Jones Town [by 1813 if not earlier] was a tract of land along Three
Chopped road created when William Jones died in late 1800 or early
1801. See his will in Henrico WB 2 p. 586. There is a list of the
birth dates of the slaves he freed and endowed with the land in DB 6
p. 440. I think I recall seeing a plat somewhere in the deed books of
the tract and its subdivisions. Starting in 1802 at least the
freedmen and women appear on the personal property and land taxes of
the upper district of Henrico. The 1813 land tax lists begin to
identify where tracts were and there are several ones listed in Adams
Valley, which may be the same as his Mill Valley. Good luck. I am
looking for anyone who has platted the tracts of Henrico ca 1800,
especially in the area of the Brook. I know where tracts abutt each
other from the processioners returns and some of the deeds, but I
would like to be able to see the larger pattern of land holdings.
Mick Nicholls
On Oct 3, 2008, at 8:09 PM, Lyle E. Browning wrote:
> In trying to find that still elusive pre-1800 plat of Richard Adams
> Mill Valley, I'm still working on the title chain for a city block
> north of Broad in Shockoe Valley. Typically and serendipitously, one
> notices things that have nothing to do with the project at hand.
>
> In the Land Tax Records, in the teens and twenties of the 19th
> century, there is a notation at the end of each year about a set of
> properties set aside by William Jones where he willed land for his
> "Negroes". In the one year I counted, there were 32 parcels, ranging
> in size from 9.5 to 32 acres. Each person had a first name early on
> but no last name. Later, it appears that all took the surname Jones.
>
> Have any of you any information about where Jonesville, as it was
> called in one tabulation, was located and what happened to the people
> and lands, if anything?
>
> Lyle Browning, RPA
>
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