Compiled by Sara E. Lewis
From an index to the Virginia Gazette, produced in 1950 by Lester J. Cappon and Stella F. Duff of the Institute of Early American History and Culture (Omohundro Institute) with additional Gloucester material not captured by the indexers. Kingston Parish (Mathews) was part of Gloucester County when the Virginia Gazette was published in Williamsburg. Occasional posts about world and local events that captured the bloggers fancy are included to put local listings in context. Please review primary source material before citing.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

March 2, 1753

To be Sold, at Publick Auction, at the Subscriber’s Plantation, in Gloucester County, on the last Thursday in March,

Two Hundred Acres of Land, on Queen’s Creek, in the said County, 20 Virginia-born Slaves, Men, Women and Children, and a Quantity of Stock; Three Month’s Credit will be allowed, the Purchaser giving good Security, as usual, to

Robert Reade.