I sure wish my formatting would go through the list's filter! This stuff would, I think, be more clear if it did. :-) Pam ============================================ p. 50: Hanover Co., VA Order Book, 1733-1735, pp. 178-179 INDENT 14 Aug. 1734 Benjamin Bibb of St. Johns Parish, King William County, to George Braxton the younger of St. Stephens Parish, King and Queen County; Lease; 5 shillings currt. money; 226 acres in St. Martins Parish purchased by the sd. Bibb of ROBERT Harris; part of a patent granted to WILLIAM Harris...beginning at John Rhodes [John Rodes Sr.]...William Harris' line...south fork of Elk Creek. Signed: Benj. Bibb Wits.: John Thomson, Cornl. Dabney, George Dabney, James Ellet [Part of the land in the above two deeds, which Benjamin Bibb states he purchased of Robert Harris, was the land that BENJAMIN Harris had inherited from his father, WILLIAM, and sold to his brother, ROBERT; part of the tract known as WALKER'S NECK. This land would now be in northeastern Louisa Co. {Robert apparently keeping 30 acres of that property, possibly the homeplace & graveyard where his parents were buried.} Elk Creek originates about 5 miles southwest of the southeastern end of Lake Anna, east of Freshwater and Contrary Creeks in extreme northeastern Louisa Co., & flows northeasterly until it empties into the lake. {DeLORME MAPPING CO.: Virginia Atlas & Gazatteer; Copyright, 1989, by DeLorme Mapping Co.; Published, 1989, by DeLorme Mapping Co., Freeport, ME, USA; ISBN # 0-89933-244-7.} Other documents indicate that in the 1700's, Elk Creek had at that time been a northern branch of the Little River, though it now is a contributing branch to Lake Anna at it southern end. Another part of the land Bibb sold in the above deeds was part a 266-acres tract patented by Capt. Wm. Harris 14 Mar 1725 {Colony of Virginia Land Office Patent Book 12, 1724-1726, p. 420.}] ============================================ Extracted from: WRIGHT, F. Edward: Quaker Records of Henrico Monthly Meeting and Other Church Records of Henrico, New Kent and Charles City Counties, Virginia [Copyright, 2002, by Colonial Roots; Published, 2002, by Colonial Roots, Lewes, DE, U.S.A. - p. 18: David JOHNSON and Mary WOODAY [WOODY, WOODIE, WOODEY] married 12 da., 11 mo., 1734. - ============================================ Extracted from: DAVIS, Virginia Lee Hutcheson: Tidewater Virginia Families; Copyright, 1989, by Virginia Lee Hutcheson Davis; Published, 1989, by Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; LOC #90-82597, ISBN #0-80631-283-1 - p. 467: . Benjamin [Harris] married Sarah Dumas on June 27, 1737. This was recorded in the family Bible of their son, Obediah. Sarah was the daughter of Dr. Jeremiah Dumas and his wife Unity. Her father was a Huguenot who had fled from France in 1700. - [Virginia Lee Hutcheson Davis always fully-documented her sources in footnotes in her books; she states that she found this tidbit of information in the Draper Papers.] ============================================ Extracted from: HUDGINS, Dennis: Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, Volume Four: 1732-1741; Copyright, 1994, by the Virginia Genealogical Society; Published, 1994, by the Virginia Genealogical Society, Richmond, VA, USA; No ISBN given - Virginia Land Office Patent Book 15 = pp. 1-76 Virginia Land Office Patent Book 16 = pp. 77-100 Virginia Land Office Patent Book 17 = pp. 101-160 Virginia Land Office Patent Book 18 = pp. 161-212 Virginia Land Office Patent Book 19 = pp. 213-254 - p. 161: Virginia Land Office Patent Book 18, p. 5 Patent dtd. 16 June 1738 Daniel Stoner & John James Flournoy [Fluornoy], 300 acres in Goochland County [formerly Henrico Co.]. On the North side of Swift Creek adjoining Thomas Watkins, Benjamin Harris & Henry Hudson. 1 pound 10 shillings. - p. 161: Virginia Land Office Patent Book 18, p. 5 Patent dtd. 16 June 1738 Daniel Stoner & John James Flournoy, 400 acres in Goochland County. At the head of Steep Branch of Swift Creek adjoining John Will's & Benjamin Harris. 12 pounds. - p. 161: Virginia Land Office Patent Book 18, p. 7 Patent dtd. 16 June 1738 Daniel Stoner & John James Flournoy, 400 acres in Goochland County [formerly Henrico Co.]. On the North Branches of Swift Creek adjoining Henry Hudson, Benjamin Harris & James Smith. 2 pounds. - pp. 168-169: Virginia Land Office Patent Book 18, p. 74 Patent dtd. 20 July 1738 John Harris, 300 acres in Goochland County. On Dottoy's Branch of the upper Manacan Creek adjoining [Manakin] Benjamin Harris, Nicholas Soullie dec'd., Wooldridge, and Thomas Watkins. 1 pound 10 shillings. - [This John Harris MAY have been a son of William & Temperance Overton Harris, and the brother of Robert Harris and Benjamin Harris??? This John's movement and descendants need further investigation.] ============================================ [END OF FILE] ============================================ ============================================ [END OF FILE] ============================================