Accomack County, Virginia Court Order Abstracats, 1663-1666, Vol 1, JoAnn Riley McKey, Heritage Books, Bowie, Maryland, 1996, p 15
Court July 16, 1663, Mr. Jno. Dolby had Thomas Smith arrested for a horse found dead by Smith's field. The jury found that Doby had no cause for action. William Major gave a deposition on July 6, 1663 in the case that about the beginning of May, he met Mr. John DOby, whose horse was killed and went with him to Thomas Smith's old field where he saw "the horse, very much shot and dead" About a hundred yards away he saw a newly broken fence with horsetracks in the field.
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Accomack County, Virginia Certificates and Rights, 1663-1709 and Tithables, 1663-1695, by Stratton Nottingham, Heritage Books, Bowie, Maryland, 1993
Listed in Tithables for 1663 (3), 1664 (3), 1665 (3), 1666 (4), 1667 (3), 1668 (5), 1669 (5), 1670 (2), 1671 on Upper Part of Northampton Co List (2), 1672 and 1673 not recorded, 1674 on Mr. Tho Ryding's List listed Wm Major) Peter Dolby(3), Now in Accomack Co 1676 (3), 1678 (5), 1680 (3), 1681 (3)
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Named in his brother, Richard Johnson's will proved February 18, 1673, Wills 1673-1676, p 97
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Virginia's Eastern Shore, Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore, (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties, Published by the Virginia Historical Society in 1951), p 509.
1673 patent to WIlliam Major for 200 acres
1676 William and Mary Major sold to Thomas Marshall
p 529, Colonel Johson left his step-son 200 acres of N116, this was called Popeler (poplar?) Neck and was a strip along the east bounds extending from the north line of Obedience's land to Occohannock Creek and east of the land of Obedience on the creek.
1665 Obedience and Temperance Johnson sold an unspecified acreage to William Major, it being the Johnsons' creek land between Major's land and Great Pine Branch; it became merged with Major's own bequest and his combined holdings will be reported in due time.
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Studies of The Virginia Eastern Shore in the Seventeenth Century, by Susie M. Ames, The Dietz Press, Richmond, Virginia, 1940, p 118
"The seven articles of agreement concluded in 1680 between William Stevens, Henry Read, WIlliam Major, Joseph Robinson, and Robert Hutchinson for erecting a grist mill upon the land of Stevens and Read at the head of Pungoteague Creek, shed light not only upon the erection of mills but also upon the charactger of business partnerships of that time. The expense of erecting the mill, the charge for stones, iron work, millwirght work, making the dam, or any other charge, must be borne equally. Whatever bargains the manager, or managers chosen by the majority of the members, should make in regard to the workmen must receive the sanction of the other members. If any member or his heirs should wish to dispose of his part of the mill, he must first offer the sale to one of the other members. Not only the original members but also their heirs shall have an equal interest in the profits."
Wills & C Order, 1682-97, Accomack County, p 5, November 13, 1683 Court, WIlliam Major produced to the court 26 yds of virgin wollen cloth and having made"Logall proof" ? of certification accordingly granted him to the noet Assom
In his will Accomack, Co, VA proved June 03, 1684, if unborn child a son to be named Rowles and given land adj. that given to son WIlliam, if a daughter then his bros. John Rowles and Obe. Johnson to divide said land between sons William and Peter
Other Major Wills in Accomack are: Caleb 1774, John 1763, John 1800, Littleton 1790, , Rowles 1751
