Eddie, did you try the BLM website? Eddie Davis <ec21davis@sbcglobal.net> wrote:Is there anyone on this list that could help me find out what happened to a piece of land? I'm researching the family of James Copeland and his wife Diana ____. James died in Chowan County sometime around 1752 as his will was made on March 13th of that year. In the will he mentions "a tract of land on the Chowan River" which he willed to his son James Jr. James Copeland Jr. is who I'm trying to find. My ancestor named James Copeland married an Elizabeth Johnson and moved to Chatham County, NC where their daughter Elizabeth was born in 1762. But on the Internet are two conflicting ancestries of James. One has his parents as Nicholas Copeland and Nancy Lott and the other has James Copeland and Diana _____. There is no data for Nicholas, but as James who married Diana left a will, I'm hoping I could find what happened to the land he willed to his son James Jr. If James Jr. sold it soon after, I'm hoping his wife's name will be mentioned and maybe this will be some documentation to settle this confusion. If he lived there past 1762 then I will know that James Jr. can't be my James, as I know he was in Chatham County by then. So I guess I'm wondering if there is any will or land transfer record for a James Copeland after 1752 and before 1762 or 63. -- Eddie Davis Ec21davis@sbcglobal.net ==== COPELAND Mailing List ==== To contact the List Admin: mailto:COPELAND-admin@rootsweb.com To unsubscribe from List Mode: mailto:COPELAND-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe To unsubscribe in Digest Mode: mailto:COPELAND-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe AOL USERS: Send an email to:COPELAND-L-request@rootsweb.com (In Digest Mode change the "L" to a "D") with the word unsubscribe in the body of the message. ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx "If you come to a fork in the road, take it." Yogi Berra

Eddie....This is what I have in my tree on James, the son of Nicholas Copeland and Nancy Jane Lott: 3 marriages; 1. Sally Dark, 2. Elizabeth [--?--], 3. Martha Johnson on 17 Nov 1744 in Isle of Wight Co VA. This James died after 1790; he is said to have gone to Mississippi Territory after living in North Carolina. It is SO easy to get these Copeland families confused! Sometimes the only clues are in the approx. dates of birth. James, the son of James and Diana, was born abt 1734 in Chowan Co NC. The James who married Diana was born abt 1691 in Middlesex Co VA., according to my notes.And the James who was the son of Nicholas and Nancy was born abt 1697 in Isle of Wight, VA. dotsicle

What is the BLM website? Eddie Davis Ec21davis@sbcglobal.net Jean Mattox wrote: >Eddie, did you try the BLM website? > >Eddie Davis <ec21davis@sbcglobal.net> wrote:Is there anyone on this list that could help me find out what happened >to a piece of land? I'm researching the family of James Copeland and >his wife Diana ____. James died in Chowan County sometime around 1752 >as his will was made on March 13th of that year. In the will he >mentions "a tract of land on the Chowan River" which he willed to his >son James Jr. >James Copeland Jr. is who I'm trying to find. My ancestor named James >Copeland married an Elizabeth Johnson and moved to Chatham County, NC >where their daughter Elizabeth was born in 1762. But on the Internet >are two conflicting ancestries of James. One has his parents as >Nicholas Copeland and Nancy Lott and the other has James Copeland and >Diana _____. There is no data for Nicholas, but as James who married >Diana left a will, I'm hoping I could find what happened to the land he >willed to his son James Jr. If James Jr. sold it soon after, I'm hoping >his wife's name will be mentioned and maybe this will be some >documentation to settle this confusion. If he lived there past 1762 >then I will know that James Jr. can't be my James, as I know he was in >Chatham County by then. > >So I guess I'm wondering if there is any will or land transfer record >for a James Copeland after 1752 and before 1762 or 63. > > >

Sorry, I wasn't using my head - it's the Bureau of Land Management site: http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ See if they can help you.......... jean Eddie Davis <ec21davis@sbcglobal.net> wrote: What is the BLM website? Eddie Davis Ec21davis@sbcglobal.net Jean Mattox wrote: >Eddie, did you try the BLM website? > >Eddie Davis wrote:Is there anyone on this list that could help me find out what happened >to a piece of land? I'm researching the family of James Copeland and >his wife Diana ____. James died in Chowan County sometime around 1752 >as his will was made on March 13th of that year. In the will he >mentions "a tract of land on the Chowan River" which he willed to his >son James Jr. >James Copeland Jr. is who I'm trying to find. My ancestor named James >Copeland married an Elizabeth Johnson and moved to Chatham County, NC >where their daughter Elizabeth was born in 1762. But on the Internet >are two conflicting ancestries of James. One has his parents as >Nicholas Copeland and Nancy Lott and the other has James Copeland and >Diana _____. There is no data for Nicholas, but as James who married >Diana left a will, I'm hoping I could find what happened to the land he >willed to his son James Jr. If James Jr. sold it soon after, I'm hoping >his wife's name will be mentioned and maybe this will be some >documentation to settle this confusion. If he lived there past 1762 >then I will know that James Jr. can't be my James, as I know he was in >Chatham County by then. > >So I guess I'm wondering if there is any will or land transfer record >for a James Copeland after 1752 and before 1762 or 63. > > > ==== COPELAND Mailing List ==== To contact the List Admin: mailto:COPELAND-admin@rootsweb.com To unsubscribe from List Mode: mailto:COPELAND-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe To unsubscribe in Digest Mode: mailto:COPELAND-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe AOL USERS: Send an email to:COPELAND-L-request@rootsweb.com (In Digest Mode change the "L" to a "D") with the word unsubscribe in the body of the message. ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx "If you come to a fork in the road, take it." Yogi Berra