I have been half-heartedly trying to sort out the Bibb family in Louisa County in the time frame that you are talking about below. When I first read the transcription of the deed below, I considered writing to the list to ask if anyone knew just where the land that is being talked about was located. Then I decided that I should try to figure it out for myself before requesting help. But if someone already understands what part of Louisa County we are looking at below, would you please save me the time that I would need to put in to figure it out? My Thomas R. Hawkins married Martha Bibb in 1839. I am looking at the land that they lived on for the rest of Martha's life. It is partly in Orange County and partly in Louisa County at Mallory's Ford. I believe that Martha may have brought this land to the marriage and that it had been Bibb land before it came to be owned by T.R. Hawkins. It would be helpful for me to know have information about Bibb land in the early 1800's. Martha's father was Benjamin Bibb (1746-1835) who was married to Agnes tate according to other researchers. Besides the Bibb siblings to Martha: John, Richard, Benjamin there is a man named John Ellis who also seems to be involved with this Bibb family as an adminstrator or executor...can't do that from memory. Marsha in WV On Nov 30, 2008, at 12:19 AM, Cindy wrote: > My line is supposedly off the harris/baker/burnett lines. Moses > Harris was reportedly a son of William Harris and Henerietta Baker. > Moses' daughter Rebecca married a Thomas Bibb. Moses died in 1813 > in Orange Co., VA. It will be interesting to see how this comes > out. My grandmother was a Harris so DNA is not a source I can use. > We have done the test on the mother's side. Please let me know if I > can provide anything on this line. > > > --- On Sat, 11/29/08, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > .... > She indicates her source is a deed in Louisa Co., VA. She abstracts > Louisa > Co., VA DB 2-298, 24 Apr 1759. > > ..... > > of 1,500 acres granted by patent 24 Mar 1725 to one William > Harris > by records of Williamsburg and by sd. Harris, who was the father of > sd. > William Harris, gave unto his son in his Last Will and Testament > recorded in > Hanover Co. Land lyeth on north fork of the Little River ... at the > mouth of > Horsepen Swamp, up sd. Swamp to Benjamin Bibb's line ... near the > head of > the > old mill pon(d) crossing the River south.