Mr. John White's Lands near Beaverdam Creek and Chickahominy River - Green Community
The early Green Community property owners included John White, Edward Clark, Charles Fleming, Capt. Nathaniel West, Thomas Massey/Massie, Thomas Bailey, Richard Melton, and William Macon (son of Mr. Gideon Macon). When we check the 1708/09 St. Paul's Parish processioning records, these names are conspicuously missing. However, the 1708/09 processional record is missing entries for precincts 31 and 32. It is very likely that the Green Community comprised one of these missing precincts. By analyzing the 1711 to 1719 procession records in the below chart, the Green and Yellow communities were consistently listed as precincts 18 and 19 implying that they were near one another, if not adjacent. Since the Yellow community in 1708/09 made up Precinct 33, it is very likely that the Green community was either precinct 31 or 32. Procession Years and Precincts for Mr. John White's Lands Locating the Green Community The primary key to locating th...