: Mon, 09 Aug 99 20:17:36 PDT
>From: tjustice
>To:
>Cc: ; Alexander Justice
>Subject: Re: Justice family of Floyd Co.
>
>Hello Halsey and fellow Floyd County researchers.
>
>I can add a few limbs to your Justice family tree. Your tree
up to
>Jonathan and
>Hannah Doty is correct. Jonathan Justice was the son of John
Justice
>and Amy
>Neal. John married Amy Neal in SC after his discharge from the
army at
>Fort
>Rutledge. Fort Rutledge stood on the present day grounds of
Clemson
>University. John (Jr.) and father John (Sr.) joined the army
there in
>1777, along
>with younger brother Simeon. Your John was the 17 year old
Piper and
>12 year
>old Simeon was Drummer Boy. All three were captured by the
British in
>1781
>and were paroled by the British and given a discharge by the
Fort
>Commander.
>John (Jr) was born in Pittsylvania County, VA in 1760 to John
and Mary
>Sloan
>Justice. Simeon was born there in 1765. They had at least one
sister
>named
>Nancy Justice who married Edward Wade and stayed in
Spartinburg
>District
>the rest of her life. Her mother Mary Sloan Justice moved in
with her
>after the
>death of John (Sr). They are found together on the SC 1820
census.
> John (Sr) was one of five sons of John and Mary Moore Justice
>of
>Halifax County, VA. I have a copy of John,s 1766 will in
which he
>names sons,
>John, Simeon, Thomas, William and Ezra, daughters Mary, wife
of George
>
>Green and Alice , wife of Thomas Watson.
> These boys of "old" John were married as follows:
>John m. Mary Sloan, Simeon m. Elizabeth Turley, Thomas m. Mary
Dyer
>and
>Ezra m. Mary (?).
> Previous Justice researchers have maintained (without proof)
>that
>"old" John's wife was named Mary Hogue and have connected him
to the
>Justice family of Charles City, VA; ie, William Justice and
Mary
>Frame. This still
>may be true, however, there is sufficiant reason to believe
that "our"
>John and
>Mary came to VA from Halifax, Plymouth County, Mass. Records
in
>Scituatem
>Mass show that a John Justice from Hanover, Mass married a
Mary More ,
>from
>Ireland there in 1728. A book titled "Vital Records of the
Town of
>Halifax, Mass."
>was published by the Mass. Socitety of Mayflower Descendents,
Boston,
>Mass
>in the year 1905. This book lists the following family;
>John Justice and wife Mary. Children:
>Mary Justice born 27July 1729
>John Justice born 21 June 1731
>Simeon Justice b. 15 Janurary 1735
>Thomas Justice b. 3 May 1737
>Elce (Alice) Justice born 31 May 1739
>Elizabeth Justice b. 8 April 1741
>
>The only one of the above children missing from "old' John's
will are
>Elizabeth.
>She could have died young. The boys William and Ezra were
born after
>this
>tabulation. William in 1742 and Ezra in 1745. I am still
researching
>this matter
>and am of an open mind on the subject. I have found that
several Mass.
>settlers
>came to Virginia where the crops grew a little better around
the right
>time frame.
> All the first Justice settlers in early Floyd County were
>descendants
>of this family. Mainly, John, William and Simeon. These break
out as
>this:
>John (Jr) "the Piper" and Amy Neal settled on Beaver Creek in
1707
>after living
>in SC, Green County, GA, Green County, Tenn. Buncombe County,
NC and
>finally Floyd County.
>Simeon "the Drummer" and Susannah Wade settled on Beaver Creek
also in
>
>1807, arriving with John and Amy from Buncombe County, NC.
>
>Simeon and Elizabeth Turley Justice's three sons at first
settled on
>Beaver
>Creek and very likely were the first to arrive there from
Pittsylvania
>County.
>These three sons were:
>Thomas m. Elizabeth Blackburn in Floyd County 1812. Later
moved to
>Logan
>County and the town of Justice, WVA is named for his boys.
>Simeon married Kezziah Saulsbury in VA and lived on Beaver
Creek until
>
>moving with all his children, who were most married, to
present day
>Buchanan
>County, VA. Most all the Justice/Justus people living around
Grundy
>are
>descended from this Simeon Justice.
>Their brother John Justice first settled on Beaver Creek and
then
>moved to
>Blaine Creek in present day Lawrence County, KY. His wife was
Nancy
>Moore?
>Their names can be found on Blaine Creek deeds as early as
1817.
>
>The bulk of eastern KY Justices are descended from William
Justice and
>
>Margaret Johnson? (I have some doubts there) William b. 1742
and wife
>
>Margaret came to Floyd County in 1805, along with six sons and
three
>daughters. They all, at first, settled around the mouth of
Grapevine
>Creek just
>south of Pikeville. William died in 1813 at age 71 and his
will can be
>found at the
> Court House in Prestonsburg in File # 2, recorded March
1813. Named
>in the
>will are the following:
>1.John Justice m. Elizabeth Young. They lived at first on the
Levisa
>River at
>Grapevine Creek. They moved to near Betsy Layne on Mud Creek
and from
>there to Russell County, VA , present day Wise County, VA.
>2. William Justice m. Sarah (?) . They moved to Mud Creek
along with
>John and
>Elizabeth but, split up in 1836 when John went to VA and
William and
>Sarah
>moved to Rock Castle Creek in Lawrence County, KY (present day
Martin
>County. They were my gggg grandparents. They settled at the
mouth of
>Big
>Lick Branch in 1836 along with their married sons and
daughters.
>3. Simeon Justice m. Polly Abshire and remained in Pike County
all his
>life
>where he raised 17 children.
>4. George Justice m. Nancy Campbell. George and Nancy
remained in
>Pike
>County all their lives where they raised 9 children
>5. Ezra Justice m. Rhoda Blankenship. They too, remained in
Pike
>County all
>their lives. They raised 4 children
>6. Peyton Justice m. Polly May and then Polly Sloan. They
remained in
>Pike
>County where they raised 7 children. Peyton was murdered by
Union
>"Scouts"
>in 1865 and hung from a tree on Dry Fork of Shelby Creek.
Peyton was
>73 years
>of age then.
>7. Sarah Justice m. Gaberil Parsons in Pittsylvania County, VA
and
>settled with
>her family at Grapevine Creek in Pike County. They remained in
Pike
>County all
>their lives.
>8. Mary Justice m. James Sloan in Pittsylvania County. They
too,
>settled near
>the family compound on the Levisa.
>9. Elizabeth Justice m. David Pauley in Pittsylvania County
and
>settled near the
>rest of the family.
> I did not mean to type this much, but could not find an easy
>place to
>break off without leaving too many unanswered questions. I
started
>researching my family tree about three years ago and was lucky
enough
>to
>meet online another Justice researcher from Maysville, KY
named Terry
>Anderson, who has many Justice Connections. Terry was the one
who
>found
>the 1813 will of William Justice and has been most generous in
>shareing his
>research. I will be happy to share what I have learned with
other
>family
>researchers. Relatively Yours, Tom Justice
>
>
>
>My Grandmother was Miriam Click Justice, b. Sept 6, 1876, d.
1917. Her
>parents were Henry Harrison "Black" Justice (1855-1940) &
Amanda Click
>(1852-?). She had at least one sibling, Cora Justice. The
parents of
>Henry
>Harrison Justice were Jackson Justice (abt 1824-1865) &
Dorcas/Darcas
>Patton
>(abt 1828-?), Jackson Justice died in the Andersonville
Prison. The
>parents
>of Jackson Justice were Jonathan Justice (abt 1796-?) & Hannah
Doty
>(abt
>1798-?). These Justice were descendants of William Justice &
Mary
>Frame.
>
>These Floyd County Justices flourished in the Martin, Allen, &
Printer
>areas
>of Floyd County.
>
>Henry Harrison Justice died November 11, 1940, & his last
wife, Helen
>Allen
>died a few a few days after he did from a fall at the Beaver
Valley
>Hospital. They were buried on the same day, & I just can just
barely
>remember the funeral.
>
>I want to fill out this family's genealogy, but have pitifully
little
>to go
>on, so any help would be greatly appreciated. I would also
like to
>contact
>any other living descendants of this family.
>
>Halsey
>
>John Halsey Flannery
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

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