the following charlotte co, va deed shows that land my mackerness goode, sr sold to james watkins bounded  his brother william goode and peter hamblin/ hamlin.   in fact, this is the charlotte co, va deed wherein my mackerness goode, sr, sold his land there in charlotte co, va ere his moving to laurens co, sc.   i have a follow-up to this charlotte co, va deed stating that land this james watkins later sold to mackerness goode, who was the son of william goode, had belonged to mackerness goode, the elder, who was now in south carolina.   these two deeds re my mackerness goode, sr, were sent to me years ago and when i was focusing on our families in laurens co, sc.  her husband was connected somehow to my goode family.  again, my paper files are a mess and i  still have only been able to find a portion of this  later deed, which i will also cite.   the following charlotte co, va deed also shows that in 1772 james watkins also sold land to peter hamblin, which was witnessed by m. goode and phillip jones.     this m./ mackerness goode, who witnessed this 1772 charlotte co, va deed was the son of william goode, brother of my mackerness goode, sr.   again, my mackerness goode, sr; his brother, william goode, etc were the sons of our samuel goode/ martha jones of henrico co, va and she was the daughter of phillip jones of henrico co, va and this was her brother phillip jones, jr, who had also moved to lunenburg co, va and who continued to be involved with my goode family there.   charlotte co, va deed book 3, page 47, 1772, james watkins of charlotte co, va to peter hamlin of same for 22 pds, 114 acres in charlotte co, va on the branches of sandy creek and bounded by stokes line on kings road, elam, hamlin's own line. signed:  james watkins.  witnesses: m. goode; phillip jones, his mark.   my mackerness goode, sr also signed with a mark.  again,  this m. goode, who witnessed this deed was the son of william goode, brother of my mackerness goode, sr.   again, here are the following deeds re my mackerness goode, sr, which someone sent to me years earlier.  she did not cite herself exactly which deed books they were in and i have not tried to find them.   although obviously interested in my goode family,  my focus has been more on my harris family, which has, indeed, been a challenge.   1766 Aug 4, Mackerness Goode of Cornwall Parrish, Charlotte co, VA to James Watkins of ? Parish for 1, 200 pds, 3, 241 acres in Charlotte Co on the branches of the Blue Stone Creek, Reynold Fork, Horsepen Creek, bounded by Mumford, Carrell, and William Goode, corner of Marable and Barnes, Peter Hamlin, Moody's branch, purchased by Mackerness Goode from William Goode by deed in Lunenburg Co, Va.   again, i have never found any deed in this lunenburg, etc, area showing that my william harris, sr/ frances goode sold land there, only that he, along with my william harris, jr/ frances rodgers; my mackerness goode, sr and our mackerness goode, jr; the cargills, etc, had obtained these ca 1770 grants in laurens co, sc.   3 jan 1792, james watkins of charlotte co, va to mackerness goode of same for 1200 pds, 1, 250 acres on both sides of the bluestone creek, part of a tract of land which the said watkins purchase of mack goode, the elder, late of this county and now a resident of the state of south carolina ( 27 june, 1764, patent to mackerness goode)..........   here is an earlier lunenburg co, va deed wherein my mackerness goode, sr sold land to reps osborne,  also showing that my mackerness goode, sr's patent was on both sides of the bluestone creek and, again, my mackerness goode, sr signed with a mark.   lunenburg co, va deed book 3, page 156, 1752, mackerness goode to reps osborne, both of lunenburg co, va, for 5 pds, 165 acres in lunenburg co, va on both sides of the bluestone creek, part of a larger patent to mackerness goode and bounded by the patent lines. signed:  mackerness goode, with a mark.  no witnesses. sarah, wife of mackerness goode, relinquished her right of dower.   this is also from kathryn wiggins:  harris papers: lunenburg co, va, which also cites this patent for my mackerness goode, sr, and says that it was on the bluestone and horsepen creeks:    lunenburg co, va patents and grants:  mackerness goode patents 3, 241 acres on bluestone and horsepen creeks, bounded by the lands of woods, carrel, william goode, phillip jones, peter hamlin, marable, barnes, moody's branch, part of it granted to mackerness goode 5 june 1747 and part never granted.   then, this is also from a site, which can be found on line re these  brunswick/ lunenburg co, va  patents, again, showing that my mackerness goode, sr actually had two patents and the first patent, in 1747, said to have been in brunswick/ lunenburg co, va was on both sides of the bluestone creek and the 2nd patent in 1764 was stated to have been on the branches of the bluestone creek and sandy creek.     354  Nehemiah Frank            10 Jul 1767     VPB 37:13     870a Charlotte/ on the Horsepen and Twitty's Creek        134  James Frankling           1 Jan 1745/46   DB 4 p51-55   567 acres near Cubb Creek        127  William Fuqua             1 Jan 1745/46   DB 4 p31-34   400a near Cubb Creek        350  David George              10 Jul 1766     VPB 36:983    125a Lunenburg/ on the brs. of Stanton River        421  Richard Giddian           8 Nov 1753      VPB 32:279    354a Lunenburg/ on the branches of Turnip Cr        302  Tyree Glenn               20 Aug 1760     VPB 33:872    253a Lunenburg/ on the branches of Twittys Cr.        397  Mack/Mark Goode           1 Sep 1782      CGB G:141     409a Charlotte/        208  Mackerness Goode          25 Jun 1747     VPB 28:109    1030a Brunswick/ on both sides of Bluestone Cr.        209  Mackness Goode            27 Jun 1764     VPB 35:497    3241a  Lunenburg/ on the branches of Blue Stone  Sandy Creek        247  William Goode             20 Sep 1751     VPB 31:56     2075a Lunenburg/ on both Sides of Bluestone Cr.    to be continued:   belva harris cauthen harris dna group 8---------26910