A Guide to the Surveys of the Virginia Land Office before 1779, A-W, 1733-1776 LOI 4

A Guide to the Surveys of the Virginia Land Office before 1779, A-W, 1733-1776

A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Accession Number LOI 4

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Processed by: Daphne S. Gentry

Repository

The Library of Virginia

Accession Number

LOI 4

Title

Surveys of the Virginia Land Office before 1779, A-W, 1733-1776

Extent

.45 cu. ft. (1 box)

Creator

Virginia. Colonial Land Office.

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

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, 1773-1776

Arranged chronologically

Index Terms

Corporate Names:

Virginia. Land Office

Subjects:

Surveying -- Virginia -- 18th century.

Genre and Form Terms:

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.

Contents List

Surveys of the Virginia Land Office , 1773-1776 .

Boxes

Extent: 1 box.

Alphabetical.

Box 1 Folder 1
Alexander, Joseph. Augusta County, 21 Feb. 1765 .
Box 1 Folder 2
Allen, John. Goochland County, 25 March 1743 .
Box 1 Folder 3
Allen, William. Albemarle County 8 Apr. 1749 .
Box 1 Folder 4
Anthony, James. Hanover County, 30 Oct. 1739 .
Box 1 Folder 5
Bankinship, Isham. Bedford County, 28 Feb. 1767 .
Box 1 Folder 6
Blayr, William. Augusta County, 29 Jan. 1771 .
Box 1 Folder 7
Bowden, Burwell. Pittsylvania County, 29 Oct. 1774 .
Box 1 Folder 8
Briggs, Benjamin. Surry County, 19 Dec. 1748 .
Box 1 Folder 9
Brown, Benejah. Albemarle County, 5 April 1773 .
Box 1 Folder 10
Brown, Israel. Lunenburg County, undated .
Box 1 Folder 11
Burk, Willim. Augusta County, 14 April 1749 .

2 files
Box 1 Folder 12
Butler, John. Prince George County, 22 Dec. 1774 .
Box 1 Folder 13
Butler, John. Prince George County, 24 Dec. 1774 .
Box 1 Folder 14
Butler, John. Prince George County, 27 Dec. 1774 .
Box 1 Folder 15
Call, William. Prince George County, 1 May 1775 .
Box 1 Folder 16
Callaway, William. Bedford County, 14 Dec. 1762 .
Box 1 Folder 17
Callaway, William. Bedford County, 17 Dec. 1762 .
Box 1 Folder 18
Carr, Demsey. Nansemond County, 6 June 1771 .
Box 1 Folder 19
Chiswell, John. Albemarle County, 5 Nov. 1755 .
Box 1 Folder 20
Christian, James. Albemarle County, 14 Nov. 1747 .
Box 1 Folder 21
Christian, William. Northampton County, 24 April 1771 .
Box 1 Folder 22
Christian, William. Fincastle County, 12 May 1774 .
Box 1 Folder 23
Claiborne, Augustine. Chesterfield County, 15 Dec. 1772 .
Box 1 Folder 24
Claiborne, Augustine. Chesterfield County, 23 Dec. 1772 .
Box 1 Folder 25
Cobbs, Samuel Jr. Albemarle County, undated .

2 files
Box 1 Folder 26
Coffy, Edmond. Amherst County, 27 March 1767 .
Box 1 Folder 27
Conaway, Henry. Halifax County, 10 Dec. 1764 .
Box 1 Folder 28
Cornish, William. Lunenburg County, 17 Dec. 1743 .
Box 1 Folder 29
Cornwell, Jacob. Surry County, undated .
Box 1 Folder 30
Craig, Thomas. Albemarle County, 27 Nov. 1772 .
Box 1 Folder 31
Cunningham, Andrew. Lunenburg County, 13 Dec. 1746 .
Box 1 Folder 32
Currie, George. Lunenburg County, 10 Nov. 1747 .
Box 1 Folder 33
Custard, Paul. Augusta County, 24 Feb. 1773 .
Box 1 Folder 34
Dabney, George. Hanover County, 11 April 1734 .
Box 1 Folder 35
Dance, Stephen. Dinwiddie County, 24 March 1772 .
Box 1 Folder 36
Daniel, Henry. Middlesex County, 14 Sep. 1769 .
Box 1 Folder 37
Davidson, John. Augusta County, 14 Dec. 1769 .
Box 1 Folder 38
Duncle, John. Augusta County, 14 Oct. 1772 .
Box 1 Folder 39
Easley, William. Goochland County, 4 Feb. 1742 .
Box 1 Folder 40
Evans, Stephen. Lunenburg County, 14 Nov. 1748 .
Box 1 Folder 41
French, James; assignee of William Harris. Bedford County, 28 May 1760 .
Box 1 Folder 42
Fry, Joshua, and John Warren. Albemarle County. 11 Oct. 1749 .
Box 1 Folder 43
Freeman, Charles. Gloucester County, 3 March 1748 .
Box 1 Folder 44
Fulgham, Charles. Isle of Wight County, 13 April 1764 .
Box 1 Folder 45
Ganaway, John. Goochland County, 29 March 1743 .
Box 1 Folder 46
George, John. Halifax County, 12 April 1756 .
Box 1 Folder 47
Goolsby, Thomas. Albemarle County, 7 May 1772 .
Box 1 Folder 48
Griffin, James. Halifax County, 31 Oct. 1771 .
Box 1 Folder 49
Haile, Mesheek. Bedford County, 8 April 1765 .
Box 1 Folder 50
Hall, John. Prince George County, 31 Dec. 1774 .
Box 1 Folder 51
Haly, William. Prince George County, 21 July 1741 .
Box 1 Folder 52
Harrison, Battile. Amherst County, 4 March 1767 .
Box 1 Folder 53
Harvy, Thomas. Lunenburg County 3 Dec. 1746 .
Box 1 Folder 54
Henderson, Samuel. Bedford County, 16 March 1749 .
Box 1 Folder 55
Hilton, John. Brunswick County, 26 Sep. 1772 .
Box 1 Folder 56
Holland, Michael. Hanover County, 2 Dec. 1736 .
Box 1 Folder 57
Hopkins, Joshua, and John Jones. Norfolk County, 12 Nov. 1772 .

Oversize.
Box 1 Folder 58
Hopson, Nicholas. Lunenburg County, 15 Dec. 1749 .
Box 1 Folder 59
Howison, Thomas. Spotsylvania County, 17 Dec. 1743 .
Box 1 Folder 60
Jennings, John. Buckingham County, 25 Sep. 1764 .
Box 1 Folder 61
Johns, Robert. Albemarle County, 1 March 1747 .
Box 1 Folder 62
Jopling, Ralph. Amherst County, 12 April 1774 .
Box 1 Folder 63
Kannon, William. Lunenburg County, 9 March 1747 .
Box 1 Folder 64
Kavenaugh, Charles. Fincastle County, 29 March 1775 .
Box 1 Folder 65
Lambert, John. Brunswick County, 17 Oct. 1771 .
Box 1 Folder 66
Liverit, Robert. Brunswick County, 11 March 1743 .
Box 1 Folder 67
Liverate, Robert. Lunenburg County, 5 March 1749 .
Box 1 Folder 68
Maclin, William, Duglas Wilkins, and Benjamin Harris. Brunswick County, 3 Feb. 1763 .
Box 1 Folder 69
Madison, John Jr (assignee of Gibbons Jennings). 29 March 1740 .
Box 1 Folder 70
Matthews, Sampson, and George Matthews (assignee of John Caldwell). Augusta County, 28 Oct. 1772 .
Box 1 Folder 71
Maupin, Daniel. Albemarle County, 7 Nov. 1748 .
Box 1 Folder 72
McClelan, William. Augusta County. 16 Feb. 1768 .
Box 1 Folder 73
McDaniell, Michael. Brunswick County, 25 Nov. 1745 .
Box 1 Folder 74
Mead, William (assignee of Francis Sharp and John Boyston). Bedford County, 15 Dec. 1767 .
Box 1 Folder 75
Mead, William, William Austin, and Isham Talbott. Pittsylvania County, 14 Nov. 1770 .
Box 1 Folder 76
Mercer, John Jr. Norfolk County, 18 Sep. 1761 .
Box 1 Folder 77
Miller, Alexander. Augusta County, 29 April 1774 .
Box 1 Folder 78
Moody, Matthew. York County, 17 May 1773 .
Box 1 Folder 79
Morris, Hugh. Goochland County, 23 March 1740 .
Box 1 Folder 80
Morton, Joseph. James City County, 1 April 1760 .
Box 1 Folder 81
Muir, Robert. Fairfax County, 27 May 1776 .
Box 1 Folder 82
Napier, Booth. Albemarle County, 23 Oct. 1746 .
Box 1 Folder 83
Neelly, James. Botetourt County, 10 July 1772 .
Box 1 Folder 84
Newsum, Lucy. Brunswick County, 31 March 1774 .
Box 1 Folder 85
Parrish, Alexander. Goochland County, 4 April 1739 .
Box 1 Folder 86
Pattan, Alexander (assignee of William Miller). Amherst County, 5 March 1746 .
Box 1 Folder 87
Peartree, John. Augusta County, 3 Nov. 1770 .
Box 1 Folder 88
Pickett, Maze. Carolina County, 15 Dec. 1750 .
Box 1 Folder 89
Powell, Seymour Jr (assignee of Seymour Powell). Harwick County, 16 June 1738 .

Oversize.
Box 1 Folder 90
Procter, Joseph (assignee of Nicholas Procter). Brunswick County, 11 Jan. 1754 .
Box 1 Folder 91
Pruit, Michael. Bedford County, 26 Jan. 1764 .
Box 1 Folder 92
Ralston, Matthew. Botetourt County, 19 June 1771 .
Box 1 Folder 93
Randolph, William. Bedford County, 21 Feb. 1754 .
Box 1 Folder 94
Randolph, William. Halifax County, 29 March 1754 .
Box 1 Folder 95
Reid, John. Amherst County, 14 Nov. 1769 .
Box 1 Folder 96
Reid, John. Amherst County, 22 April 1771 .
Box 1 Folder 97
Rhinhart, Adam. Augusta County, 13 Dec. 1753 .
Box 1 Folder 98
Riddell, Cornelius. Augusta County, 7 June 1769 .
Box 1 Folder 99
Rodgers, Andrew. Lunenburg County, undated .
Box 1 Folder 100
Ruddell, Cornelius (assignee of Thomas Pickens). Augusta County, 22 June 1768 .
Box 1 Folder 101
Ruffin, John, and James Baker. Lunenburg County, 19 April 1749 .
Box 1 Folder 102
Runkle, Peter (assignee of Jacob Runkle). Augusta County, 23 April 1770 .
Box 1 Folder 103
Scott, James (assignee of Peter Hogg). Augusta County, 26 April 1776 .
Box 1 Folder 104
Sikes, Henry. Norfolk County, 5 March 1754 .
Box 1 Folder 105
Simmerman, Christopher. Spotsylvania County, 30 Nov. 1733 .
Box 1 Folder 106
Smith, James. Chesterfield County, 15 May 1759 .
Box 1 Folder 107
Smith, John. Bedford County, 4 Nov. 1762 .
Box 1 Folder 108
Snyder, John Jr. Albemarle County, 16 April 1761 .
Box 1 Folder 109
Spurlock, Drury. Albemarle County, 5 April 1749 .
Box 1 Folder 110
Stockton, Richard. Goochland County, 28 April 1741 .
Box 1 Folder 111
Strean, John. Augusta County, 2 Dec. 1754 .
Box 1 Folder 112
Taliaferro, Charles. Goochland County, 16 March 1743 .
Box 1 Folder 113
Trimble, Moses. Botetourt County, 10 Oct. 1772 .
Box 1 Folder 114
Turner, Joseph. Isle of Wight County, 31 March 1746 .
Box 1 Folder 115
Walden, Richard. Halifax County, 3 April 1754 .
Box 1 Folder 116
Walke, Thomas, and John Wildbour. Princess Anne County, 4 June 1748 .
Box 1 Folder 117
Walton, William (heir of Joseph Walton). Lunenburg County, 22 Nov. 1753 .
Box 1 Folder 118
Ward, James. Nansemond County, 21 Sep. 1757 .
Box 1 Folder 119
Watkins, George. Pittsylvania County, 6 May 1772 .
Box 1 Folder 120
West, Thomas. Augusta County, 25 Feb. 1773 .
Box 1 Folder 121
Whitehurst, Simon. Princess Anne County, 25 Sep. 1748 .

Oversize.
Box 1 Folder 122
Whitney, Jeremiah, Richard Taylor, and Thomas Mathews. Buckingham County, 22 June 1768 .
Box 1 Folder 123
Williams, Henry. Rappahannock County, 19 May 1758 .
Box 1 Folder 124
Williams, John, and Israel Brown. Lunenburg County, 28 Feb. 1750 .
Box 1 Folder 125
Willis, John (assignee of John and Mary Coleman, and Isaac and Sarah Read, coheirs of Henry Embry). Halifax County, 15 March 1749 .
Box 1 Folder 126
Winfrod, Mary (assignee of Thomas Winford). Bedford County, 7 Dec. 1763 .
Box 1 Folder 127
Winston, Anthony. Hanover County, 12 Sep. 1751 .
Box 1 Folder 128
Wood, Christopher. Louisa County, 21 March 1771 .
Box 1 Folder 129
Wood, William Jr. Albemarle County, 22 Oct. 1772 .
Box 1 Folder 130
Woods, Samuel (assignee of Edward Stephenson). Albemarle County, 10 March 1756 .
Box 1 Folder 131
Wynne, Samuel. Brunswick County, 21 Dec. 1741 .