Matthew Daughtrey

  General Notes:

See general notes on Matthew's wife for his death date.

The Isle of Wight court hearings for the rights of Mary A. Daughtrey, widow of Matthew Daughtrey, regarding the estate of Matthew Daughtrey dated November 1841 establishes his land as "one hundred and sixty acres of land marked and bounded as follows beginning 18 poles below the mill house on Kingsale Swamp outer Black Gum hence South 19 30" E 28 poles to a Sycamore standing neare the gate in front of the dwelling, thence over E 3 poles and 15 links to the center of South Quay road thence S 13d W 60 poles to a red oak, thence South 10d W 38 poles to a red oak a corner tree made for the purpose of this line standing on the East side of the said So Quay road, and thence S 88.30 W 137 poles across the field to a large green pine thence N 45d 30" W 164 poles along a line of marked tress to a Sassafras Stol thence N 34d E 18 poles to Kingsale Swamp thence up the said Swamp to the black gum the first section which your said commissioners having regard to quality as well as quantity thought the above quanity of one hundred and sixty acres including the dwelling with all the out houses therein to attached one full and equal third part of all the real Estate of the said Dec. Matthew Daughtry together with the privilege of getting firewood and rail timber for her own use off of the remainder of the said dec d . land so there is no hart tim (?? ??) used for that purpose ?? and further your commissioners report not given under our hands this first day of January 1842.
Jacob H. Duck
Jos S. Holland
Jason Holland

The above record establishes that Matthew Daughtrey had a Mill at Kingsale Swamp and that the current Jenkins Mill Road came about in all probability because Matthew's daughter, Harriet inherited the land and mill and her husband, Thomas Jenkins, became the proprietor. Actually, see general notes on Thomas Jenkins, husband of Harriet Daughtrey, for an 1856 Chancery Court case where Thomas buys "The Great Mill" ...


Pole - Unit of length and area. Also known as a perch or rod. As a unit of length, equal to 16.5 feet. As a unit of area, equal to a square with sides one pole long. An acre is 160 square poles. It was common to see an area referred to as "87 acres, 112 poles", meaning 87 and 112/160 acres.

Chain - Unit of length usually understood to be Gunter's chain, but possibly variant by locale. Chains equal to 2 poles (one half the standard length) are found in Virginia. The name comes from the heavy metal chain of 100 links that was used by surveyors to measure property bounds.

Link - Unit of length equal to 1/100 chain (7.92 inches).


The Slaves that were part of the estate were sold as follows:
Jos - $500
Abraham - $500
Ben - $500
Daniel - $500
Norrege - $500
Total $5,000 less expenses of $177.87 (including taking the slaves to Norfolk)
The expenses included clothing and blankets in that it was November and it was cold.

Matthew married Mary A. (Nancy).

Matthew next married Living