1782 COL Tristram Norsworthy Manor 480 acres, Ragged Island 375 acres,
Quarter 300 acres, Gd. Smith Orphans 303 acres, Godwin 120 acres
1784 Will of Tristram Norsworthy left "...to son Joseph Norsworthy tract
of land over the Ragged Island Creek whereon Nathan Bagnall
and Willis Pitt now live containing 375 acres and adjoining
cousin Tristram Norsworthy
1787 Tristram Norsworthy Estate same acreage as COL Tristram in 1782
1788 Tristram Norsworthy Estate same acreage as COL Tristram in 1782
except Smith 303 acres, James Smith paid
1796 Tristram Norsworthy Estate same acreage as COL Tristram in 1782
except no longer shows Godwin 120 acres
1800 Tristram Norsworthy Estate 480 acres, 375 acres "Ragged Island"
"conveyed to Joseph Chapman", 300 acres "Quarter Land"
21 June 1800 Deed (DB 18, P 467) from Joseph Norsworthy to Joseph Chapman
"...all that tract of land over Ragged Island Creek and
adjoining the lands of Tristram Norsworthy...said lands
descended to the said Joseph Norsworthy by the last will
and testament of his father COL Tristram Norsworthy dec'd
and containing three hundred and seventy five acres..."
1800-1817 Joseph Chapman 375 acres, "on the Ragged Island", 12 miles
NE of courthouse
7 November 1817 Deed (DB 23, P 349) from Joseph Chapman to John King
"...tract of land lying in the said county of Isle of Wight
bounded on the West by the lands of Henry Whitfield, on
Northeast by the James River and on the South by a creek
leading from the said James River to my garden near the
causeway, containing three hundred and seventy six acres,
be the same more or less, which said land the said Joseph
Chapman purchased of Joseph Norsworthy..."
1818-1820 John King 375 acres, "conveyed from Joseph Chapman",
"in the Ragged Island", 12 miles NE of courthouse
1821 John King 376 acres, "conveyed to John G. Whitfield"