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John Linton

Birth: unknownDeath: unknownPower of attorney indexed 1733Known through a power-of-attorney index; the underlying instrument remains unrecovered.

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Modern roads and waterways around South Mills and Joyce Creek, with soft regional shading, beside Moseley’s 1733 Joys Fork and chapel detail.

FAMILY STORIES

William Joy and the Land at Joys Fork

William Joy lived up in the Fork of the Pasquotank, beside land Cornelius Forehand bought in 1714. Deeds, a will and the surviving name Joyce Creek trace his neighborhood and Margery’s place in its history.