A Guide to the Surveys of the Virginia Land Office before 1779, A-W, 1733-1776
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the Library of Virginia
Accession Number LOI 4
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Preferred Citation
Virginia. Land Office. Surveys of the Virginia Land Office before 1779, A-W, 1733-1776. Accession Land Office inventory entry no. 4, State government records collection, The Library of Virginia, Archives Branch, Richmond, VA 23219.
Acquisition Information
Accession LOI 4 transferred by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1948.
Historical Information
The act which established the previous Land Office next hit passed the General Assembly on 22 June 1779. The register was the head of the Office and was appointed by joint ballot of both houses of the legislature.
Scope and Content
These records contain plats and descriptions returned to the Colonial Land Office prior to 1779. In some instances these surveys were not carried through to a patent; most were either lodged or caveated. Each document gives the name of the individual for whom the survey was made, the county in which the land was located, the number of acres in the tract, its metes and bounds, and the date on which the survey was made. The instrument was signed by the surveyor and includes the names of his chain carriers.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged into the following series:
Surveys of the Virginia Land Office, 1773-1776Arranged chronologically
Index Terms
- Virginia. Land Office
- Surveying -- Virginia -- 18th century.
- Land surveys -- Virginia -- Albemarle County .
- Land surveys -- Virginia -- Amherst County .
- Land surveys -- Virginia -- Augusta County .
- Land surveys -- Virginia -- Bedford County .
- Land surveys -- Virginia -- Botetourt County .
- Land surveys -- Virginia -- Brunswick County .
- Land surveys -- Virginia -- Buckingham County .
- Land surveys -- Virginia -- Caroline County .
- Land surveys -- Virginia -- Chesterfield County .
- Land surveys -- Virginia -- Dinwiddie County .
- Land surveys -- Virginia -- Fairfax County .
- Land surveys -- Virginia -- Fincastle County .
- Land surveys -- Virginia -- Gloucester County .
- Land surveys -- Virginia -- Goochland County .
- Land surveys -- Virginia -- Halifax County .
- Land surveys -- Virginia -- Hanover County .
- Land surveys -- Virginia -- Isle of Wight County .
- Land surveys -- Virginia -- James City County .
- Land surveys -- Virginia -- Louisa County .
- Land surveys -- Virginia -- Lunenberg County .
- Land surveys -- Virginia -- Middlesex County .
- Land surveys -- Virginia -- Nansemond County .
- Land surveys -- Virginia -- Norfolk County .
- Land surveys -- Virginia -- Northampton County .
- Land surveys -- Virginia -- Pittsylvania County .
- Land surveys -- Virginia -- Prince George County .
- Land surveys -- Virginia -- Princess Anne County .
- Land surveys -- Virginia -- Rappahannock County .
- Land surveys -- Virginia -- Spotsylvania County .
- Land surveys -- Virginia -- Surry County .
- Land surveys -- Virginia -- Warwick County .
- Land surveys -- Virginia -- York County .
- State government records.
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Madison, John Jr (assignee of Gibbons Jennings). 29 March 1740 .
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