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.

Thursday, August 23, 2018

November 13, 1766 - Gayle

To be SOLD, on the premises, the 10th of December next,
337 Acres of Good Land, whereon is a good dwelling-house, with 4 fireplaces below, and 2 brick chimnies, a kitchen with a brick chimney, and two fire-places below, all other necessary houses, and two orchards. Also a quarter of a mile from thence, on the said plantation, stands a house 20 by 16, with a brick chimney, and a Negro quarter by it. About 100 acres of the said land is well timbered, the rest very clear and level, and lies within half a mile of East warehouse, in Gloucester county. The time of payment will be agreed on at the day of sale.
JOSEPH GAYLE.