--- HERMON B FAGLEY <hermfagley@juno.com> wrote: > Somehow, Methodist circut rider Rev Jesse Justice > had two 100 [?] Acre > NJ farms to sell in 1805,on Mantua and Raccoon > creeks,Gloucester Co,NJ. > My guess is that they came from his 2 wives, "but" > if from the > Justice's,Dr Craig > and I have his ancestors wrong. And he 1st bought > 540 acres cut now by > Ohio Rt > 125,and by Sugartree Rd,west of Bethel,Clermont > Co,sw Ohio. And increased > it to > 700 acres. And divided a portion of it among his > sons in 826,by will. > Then they,or > their sons bought lands adjoining the 700 acres. > So,I'm a 62 year old hiking,and hiking daily, > for cardiac rehab,and > weight loss, > and lower blood preasure from my home in the middle > of the original tract > of 1805. > And I'm long into local history,and genealogy. And > my hikes, at my > snail's > pace are letting me see things ,I've never noticed > at 60 mph. Daily I > increase my > distances a bit. And,I'm thinking, because nights > have been below > freezing and > days above,that it's maple sugar making season, here > on Sugartree Creek. > Yesterday > my eastern hike finally cross the creek,and just on > the 1805 George Swing > tract. > By the Creek is a road from which I can see the 1805 > tract of Michael > Strickland,[ > but is that mean black pit bull back that way? I > finally,yesterday,reached the eastern > limits of Justice's tract. And I noticed the scar > of a road leading > between the forks, > and by Thomas Page's 1807 brick sold to US Grant's > Simpsons. .You > see,when I hike > N-S on Sugartree,I hike off Justice land,or do I. My > grandpa Brown [wife > 's mother a Justice] and Albert Gallatin Justice had > farms on former > Page-Simpson land. Did I walk north to JOHN DRUMMOND > land,orlater,Savil > Justice's 2nd farm. My hike west yesterdy was past > the house ROBERT > JUSTICE HARRIS built, and past Cliff Justice's,his > grandfather's, to the > Joseph M jUSTICE -Harris turkeyfarm. Killed at > Missionary Ridge > was Joseph M, and his Leeds wife left Cliff to be > raised by Maskell > Clark, and by > Robert Justice's bro-in-law,Moses Warden. Anyway, > across the 4 lanes > I've finally reached the Shotwell stage coacjh inn, > and the nw limit of > Justice land,but it > stretches another 1\2 mile to the sw and,1805 > ,EDWARD BARTON. > I don't know whether Rev Jesse Justice,or his > son,Robert,built the old > frame to my east. > Robert's son,Wm Penn Justice owned it,and a 2nd farm > adjoining the 700 > acres. And > surely joined his brother,Savil, making maple sugar. > 200 buckets for 200 > sugar maple trees on Savil Justice, and I can just > remember the ruins of > his sugar camp buildings,where somebody stayed up > all night tending 4 > kettles. Robert Justice > Harris's uncle made maple sugar as a business in my > memory, 2 miles west > I saw his sugar camp-his building and vat for > reducing maple sap into > syrup,in 1972. > My Wife's great grandfather was tennet on that farm > ,1900. That's why we > are both sweet. > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for > less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > ===== Janice L. Gillespie Coordinator Ky/Lewis Co. Obits, Deeds, Pensions Coordinator Ky/Lewis County Newspaper List __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/