John Justice, III

Additional Curator's Notes:

John Justice, III was the son of John Justice, Jr. and wife Mary Sloan. He was born in Halifax County, Virginia Colony about 1762. He married Amy Neal on July 26, 1781, in Spartanburg County, South Carolina. They had eight children. John died in Floyd County, Kentucky on January 30, 1831. He was a "fifer" (piper) during the American Revolution.

In 1839, Amy Justice applied for a widow's pension on John's Revolutionary War service. Her application survives today. The 16-page document is attached to this profile. The document gives the date and place of John and Amy's marriage. Five of the eight children are named in the file - Diadema, Amos, James, Jonathan, and Right. In addition, John's brother Simeon, aged 74, gave a deposition about John's military service.

John Justice most likely did not use the suffix "III." It is certainly not used in the pension application. It has been added by genealogists as an aid to keeping the generations straight. Many sources claim that John was born in Pittsylvania County. This is an error. Pittsylvania County was not formed until 1767, five years after his birth.

Maria Edmonds-Zediker, Volunteer Curator, May 19, 2019

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John and Amy Neal Justice moved to Green County , Georgia with some of their in-laws, Neals and Wades. They can be found there on a Green county tax payers list and on the 1790 Georgia census. And on the Floyd County, KY census three of their children claim to have been born in GA. Sometime around 1794, John and Amy , along with Simeon and Susannah, moved to Green County, Tenn. For whatever reason, they only remained there for about five years before selling out to move to Buncombe County, NC , where their uncle Thomas Justice had settled. Both Simeon and John can be found on the 1800 census for Buncombe County. Again for some reason, I suspect free land to Revolutionary Veterans, they sold out again and moved to Beaver Creek in Floyd County, KY in 1807. And that is how the first of three pair of brothers came to Floyd County.

• Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via son Jonathan Justice by SmartCopy: Jan 14 2015, 3:46:43 UTC
• Updated from WikiTree Genealogy by SmartCopy: Jan 14 2015, 3:55:19 UTC

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• Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via wife Amy Justice (born Neal) by SmartCopy: Jan 14 2015, 3:57:50 UTC

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Rev War Pension Statement

September Term 1820 Floyd Co KY

On this 18th day of September 1820, personally appeared in open Court John Justice, now aged about 58 years, a resident Citizen of Floyd County and State of Kentucky, who being first duly sworn according to law doeth on this oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War (as follows)
That he enlisted for three years at Fort Rutledge in the State of South Carolina on or about the 1st of June, 1777 and served in the company commanded by Captain Benjamin Tutt and in the South Carolina Regiment commanded by General Williamson, in Continental Establishment.
That he continued in the service of the United States until about the first day of July, 1780. That he was taken prisoner and remained as a prisioner of war a short time, was paroled by Captain Smith, a captain of the King's Rangers and then discharged from service at Fort Rutledge by Captain Benjamin Tutt, in the State of South Carolina. (discharge herewith transmited)
That he was in the service 3 years and upwards. That he was in the battle against the indians as set forth in his declaration of the 15th of June, 1818 and of the 19th of July, 1918. He served as fifer for the company to which eh belonged and do solemly sware that he was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th of March, 1818 and that he had not since that time be gift, sale or any manner disposed of his property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to deminish it as to bring himself within the provisions of an act in the land and navel service of the United States in the Revolutionary War, passed on the 18th of March.
Nor that he has not, nor has any person in trust for him, any property nor securities, contracts or debts due him, nor have any income other than what is contained in the schedule here unto annexed and by me subscribed.

Schedule: 35 acres of poor hilly land $100.00
4 Horses $55.00
15 Sheep $22.50
6 Hogs $24.00
8 Cattke $27.00
11 Small Cattle $8.00
5 Sows and pigs $64.00
Household funiture $16.50
No debts owed me $329.50

Debts owed $135.06

My occupation is farming but very incapable to persue in it by reason of rewmatic pains and more especially the loss of eye sight as I can not see to cut with an ax without danger of cutting myself or to plant or even hoe without first feeling for the corn.
My family is my wife Amy Justice, aged about 58 years and very infirm and one son, Right Justice, aged 17 years.

                                                                            John (X) Justice                

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