A Guide to the Fairfax Family Northern Neck Proprietary Papers, 1688-1810 #24062

A Guide to the Fairfax Family Northern Neck Proprietary Papers, 1688-1810

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Accession Number 24062

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Repository

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Accession number

24062

Title

Fairfax family Northern Neck Proprietary papers, 1688-1810

Physical Characteristics

0.8 cubic feet

Physical Location

Personal papers collection, Acc. 24062

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

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Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Fairfax Family Northern Neck Proprietary Papers, 1688-1810. Accession 24062, Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia

Acquisition Information

Purchased, 29 October 1953.

Biographical/Historical Information

The Northern Neck Land Office controlled 5,282,000 acres in land grants located between the Rappahannock and Potomac rivers, which were give to seven loyal supporters of King Charles II, including Lord Fairfax. Agents of the Northern Neck Proprietary issued the first land grant in 1690. The Proprietary operated until the death of Thomas, Sixth Lord Fairfax, in 1782. For the next thirty years, however, the ownership was in dispute. Fairfax family interest was terminated in 1808, when the last surviving heir sold the title to his remaining manor to a syndicate.

Scope and Content Information

Northern Neck proprietary papers, 1688-1810, of the Fairfax family, including advertisements, accounts, bonds, deeds, grants, leases, legal papers, letters, plats, rent rolls, surveys, and wills.

Consists of: a) rent rolls, 1771-1779, for Culpeper, King George, Prince William, and Stafford Counties, Virginia; b) land grants and surveys, 1688-1780, containing the Northern Neck land grant by James II, King of England, to Thomas, Lord Culpeper and others, and land grants from Margaret, Lady Culpeper, Thomas, Lord Fairfax, Catherine, Lady Fairfax, and Thomas, Lord Fairfax; c) bonds, 1742-1789, for collectors of quit rents of Northern Neck properties; d) deeds and leases, 1707-1786, for Northern Neck properties; e) wills, 23 November 1777 and 4 May 1793, of George Smith of Frederick County and William Allison of Fauquier County; f) plats and surveys, 1741-1793, for lands leased in the Northern Neck, most surveys were made by Elias Poston and George Murray; g) legal papers, including forms, powers of attorney, inquisition, legal opinions, court records, depositions, acknowledgements, arbiters' decisions, notification, agreements, judgments, summonses, and chancery bills; h) letters, 1743-1785, mostly to and from William Fairfax, Thomas, Lord Fairfax, Bryan Fairfax, and Thomas Bryan Martin; and i) miscellaneous items, 1693-1788, including accounts, petitions, reports, memorandums, lists, advertisements, receipts, bills of sale of slaves, plan of the town of Bath (Berkeley Springs, West Virginia), certifications, and statements.

Organization

Organized into the following nine series: A. Rent rolls, 1771-1779; B. Grants, 1688-1780; C. Bonds, 1742-1789; D. Deeds and Leases, 1707-1786; E. Wills, 1777, 1793; F. Plats and Surveys, 1741-1793. G. Legal papers, 1721-1810. H. Letters, 1743-1785. I. Miscellaneous, 1693-1788.

Series A: Rent Rolls, 1771-1779

Box-folder: Box 1, Folder 1-5

5 folders

Box 1 Folder 1
Culpeper County, 1779

48 p.
Box 1 Folder 2
King George County, 1771

14 p.
Box 1 Folder 3
King George County, 1771-1772

15 p.
Box 1 Folder 4
Stafford County, 1776

16 p.
Box 1 Folder 5
Prince William County, 1779

24 p.

Series B: Grants, 1688-1780

Box-folder: Box 1, Folder 6-8

3 folders

Arranged alphabetically.

Box 1 Folder 6
Proprietors of the Northern Neck to Charles Broadwater of Stafford County, 151 acres in Stafford County, dated 15 January 1724

1 p., copy
Box 1 Folder 7
Grant of the Northern Neck in Virginia to Lord Culpeper (folded and addressed to the Right Honorable Thomas Lord Fairfax, Baron of Cameron; three signatures of John Carlyle), 27 September 1688

6 p., printed
Box 1 Folder 6
Proprietors of the Northern Neck to John Grymes of Middlesex County, 169 acres in Stafford County, dated 7 December 1730

1 p., copy
Box 1 Folder 8
Proprietors of the Northern Neck to Thomas Bryan Martin, 330 acres in Hampshire County, dated 12 August 1765

2 p., copy
Box 1 Folder 6
Proprietors of the Northern Neck to Edward Mountjoy, 940 acres in Stafford County, dated 10 March 1703/4

1 p.
Box 1 Folder 6
Proprietors of the Northern Neck to Capt. William Pickett of Fauquier County, 420 acres in Fauquier County, dated 4 April 1780

2 p., copy
Box 1 Folder 6
Proprietors of the Northern Neck to James Robertson of Prince William County, 338 acres in Prince William County, dated 20 April 1731

1 p., copy
Box 1 Folder 6
Proprietors of the Northern Neck to John Spry, 117 acres in Stafford County, dated 21 January 1705

1 p., copy
Box 1 Folder 6
Proprietors of the Northern Neck to John Spry of Northumberland County, 278 acres in Stafford County, dated 30 June 1712

1 p., copy
Box 1 Folder 6
Proprietors of the Northern Neck to Capt. John Williams of King George County, 1524 acres in King George County, dated 21 November 1729

2 p., copy
Box 1 Folder 6
Proprietors of the Northern Neck to Robert Wilson of Frederick County, 464 acres in an unstated county, dated 2 January 1755

2 p., copy
Box 1 Folder 6
Proprietors of the Northern Neck to Robert Wilson, Jr., of Frederick County, 400 acres in Frederick County, dated 14 November 1754

1 p., copy

Series C: Bonds, 1742-1789

Box-folder: Box 1, Folder 9-39

39 folders

Arranged alphabetically.

Box 1 Folder 9
Gerald Banks as collector of quitrents in King George County, dated 11 March 1768

2 p.
Box 1 Folder 10
Edward Barry as collector of quitrents in Truro Parish, Prince William County, dated 21 April 1742

2 p.
Box 1 Folder 11
John Bell as collector of quitrents in Fauquier County, dated 22 March 1764

2 p.
Box 1 Folder 12
William Black as collector of quitrents in Stafford County, dated 30 November 1747

1 p., mounted on cloth
Box 1 Folder 13
Dukey Swan Edwards as collector of quitrents in the counties of Lancaster and Northumberland, dated 9 February 1762

2 p.
Box 1 Folder 14
Henry Field as collector of quitrents in the counties of Culpeper, Prince William, and Fauquier, dated 8 March 1776

2 p.
Box 1 Folder 15
Henry Field as collector of quitrents in the counties of Culpeper, Prince William, and Fauquier, dated 3 November 1777

2 p.
Box 1 Folder 16
Henry Field, Sr., as collector of quitrents in Culpeper County, dated 21 February 1765

1 p.
Box 1 Folder 17
Henry Funk as collector of quitrents in Shenandoah County, dated 20 May 1780

2 p.
Box 1 Folder 18
Henry Funk as collector of quitrents in Shenandoah County, dated 12 November 1782

1 p.
Box 1 Folder 19
Peter Hansbrough as collector of quitrents in Stafford County, dated 8 April 1775

2 p.
Box 1 Folder 20
John Hough as collector of quitrents in the counties of Fairfax and Loudoun, dated 1 May 1774

2 p.
Box 1 Folder 21
Angus McDonald as collector of quitrents in Frederick County, dated 12 March 1776

2 p.
Box 1 Folder 22
Angus McDonald as collector of quitrents in Frederick County, dated [3 or 23] January 1778

2 p.
Box 1 Folder 23
Thomas Marshall as collector of quitrents in the counties of Fauquier and Prince William, dated 7 May 1772

2 p.
Box 1 Folder 24
George Murray as collector of quitrents in the counties of Berkeley, Hampshire, and Hardy, dated 4 April 1789

1 p.
Box 1 Folder 25
James Newby as collector of quitrents in the counties of Northumberland and Lancaster, dated 8 October 1770

2 p.
Box 1 Folder 26
James Newby as collector of quitrents, etc., in the counties of Northumberland and Lancaster, dated 22 November 1771

2 p.
Box 1 Folder 27
Alexander Stephen as collector of quitrents in Frederick County, dated 24 September 1767

2 p.
Box 1 Folder 28
Robert Stephen as collector of quitrents in Frederick County, dated 16 October 1769

2 p.
Box 1 Folder 29
Robert Stephen as collector of quitrents in the counties of Frederick, Berkeley, and Hampshire, dated 24 November 1774

2 p.
Box 1 Folder 30
Robert Stephen as collector of quitrents in the counties of Berkeley and Hampshire, dated 13 November 1775

2 p.
Box 1 Folder 31
Robert Stephen as collector of quitrents in the counties of Berkeley and Hampshire, dated 4 January 1777

2 p.
Box 1 Folder 32
Robert Stephen as collector of quitrents in the counties of Berkeley and Hampshire, dated 25 January 1779

2 p.
Box 1 Folder 33
Robert Stephen as collector of quitrents in the counties of Berkeley and Hampshire, dated 14 November 1781

1 p.
Box 1 Folder 34
Lewis Stephens as collector of quitrents in the counties of Frederick and Hampshire, dated 7 January 1757

2 p.
Box 1 Folder 35
Lewis Stephens as collector of quitrents in the counties of Frederick and Hampshire, dated 7 March 1758

2 p.
Box 1 Folder 36
Lewis Stephens as collector of quitrents in Frederick County, dated 6 June 1750

2 p.
Box 1 Folder 37
Foushee Tebbs as collector of quitrents in Prince William County, dated 9 March 1763

2 p.
Box 1 Folder 38
Samuel Williams as collector of quitrents in Richmond County, dated 30 October 1765

2 p.
Box 1 Folder 39
John Sherman Woodcock as collector of quitrents in Frederick County, dated 6 July 1780

2 p.

Series D: Deeds and Leases, 1707-1786

Box-folder: Box 1, Folder 40-49

10 folders

Arranged alphabetically.

Box 1 Folder 40
Lease for three lives. Landon Carter of Richmond County, to Joseph Wilkinson, Samuel Wilkinson, his son, and Massey Wilkinson, his daughter, of Frederick County, dated 27 November 1749 and recorded Frederick County, 13 February 1749/50

7 p.
Box 1 Folder 41
Denny Fairfax to Elisa Aduddell, dated 15 February 1786 (no recordation shown; includes various endorsements)

4 p.
Box 1 Folder 42
Thomas Lord Fairfax to John Lewis, Lyonel Lyde, and Andrew Lewis, 392 acres in King George County, 27 May 1729
Physical Location: Located in oversize
1 sheet, on large parchment
Box 1 Folder 43
Lease for three lives. Philip Martin, Island of Newfoundland, to John Hartley, Hannah Hartley, his wife, and Ruth Wilson, his grandaughter, of Hampshire County, dated 8 August 1769 and recorded Hampshire County, 8 August 1769. With endorsement, 10 February 1785

4 p., original
Box 1 Folder 44
Lease. Thomas Bryan Martin of Greenway Court, to Thomas Lord Fairfax, Baron of Cameron, for a lot in Winchester, dated 6 February 1764 and recorded, Frederick County, 7 February 1764

3 p.
Box 1 Folder 44
Release. Thomas Bryan Martin of Greenway Court, to Thomas Lord Fairfax, Baron of Cameron, for a lot in Winchester, dated 7 February 1764

2 p., incomplete
Box 1 Folder 45
Thomas Bryan Martin to George Williams, dated 20 April 1772 (no recordation shown and county not specified)

2 p., original
Box 1 Folder 46
Benjamin Sebastian, Fairfax County, to Thomas Lord Fairfax, Frederick County, for land in Frederick County, dated 19 February 1760 (no recordation shown)

3 p.
Box 1 Folder 47
John Spencer, Westmoreland County, to John Bushrod, Westmoreland County, dated 13 January 1707 and recorded Westmoreland County, 5 February 1707 (recorded in Westmoreland Deeds & Wills No. 4, 1707-1709, p. 66-69)

4 p., copy
Box 1 Folder 48
Lawrence Stevens, Frederick County, to Thomas Lord Fairfax, dated 1 September 1766 and recorded Frederick County, 3 September 1766

4 p., original
Box 1 Folder 49
Thomas Lemon, merchant, Winchester, Frederick County, to John Glassford & Co., Merchants, Glasgow, dated 9 April 1760 and recorded Frederick County, 4 November 1760. With endorsement Ja. Keith, 14 May 1768

3 p., copy

Series E: Wills, 1777, 1793

Box-folder: Box 2, Folder 50-51

2 folders

Arranged alphabetically.

Box 2 Folder 50
William Allason, Fauquier County, dated 4 May 1793 and probated, 28 April 1800

3 p., copy
Box 2 Folder 51
George Smith, Frederick County, dated 23 November 1777 (no probate shown)

1 p., copy

Series F: Plats and Surveys, 1741-1793

Folder Box 1, Folder 6 and Box 2, Folder 52-57A

8 folders

Organized into the following two subseries: 1. Plats and surveys made by Elias Poston; 2. Plats and surveys made by George Murray and John Mauzy.

Folder Box 1, Folder 6 and Box 2, Folder 52-57
Subseries 1: Plats and surveys made by Elias Poston

7 folders

Arranged alphabetically.
- Box 2 Folder 52
  For Christopher Armontrout, 20 acres in South Branch Manor, made by Elias Poston, 25 April 1778
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 53
  Ball's Plot. Jesse Ball, n.d.
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 54
  Anne Bucklehill's lot in [Leeds Manor] by George Bell, 19 April 1792
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 55
  Burges' Plat. Jesse Ball, n.d.
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 56
  Plats: (1) Showing how Mr. Burgess' No Cobler tract and Maj. James Ball's Mountain tract interfere; (2) What land the Brent town survey took from Mr. Burgess' Kettlerun tract. John Warner, n.d.
- Box 2 Folder 52
  For Robert Clark, 16 acres in South Branch Manor, made by Elias Poston, 20 April 1778
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 52
  For Robert Cunningham, 254 acres in South Branch Manor, made by Elias Poston, 23 April 1778
  
  2 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57
  Mr. John D. Fergason's lots in Leeds Manor, Frederick County, by George Bell, 30 March 1793
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 52
  For Mathew Gilmore, 155 acres in South Branch Manor, made by Elias Poston, 6 May 1778
  
  1 p.
- Box 1 Folder 6
  Capt. John Greenfield, 175 acres in Hampshire County, by John Moffett, 17 May 1763
  
  1 p., copy
- Box 2 Folder 52
  For Daniel Hale, 88 acres in South Branch Manor, made by Elias Poston, 30 April 1778
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 52
  For Henry Hamilton, 106 acres in Hampshire County, made by Elias Poston, 27 May 1778
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 52
  For Capt. John Harness, 12 1/2 acres in Hampshire County, made by Elias Poston, 3 June 1778
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 52
  For Michael Hawn, 120 acres in South Branch Manor, made by Elias Poston, 24 April 1778
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 52
  For Col. Abram Hite, 128 acres in South Branch Manor, made by Elias Poston, 11 May 1778; For Col. Abram Hite, 71 acres in South Branch Manor, made by Elias Poston, 11 May 1778>
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 52
  For Christopher Huffman, 6 acres in South Branch Manor, made by Elias Poston, 5 May 1778
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 52
  For Alexander [Legeat?], 32 acres in South Branch Manor, made by Elias Poston, 22 April 1778
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 52
  For John Francis and George Leggeat, 181 acres in South Branch Manor, made by Elias Poston, 22 April 1778
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 52
  For Job Little, 60 acres in South Branch Manor, made by Elias Poston, 30 April 1778
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 52
  For Robert Maxwell, 18 acres in South Branch Manor, made by Elias Poston, 20 April 1778
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 52
  For William Norman, 119 acres in South Branch Manor, made by Elias Poston, 5 May 1778
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 52
  For Thomas Parsons, 22 acres in South Branch Manor, made by Elias Poston, 21 April 1778
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 56
  John Ralls, 1390 acres, Stafford and Prince William Counties, made by John Warner, 5 October 1741
  
  3 p.
- Box 2 Folder 52
  For William Rennick, 188 acres in Hampshire County, made by Elias Poston, 4 June 1778
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 52
  For Benjamin Robinson, 49 acres in South Branch Manor, made by Elias Poston, 30 April 1778
  
  p.
- Box 2 Folder 52
  For John Robinson, 48 acres in Hampshire County, made by Elias Poston, 30 May 1778
  
  1 p.
- Box 1 Folder 6
  For John Russell of Dunmore County, 313 acres in Dunmore County, made by William Hough for John Hough, 17 November 1775
  
  1 p., copy
- Box 2 Folder 52
  For Benjamin Scott, 35 acres in South Branch Manor, made by Elias Poston, 4 May 1778
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 52
  For Phillip Swank, 18 acres in South Branch Manor, made by Elias Poston, 24 April 1778
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 52
  For Laurence Shuck, 46 acres in South Branch Manor, made by Elias Poston, 5 May 1778
  
  1 p.
- Box 1 Folder 6
  For Diskin Tibbs of Shenandoah County, 294 acres in Shenandoah County, made by Amos Hough for John Hough, 2 December 1778
  
  1 p., copy
- Box 2 Folder 52
  For Cornelius Ward, 20 1/2 acres in South Branch Manor, made by Elias Poston, 20 April 1778
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 52
  For George Weedman, 90 acres in Hampshire County, made by Elias Poston, 30 May 1778
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 52
  For Jesse Welton, 19 acres in Hampshire County, made by Elias Poston, 30 May 1778
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 52
  For Capt. Job Welton, 172 acres in South Branch Manor, made by Elias Poston, 27 April 1778
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 52
  For George Whitman, 55 acres in South Branch Manor, made by Elias Poston, 30 April 1778
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 52
  For Capt. John Willson, 258 acres in South Branch Manor, made by Elias Poston, 23 April 1778
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 52
  For John Wood, 9 acres in South Branch Manor, made by Elias Poston, 30 April 1778
  
  1 p.
Box 2 Folder 57A
Subseries 2: Plats and surveys made by George Murray and John Mauzy

1 folder

Arranged chronologically.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  300 acres in Frederick County, made by George Murray; leased to Henry Catlett, Miriam, his wife, and Calmes, his son, 23 June 1787
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  100 acres in Frederick County, made by George Murray; leased to James Catlett, 18 June 1719
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  Lot no. 39 and 93, 429 acres, Frederick County, made by George Murray, dated 2 April 1791; leased to John Hancock, 2 April 1791
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  202 acres in Fauquier County, made by George Murray, 12 April 1787; leased for the lives of Nathaniel Grigsby, Fielding Etchison and Lewis Grigsby, 21 April 1787
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  306 acres in Fauquier County, made by George Murray, 12 April 1787; leased for the lives of Baylis Grigsby, Charles Etchison, and Lewis Grigsby, 28 April 1787
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  216 acres in Fauquier County, made by George Murray, 13 April 1787; leased for three lives to John Ashby and others, 28 April 1787
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  203 acres in Fauquier County, made by George Murray, 13 April 1787; leased for the lives of Lewis Grigsby, Baylis Grigsby, and Peter Timmons, 28 April 1787
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  203 acres in Fauquier County, made by George Murray, 13 April 1787; leased for the lives of Samuel Turner and others, 12 May 1787
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  200 acres in Fauquier County, made by George Murray, 14 April 1787; leased for the lives of Daniel Routt and others, 28 April 1787
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  205 acres in Fauquier County, made by George Murray, 14 April 1787; leased granted for the lives of Richard Routt and others, 28 April 1787
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  200 acres in Fauquier County, made by George Murray, 17 April 1787; leased for three lives to Nathan Beeley, Isaac Beeley, and Izaah Hicks, n.d.
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  206 acres in Frederick County, made by George Murray, 19 April 1787; leased to Moses Green, 12 May 1787
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  295 acres in Frederick County, made by George Murray, 30 April 1787; leased to Joseph Graves, 12 May 1787
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  190 acres in Frederick County, made by George Murray, 4 May 1787; leased for the lives of Benjamin [O?]rear, etc., 12 May 1787
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  150 acres in Frederick County, made by George Murray, 2 May 1787; leased for the lives of Joseph Graves, etc., 12 May 1787
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  200 acres in Fauquier County, made by George Murray, 4 May 1787; leased to Bailey Johnston for the lives of John Johnston, etc., 12 May 1787
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  202 acres in Fauquier County, made by George Murray, 4 May 1787; leased to Thomas Smith for the lives of Mary Smith, etc., having been assigned by Bailey Johnston, 3 April 1788
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  200 acres in Fauquier County, made by George Murray, 3 May 1787; leased for the lives of Dawson Burgess, etc., 12 May 1787
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  402 acres in Fauquier County, made by George Murray, 10 May 1787; leased for the lives of John Keith, etc., 12 May 1787
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  200 acres in Fauquier County, made by George Murray, 9 May 1787; leased to James Stigler for three lives, 1 January 1790
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  240 acres in Fauquier County, made by George Murray, 9 May 1787; leased to Philip Cooksey for the lives of Leven Cooksey, etc., 12 May 1787
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  200 acres in Fauquier County, made by George Murray, 8 May 1787; leased to Joseph Slaughter for the lives of Joseph and Samuel, his sons, and Elijah Ships, 30 June 1787
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  200 acres in Fauquier County, made by George Murray, 10 May 1787; leased to Thomas Smith for the lives of Susanna Smith, etc., 12 May 1787
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  200 acres in Frederick County, made by George Murray, 29 May 1787; lease given for the lives of Ann Allison, etc., 9 June 1787
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  200 acres in Fauquier County, made by George Murray, 28 May 1787; leased to Thomas Smith, etc., 11 August 1787
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  200 acres in Fauquier County, made by George Murray, 30 May 1787; leased to Thomas Smith, etc., 11 August 1787
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  330 acres in Fauquier and Frederick Counties, made by George Murray, 29 May 1787; leased for the lives of Thomas Massie, etc., 30 June 1787
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  200 acres in Fauquier County, made by George Murray, 8 June 1787; leased to Thomas Smith, etc., 11 August 1787
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  200 acres in Shenandoah County, made by George Murray, 16 June 1787; leased for the lives of John Kelley, etc., 28 July 1787
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  218 acres in Shenandoah County, made by George Murray, 14 June 1787; leased to Thomas Reynolds, etc., 11 August 1787
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  256 acres in Shenandoah County, made by George Murray, 14 June 1787; leased for the lives of John Smith, Ann Edmunds, his sister, and Thomas Smith, his son, 23 June 1787
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  201 acres in Frederick County, made by George Murray, 14 June 1787; leased for the lives of Humfrey Grubs, Betty, his wife, and Stephen, his son, 23 June 1787
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  208 acres in Frederick County, made by George Murray, 26 June 1787; leased to John Dyers for his life and his sons, Isaac and Daniel, 2 May 1789
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  200 acres in Frederick County, made by George Murray, 27 June 1787; leased for the lives of Thomas Whiting, etc., 28 July 1787
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  200 acres in Shenandoah County, made by George Murray, 25 July 1787; leased to Thomas Reynolds for the lives of Naomi Reynolds, etc., 28 July 1787
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  200 acres in Shenandoah County, made by George Murray, 24 July 1787; leased to John Kelly, etc., 1 March 1788
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  250 acres in Shenandoah County, made by George Murray, 24 July 1787; leased for the lives of Francis Rolls, etc., 28 July 1787
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  273 acres in Shenandoah County, made by George Murray, 25 July 1787; leased to Ezekial Ennis, etc., 11 August 1787
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  200 acres in Shenandoah County, made by George Murray, 24 July 1787; leased for the lives of James Owens, etc., 28 July 1787
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  200 acres in Shenandoah County, made by George Murray, 27 July 1787; leased to Alexander Macky, etc., 11 August 1787
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  160 acres in Shenandoah County, made by George Murray, 1 August 1787; leased to Patrick Quin, etc., 11 August 1787
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  160 acres in Shenandoah County, made by George Murray, 4 August 1787; leased to Nicholas Morgan, 11 August 1787
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  200 acres in Shenandoah County, made by George Murray, 3 August 1787; leased to William Thomas, etc., 11 August 1787
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  190 acres in Shenandoah County, made by George Murray, 4 August 1787; leased to Henry Keble, etc., 11 August 1787
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  212 acres in Shenandoah County, made by George Murray, 2 August 1787; leased to Moses Henry, etc., 11 August 1787
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  200 acres in Fauquier County, made by George Murray, 31 August 1787; leased to Tolliver Grigsby, etc., 8 September 1787
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  230 acres (county not stated), made by George Murray, 3 August 1787; leased to John Morehead, etc., 3 September 1787
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  145 acres in Fauquier County, made by George Murray, 20 August 1787; leased to George Asbury, 22 September 1787
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  200 acres in Fauquier County, made by George Murray, 20 August 1787; leased to William Shumate, etc., 1 November 1788
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  135 acres in Shenandoah County, made by George Murray, 14 September 1787; leased to John Hambaugh, etc., 6 October 1787
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  250 acres in Shenandoah County, made by George Murray, 15 September 1787; leased to Charles Bagarley, etc., 6 October 1787
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  516 acres in Fauquier County, made by George Murray, 12 September 1787; leased to James Davis, etc., 6 October 1787
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  270 acres in Shenandoah County, made by George Murray, 14 September 1787; leased to Jacob Reeder, etc., 6 October 1787
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  235 acres in Shenandoah County, made by George Murray, 15 September 1787; leased to George Cheek, etc., 2 February 1788
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  150 acres in Loudoun County, made by George Murray, 24 September 1787; leased to Jesper Seybold, etc., 1 March 1788
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  84 acres in Loudoun County, made by George Murray, 25 September 1787; leased to Jasper Sibold, etc., 6 October 1787
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  86 acres in Loudoun County, made by George Murray, 25 September 1787; leased to John Wildie, 6 October 1787
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  300 acres in Frederick County, made by George Murray, 25 September 1787; leased to Joseph Corder, 15 December 1787
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  100 acres in Frederick County, made by George Murray, 17 October 1787; leased to Jonathan Potts, Elizabeth, his wife, and son, Joshua, 19 March 1791
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  200 acres in Frederick County, made by George Murray, 26 October 1787; leased to William Laurence for three lives, 4 December 1790
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  160 acres in Frederick County, made by George Murray, 26 October 1787; leased to Joseph Walters, etc., 2 May 1789
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  200 acres in Fauquier County, made by George Murray, 29 October 1787; leased to Joseph Hickman, etc., 7 June 1788
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  90 acres in Fauquier County, made by George Murray, 20 November 1787; leased to Francis Payne for the lives of Presley, Jesse, and Francis, his sons, n.d.
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  80 acres in Fauquier County, made by George Murray, 20 November 1787; leased to Dickerson Wood, etc., 4 July 1789
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  200 acres in Fauquier County, made by George Murray, 20 November 1787; leased to Enoch Ashby, etc., 2 February 1788
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  170 acres in Fauquier County, made by George Murray, 20 December 1787; leased to Hugh Bramblet for three lives, 19 February 1791
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  105 acres in Fauquier County, made by George Murray, 20 December 1787; leased to Thomas Watts for three lives, 19 February 1791
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  85 acres in Fauquier County, made by George Murray, 20 December 1787; leased to Benjamin Stribling, etc., 4 October 1788
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  71 acres in Frederick County, made by George Murray, 3 April 1788; leased to David Robinson, 5 April 1788
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  200 acres in Frederick County, made by George Murray, 3 April 1788; leased to Peter Halley, etc., 3 May 1788
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  200 acres in Frederick and Fauquier Counties, made by George Murray, 5 September 1788; leased to George Leach, etc., 2 May 1789
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  185 acres in Fauquier County, made by George Murray, 6 December 1788; leased to Sally Howell, etc., 6 December 1788
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  200 acres in Frederick County, made by George Murray, 6 December 1788; leased to Joseph Berry, etc., 6 December 1788
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  200 acres in Fauquier County, made by George Murray, 6 December 1788; appears to have the name Peter Hitt or Hill on reverse
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  199 acres in Fauquier County, made by George Murray, 7 March 1789; leased to Henry Clarkson, etc., 4 July [1789]
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  39 acres in Fauquier County, made by George Murray, 7 March 1789; leased to [Christian] Hitch, etc., 4 July [1789]
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  46 acres in Fauquier County, made by George Murray, 7 March 1789; leased to [Christian] Hitch, etc., 4 July 1789
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  300 acres in Frederick County, made by George Murray, 22 April 1789; leased to Henry Smith, etc., for three lives, 6 June 1789
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  350 acres in Frederick County, made by George Murray, 22 April 1789; leased to William Mullikin, Sukey Mullikin, his wife, and Nancy Mullikin, his daughter, 2 October 1790
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  40 acres in Frederick County, made by George Murray, 22 April 1789; leased to John Hickman, etc., for three lives, 6 June 1789
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  92 acres in Fauquier County, made by George Murray, 22 April 1789; leased to Jeremiah Deerin, etc., 2 May 1789
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  142 acres in Fauquier County, made by George Murray, 26 June 1789; possibly leased to Nicholas Lawler, n.d.
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  182 acres in Fauquier County, made by George Murray, 26 June 1789; leased to Alexander Welch for three lives, 5 February 1791
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  170 acres in Fauquier County, made by George Murray, 26 June 1789; leased to Dennis Grubbs for three lives, 1 January 1791
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  81 acres in Fauquier County, made by George Murray, 26 June 1789; leased to Francis Scott for three lives, 19 February 1791
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  42 acres in Fauquier County, made by George Murray, 26 June 1789; possibly to Ben Ball, n.d.
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  367 acres in Fauquier County, made by George Murray, 26 June 1789; leased to Henry Clarkson, 4 July 1789
  
  2 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  200 acres (county not specified), made by George Murray, 3 September 1789; leased to Peter Teate for the lives of Peter Teate, Elizabeth Teate, his wife, and [Landy] Teate, his son, 2 October 1790
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  205 acres in Fauquier County, made by George Murray, n.d.; leased to George Page, Molly Page, and George Baylor Page, 3 October 1790
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  135 acres in Fauquier County, made by George Murray, 25 September 1790; leased to Thomas Hand for the lives of Thomas Hand, Frances Hand, his wife, and William Hand, his son, 2 October 1790
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  200 acres in Fauquier County, made by George Murray, 1 February 1791; leased to Richard Carter, n.d.
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  100 acres in Frederick County, made by George Murray, 5 March 1791; leased to Peter Rout, 2 April 1791
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  110 acres in Frederick County, made by George Murray, n.d.; leased to James Robertson for three lives, 19 February 1791
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  100 acres in Fauquier County, made by John Mauzy for Capt. George Murray, 7 April 1791; leased to Alexander Jeffries for three lives, 15 October 1791
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  146 acres in Fauquier County, made by John Mauzy for Capt. George Murray, 6 April 1791; leased to Daniel Barnes for three lives, 15 October 1791
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  124 acres in Fauquier County, made by John Mauzy for Capt. George Murray, 5 August 1791; leased to William Smith for three lives, 15 October 1791
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  100 acres in Frederick County, made by George Murray, 2 August 1791; leased to John Graves for three lives, 15 October 1791
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  180 acres in Fauquier County, made by John Mauzy for Capt. George Murray, 2 [___] 1791; leased to William Hillary for three lives, 17 December 1791
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  200 acres in Fauquier County, made by John Mauzy, 9 August 1792; leased to John Herndon for three lives, 20 October 1792
  
  1 p.
- Box 2 Folder 57A
  80 acres in Fauquier County, made by John Mauzy, 12 December 1792; leased to Stephen Bayley for three lives, 6 April 1792
  
  1 p.

Series G: Legal Papers, 1721-1810

Box-folder: Box 2, Folder 58-73

16 folders

Arranged chronologically.

Box 2 Folder 58
Manuscript legal form, blank, public notice of an escheat, n.d.

1 p.
Box 2 Folder 59
Power of attorney. Thomas Lord Fairfax and William Cage, executor of Catherine Lady Fairfax to Robert Carter, 5 July 1721

12 p., copy
Box 2 Folder 60
Inquisition. Conducted, 14 April 1731, Stafford County, by George Eskridge, Deputy Escheator, and a jury of twelve whose name appear . . . to determine what lands Massie Ramsey died seized of

1 p.
Box 2 Folder 61
Opinion of Secretary John Carter concerning surveys dated 29 August 1732

1 p., copy
Box 2 Folder 62
Legal opinion of J. Mercer relating to surplus lands and non-payment of quitrents in the Northern Neck, 28 November 1751

2 p., incomplete
Box 2 Folder 63
Copy of record in suit Proprietors vs. Peter Woolf, 1762-1769

24 p.
Box 2 Folder 64
Deposition. Samuel Earle, taken by order of General Court in the cause of Peter Woolf vs. Thomas Lord Fairfax, 7 August 1767; and Deposition. Thomas Lord Fairfax, same cause, [___] February 1764

3 p., copy
Box 2 Folder 65
Deposition. Thomas Bryan Martin, Frederick County, taken before John Hite, Justice of the Peace, 15 April 1769; also, Deposition of Angus McDonald, same date. With endorsement: Thomas Bryan Martin, Northern Neck Proprietors Office, 15 April 1769

2 p.
Box 2 Folder 66
Acknowledgement. Mary Wilson, daughter of John Hartley, deceased, taken before Okey Johnson, Justice of the Peace, Hampshire County, 16 March 1786

1 p.
Box 2 Folder 67
Deposition. Peter Halley and John Smith, concerning purchase of land. Taken by John S. Woodcock, 11 August 1787

1 p.
Box 2 Folder 68
Award of arbitrators in dispute between Thomas Massie and Merryman Pain, 9 August 1790; signed Jos. Smith, Charles C. Chunn (sic) and John Dyson

1 p.
Box 2 Folder 69
Notification. The Rev. Denny Martin Fairfax to Thomas Brian Martin and others, 1 February 1793; addressees are to cease actions in his behalf. Is selling Leeds and South Branch to James Markham Marshall et als.

3 p.
Box 2 Folder 70
Articles of agreement between the Rev. Denny Martin Fairfax and James Markham Marshall, 1 February 1793; this item is the enclosure mentioned in No. 16

5 p., incomplete
Box 2 Folder 71
Judgements. Dumfries District Court, 16 October 1793 and 20 October 1794; executors of Thomas Lord Fairfax vs. sundry defendants. Several Judgements.

2 p.
Box 2 Folder 72
Summonses. Three. Frederick County, 9 June 1807, to Daniel Clarke, John Walls, and Christopher Whitzel

3 p.
Box 2 Folder 73
Chancery Bill. To the High Court of Chancery held at Staunton, Brownley's executors vs. Woodcock's executors, 18 May 1810

3 p., copy

Series H: Letters, 1743-1785

Box-folder: Box2, Folder 74-82

9 folders

Arranged chronologically.

Box 2 Folder 74
Charles Carter [illegible] to William Fairfax, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, 20 August 1743

1 p.
Box 2 Folder 75
H Thacker to [___], 4 February 1744

1 p.
Box 2 Folder 76
Richard Barnes to [___], 13 May 1749

1 p.
Box 2 Folder 77
Jost Hite? to Thomas Lord Fairfax, 2 September 1749

1 p.
Box 2 Folder 78
Col. B. Martin to George William Fairfax, Belvoir, 10 February 1768

1 p.
Box 2 Folder 79
Bryan Fairfax, Towlston, to [B. Martin?], 9 October 1783

2 p.
Box 2 Folder 79
B. Martin, Greenway Court, to [Bryan Fairfax?], 19 October 1783

1 p.
Box 2 Folder 80
Gabriel Jones to Thomas Bryan Martin, Greenway Court, 15 April 1784

2 p.
Box 2 Folder 81
Robert Adams, Alexandria, to Bryan Martin, near Winchester, 25 April 1784

1 p.
Box 2 Folder 82
Bryan Martin, Towlston, to Thomas Bryan Martin, Greenway Court, Frederick [County], 27 October 1785

1 p.

Series I: Miscellaneous, 1693-1788

Box-folder: Box 2, Folder 83-104

22 folders

Arranged chronologically.

Box 2 Folder 83
Account of Lands [per order of] Mr. Landon Carter, Prince William, Richmond, Westmoreland, and Northumberland counties, n.d.

1 p.
Box 2 Folder 84
Petition to Lord Fairfax from unidentified person, endorsed "for Mr. G. Wythe," n.d.

1 sheet
Box 2 Folder 85
Fragment of lower half of "Recorded in the Council Books according to order the 26th October 1693"

1 p., copy
Box 2 Folder 86
Account of Col. William Ball's land, 1737

1 p.
Box 2 Folder 87
Petition, Thomas Lord Fairfax to the Lords Commissioners of his Majesties Treasury, [1746]

2 p.
Box 2 Folder 88
Report. Hugh Walpole to the Lords Commissioners of his Majesties Treasury regarding petition of Lord Fairfax, 26 April 1746

4 p.
Box 2 Folder 89
Account. John Grymes, Receiver General in account with Thomas Lord Fairfax, 25 April 1747

1 p.
Box 2 Folder 90
Memo. Lands of Col. William Fitzhugh, 25 November 1749

1 p.
Box 2 Folder 90
Addition and subtraction, n.d.

2 p.
Box 2 Folder 91
A memorandum of entrys desired to be made by Sundry Persons, 1754

4 p.
Box 2 Folder 92
A list of entrys taken on the Cacape [Tr?]ons in Hampshire in the Spring 1754 by John Mauzy

2 p.
Box 2 Folder 92
A list of entrys taken by John Mauzy in the Spring 1754

2 p.
Box 2 Folder 93
Memorandum. Quitrents owned by Capt. Daniel McCarthy, Dennis McCarthy, and Thaddeus McCarthy through the year 1756

1 p.
Box 2 Folder 94
Advertisement. Northern Neck of Virginia Lord Proprietor's office. Warning against assignment of land. Signed B. Martin, 26 March 1765

1 p., copy
Box 2 Folder 95
Receipt. Turner Crump to Thomas Lord Fairfax, 5 February 1768; and same to Thomas Bryan Martin, 31 May 1768

1 p.
Box 2 Folder 96
Bill of sale for a "negro" slave. John White, Frederick County, to Joseph King, Frederick County, 22 September [1768]

1 p.
Box 2 Folder 97
Receipts: William Allason to Thomas Lord Fairfax, Greenway Court, 4 December 1769; and William Allason to Thomas B. Martin, Greenway Court, 4 December 1769

1 p.
Box 2 Folder 98
Bill of sale for "negro" slaves. William Clark, King George County, to Thomas Bryan Martin, Frederick County, 22 December 1770

1 p.
Box 2 Folder 99
Bill of sale for a "negro" slave. Humphrey Messenborough, Town of Norfolk, to William Allason, Town of Falmouth, King George County, 22 March 1771

1 p.
Box 2 Folder 100
Bill of sale for "negro" slaves. William Daingerfield, Spotsylvania County, to William Allason, King George County, 21 June 1771

1 p.
Box 2 Folder 101
Plan of the town of Bath (now Berkeley Springs, West Virginia), showing steet, lots, etc., with endorsements, n.d.

2 p.
This town was laid out in 1776. George Washington purchased lots 58 and 59.
Box 2 Folder 102
William Helm and Samuel Knight's assess roll commencing 19 May 1778," [Frederick?]

18 p.
Box 2 Folder 103
Certification. J. Moffett stating that in 1759 Bailey Johnson had a grant, 17 March 1787

1 p.
Box 2 Folder 104
Statement of John Oldacre, concerning John Danks, 1 March 1788

1 p.