. Historic Virginia homes and churches . ST. GEORGES CHURCH Il , ACCOMAC COUNTY troops and at the end of the war the venerable ])uilding wasa complete wreck. It remained initenanted for years untilthe church jjeople of the neighborhood determined to re-store it for use as a place of worship. As the transeptswere unsafe they were taken down, the main building re-built with the old bricks, and, after an interval of twenty-five years, services were once more held within the ancientwalls. 486 VIRGINIA HOMES AND CHURCHES The first rector of the parish was Reverend ThomasTeackle, who mini
. Historic Virginia homes and churches . ST. GEORGES CHURCH Il , ACCOMAC COUNTY troops and at the end of the war the venerable ])uilding wasa complete wreck. It remained initenanted for years untilthe church jjeople of the neighborhood determined to re-store it for use as a place of worship. As the transeptswere unsafe they were taken down, the main building re-built with the old bricks, and, after an interval of twenty-five years, services were once more held within the ancientwalls. 486 VIRGINIA HOMES AND CHURCHES The first rector of the parish was Reverend ThomasTeackle, who ministered there for over forty years anddied in 1696. The records of the parish, with the exceptionof those of modern date, have, unfortunately, all been lost. BROWNSVILLE The Browaisville plantation was granted before 1655to John Brown, who in his will gave 1262 acres to his sonJohn Brown. The latter disajjijeared and the propertycame into the possession of his brother, Thomas BROWNSVILLE, NORTHAMPTON COUNTY He divided the 1262-acre tract, giving 631 acres (theBrowaisville tract) to his daughter Sarah, wife of ArthurUpshur, and the other half to his daughter Amie, wife ofJoseph Preeson, and, later, wife of Andrew Hamilton, ofPhiladelphia. The proj^erty descended from Sarah Brown Upshurthrough several generations to its late owner, Thomas , whose family now resides there. We have no tradition of any residence having beenbuilt on the land jjrior to the Old Hall mentioned Brown lived in the territory now included in Ac-comac, and Thomas Brown also, for vears after his fathers THE EASTERN SHORE 487 death. Thomas Brown, however, did not die on this land,for by his will in he gave his home place (000 acres)to his daugliter, Elizabeth Prceson. the wife of ThomasPreeson, and this tract was probably the land now knownas T. B. because its boundaries were marked by carving TB on pine shingles and nailing them on a line of there was a
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