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    1. [HARRIS-HUNTERS] Benjamin Brown - Neighbor of Robeert Harris in colonial Albemarle C., VA 1760
    2. EVELYN WALLACE
    3. I am unsure this cut and paste will transfer well.  However, those of us who research HARRISES of colonial Virginia recognize the name Benjamin Brown.  See subsequent e-mail re Renja. Brown who is associated with the Robert Harris family of Louisa Co., which was formed from the northern (?) part of colonial Hanover Co. E,W.Wallace  [if this cut & paste doesn't work, go to the LVA [Library of Virginia] website and see for yourself.  E.W.Wallace    URL (Click on link) http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=490&last=&g_p=P34&collection=LO Patent  Author Brown, Benjamin. grantee. Title Land grant 2 June 1760. Summary Location: Albemarle County. Description: 140 acres on Robert Harris’s Spring Branch on the end of Smiths Pasture Fence Mountain. Source: Land Office Patents No. 34, 1756-1765, p. 490 (Reel 33-34). Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia. Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41. Subject - Personal Brown, Benjamin. grantee. Harris, Robert. Subject - Topical Land titles. -- Registration and transfer -- Virginia -- Albemarle County Subject -Geographic Albemarle County (Va.) -- History -- 18th century. Genre/Form Land grants -- Virginia -- Albemarle County. Added Entry Virginia. Colonial Land Office. Patents, 1623-1774. Library of Virginia. Archives.

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