> I have also seen him listed paying taxes in 1783 AA Upper Fork & Bear >Ground Hundred (area is now in part of Howard Co) but can't find the >original deed/property. Would love any assistance anyone might have! When you say you can't find the original deed, do you mean when/how he acquired the land? If you have the name of the property on which he was taxed, it sometimes might be easier to trace forward, rather than back, especially if he inherited the land, and it was not by purchase. Determine when and by whom the land was originally patented, and then follow forward any sales or inheritances. The Anne Arundel deed books contain an index not only by grantor and grantee, but by tract names. Rick Saunders http://genealogypro.com/fsaunders.html

Dear Rick, Thanks so much for your help! The entry on the Tax Assessment record is one of the few that does not list the name of the property. Only lists a few items that he paid taxes on and in the area of Upper Fork & Bear Ground Hundred. Earliest date of owning land (9 years after 1783 Tax Assessment) I have is when he purchased 102 1/2 acres of Good Range plat Feb 21, 1795 from Lancelot Dorsey for 179L, 7s, 6p and sold it Feb. 15, 1800 to Nicholas Merweather for 340L, 7s, 6p. Greenbury Treakle is blacksmith, Greenbury's wife is named Rachel both stated in the sale of the land. I have found where he has purchased crops and goods from 1788-1795, as well as being listed on the both the 1790 and 1800 census. I am under the assumption that his original location this is in/or near Brother's Partnership area (near Glenelg) where I have other documents from the Chancery Court showing he was there (Good Range plat is to the east). I can only guessed that I missed seeing any earlier purchases of land on the index and will have to look harder on my next visit :) I've not been able to tell from where he originally came or where he married Rachel. I have not looked into the idea of the land being inherited...maybe Rachel holds the key if I can find any information on her. The family (Treakle) has been in AA/Balt/Howard counties for many years yet nothing of any great importance has been written about them, with many dealings with the Dorsey, Warfield and Hobbs families. I'll have to make a trip back to MSA one of these days and looking at the deed books will be first on my list! Thank you so very much for the help! ~Lisa Lisa Sproat Virginia Beach, VA sproats@msn.com