A Guide to the Land Grant, 1774 July 5
A Collection in the
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation`s
John D.
Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Manuscript Number MS 2000.79 1X
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
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Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
There are no restrictions.
Preferred Citation
Land Grant, Manuscript #MS 2000.79 1X, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
Acquisition Information
Purchase, 1981
Biographical/Historical Information
John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore (1730 – February 25, 1809), was Governor of the Virginia Colony, from September 25, 1771 until his departure to New York on New Years Eve, 1776. During his term as Virginia's colonial governor, he directed a series of campaigns against the Indians known as Lord Dunmore's War. From 1774 on, Dunmore was continually clashing with the Colonial Assembly. He left Williamsburg on June 8, 1775, retreating to his hunting lodge, Porto Bello, and had to take refuge on the British warship Fowey in the York River when the American Revolutionary War began. When he realized he could not regain control in Virginia, he returned to Britain in July 1776.
Scope and Content
Dunmore grants Cabell 450 acres of land in Amherst County along Swann creek.
Arrangement
1 item.
Index Terms
- Cabell, Nicholas
- Dunmore, John Murray, Earl of, 1732-1809
- Land grants-Virginia-Amherst County
- Amherst County (Va.)-History-19th century
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Amherst County (Va.)-History-19th century