HALIFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA

SIZEMORE FAMILY

Selected Virginia Land Patents

Note: Most of these Patents were issued in Lunenburg County for land in present day Halifac County.

VPB.Pg

Acres

Date

Grantee

Watercourse

Adjacent

29.426

800

1751.0410

William Irby

bs S Fk Difficult Cr

Lunenburg [Halifax]

Henry Sizemore

29.454

370

1751.0705

Margery Sizemore

bs Wynn’s Cr

Lunenburg [Halifax]

[South Central Halifax]

29.468

191

1751.0705

Henry Sizemore

ss Banister R

Lunenburg [Halifax]

[Central Halifax]

31.549

400

1755.0910

William Embry

fk Wynn’s Cr

Lunenburg [Halifax]

[South Central Halifax]

Mary Sizemore

34.022

334

1756.0310

James Mitchell

br Wynn’s Cr

Lunenburg [Halifax]

[South Central Halifax]

Mary Sizemore

34.058

390

1756.0310

Benjamin Dickson

bs Banister R

Lunenburg [Halifax]

[Central Halifax]

Cornelius Cargill

Henry Sizemore

34.382

400

1759.0810

James Hunt

N Fk Wynn’s Cr

Lunenburg [Halifax]

[South Central Halifax]

Margaret Sizemore

36.874

200

16 Sep 1765

William Sizemore

ns Banister R., Wynn’s Cr., Rocky Br.

[East Central Halifax]

Powell

F.198

840

1 Jun 1782

Surveyed 5 Nov 1771

John Sizemore

Cedar and Reedy Br.

Halifax

[SE Halifax very close to Mecklenburg and NC line]

Trammel, Cox, Gill, Field

Note: On 14 Dec 1802, 213.5 acres was sold by Obadiah Smith to Thomas Blanks DB 19.454; On 14 Dec 1802, 197 acres was sold by Obadiah Smith to Archer Loftis DB 19.451; On 14 Dec 1802, 261.5 acres was sold by Obadiah Smith to Hampton Jones DB 19.450.

Compiled by: David Robertson, davidhr@hushmail.com