Name: va_lygon_ligon -- Descendants of George Lygon

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  1. Henry Ligon: Birth: ABT 1735 in Amelia Co., Virginia. Death: 15 Aug 1778 in Prince Edward Co., Virginia

  2. William Ligon: Death: 1788 in Prince Edward Co., Virginia

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  5. Unknown d.o. J Henry Ligon: Death: BEF 1784


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a. Note:   e 1734. He held 100 acres in Henrico County on Swift Creek that he sold to Henry Clay in 1734. & In 1736 Henrico County taxed Henry Ligon on two levies and 150 acres. When Henry Ligon sold some property in Henrico County to Benjamin Harris via a deed recorded June 1742, Sarah relinquished her dower right in the land.
  Henry owned land in Brunswick, Prince Edward, and Amelia counties. He secured a patent to 618 acres on Mountain Creek in Amelia (now Prince Edward) County in 1737. In 1740 Henry bought 486 acres from Samuel Hudson and his wife, Drusilla, for £55. A 150-acre portion of this land had belonged to his father-in-law, William Ligon. Henry appeared as a tithable in Amelia County first in 1741. On 25 July 1746 Henry added 154 acres to his Mountain Creek property and obtained a patent for 400 acres on the lower side of the Sandy River in an area that became Prince Edward County. Henry deeded his 400-acre patent to Thomas Sanders of St. Martin Parish, Hanover County, 17 March 1746/7 for £20. Henry got 150 acres from his father-in-law by deed dated 28 April 1746.
  In 1742 Amelia County appointed Henry Ligon a surveyor to replace George Walker. Perhaps anticipating his death, Henry sold 772 acres on Mountain Creek to his son Henry Jr. for £55 in September 1757.
  The elder Henry Ligon left a will in Prince Edward County naming children Henry, Elizabeth, William, and Sarah (will dated 12 Nov. 1759, recorded 14 Dec. 1769). His ten slaves and other property had a value of £521.5.3. Prince Edward County charged Sarah Ligon with four tithable slaves and 318 acres in 1767.
  Sarah Ligon left a will in Prince Edward County mentioning son William Ligon and his sons Henry and John Turner Ligon, daughter Sarah Atwood and her children James, Mary, and Elizabeth Ligon Atwood, son Henry Ligon and his children William Ligon and Sarah Holt, granddaughter Mary Mason, son-in-law Thomas Ligon, and daughter-in-law Elizabeth Ligon (will dated 4 July 1784, recorded Jan. 1785). Although she wanted them not to appraise her estate, Prince Edward valued twelve slaves at £631.
Note:   Sarah Ligon married her cousin Henry Ligon , the son of Richard Ligon and Mary Worsham, befor

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