This is a book by Chester R. Johnson, he's an interesting individual and frequently publishes abstracts on various topics. His most recent work: "Albemarle County, Virginia Surveyor's Plat Book 1," Virginia Archives Microfilm #114A(392) and #114(393) 1744-1755. The deed books of Albemarle Co., VA from 1752-1757 have been lost. This gap can be partially filled by the Surveyor's plats that show persons in the county who were receiving grants, and their neighbors at the time the survey was made. There were over 1500 surveys made in the nine year time span 1744-1755. These show where and when and for who the survey was made. These survey abstractions include name, date, number of acres, water course and any neighbors at the time the survey was made. The survey microfilms are unindexed. This book is the only index to the films. For the plats, with meets and bounds, the films may be obtained by interlibrary loan from the State Library of Virginia. This book also covers parts of five other Counties of the SE corner of Virginia: Buckingham, Appomattox, Amherst, Fluvanna, and Alleghany. http://www.fastlane.net/~cjohnson/ I believe this book will be a valuable tool for a lot of genealogists. I am sending it to the Butler List because I have seen a lot of messages on VA residences and these counties are the primary counties of migration.