This is a follow-up to my post on the John Harvey survey. Here are a series of records in the general area of Pittsylvania County in the name of John Harvey that may relate to the man for whom the land was surveyed in 1777. I have found no Harveys in the early deed records of Pittsylvania County. There are no Harveys in the first list of tithables for Pittsylvania County shortly after it was formed in 1767. The first occurence of the Harvey name is in July, 1769, when Peter Copland sued John Harvey on an attachment to recover a judgment. 1 Pittsylvania Court Orders 124. The judgment obviously came from somehwere else, and may provide a clue that will help us trace the family back further. There was a survey made for John Harvey on December 16, 1777, suggesting that the 1794 marriage was another John (a son of John?), unless it was a second marriage. The survey was on the waters of Sandy River in southwestern Pittsylvania County, in the same general area we later find Samuel Harvey. In June, 1777, Thomas Harvey, Senior, made a motion to be relieved of all county levies which was granted by the general court. 3 Pittsylvania Court Orders 28. Under the law applicable at that time, all males of age 16 and above were subject to county levies, unless the court or parish decided that charity (usually advanced age or infirmity) should excuse the person. There are many early land entries for John Harvey in what are now Franklin, Henry and Pittsylvania Counties between 1748 and 1754. Apr. 27, 1748 David Griffith 200 Acres on both sides Pig Rr. begin: at John Harveys lower line thence down. Jul.6, 1753 John Harvey enters 400 Ac on the So. Side Stanton above Henry Chiles's upper survey. Jan. 30, 1754 Danl. Ryon, Benj. Watson & John Harvey 400 Acres each viz 1200 Ac begin: at a blaz's Wh. Oak about 2 Mile from John Parrs on a Br. of Mayo Rr. running up & down sd. Rr. & the Branches thereof. Same Persons 1200 Do. Beginning on Twitty's Line on Dan Rr. at a Wh. Oak mark't D R. thence up & down. Benja. Watson & John Harvey 400 Acres on Buffaloe Creek Begin: on Danl. Ryons lower Line at a White Walnut, running down both sides. Also 400 each Viz. 800 Ac Beginning on Danl. Ryon's lower Line on Joincrack Creek at a Hickory mark't I.H.W. running down both sides sd Cr. and up & down both sides Irwin Rivr. Also 400 Acres Beginning at a Maple mark't I H B W on the So. Fork of Widgeon Cr. running up & down both sides of sd Fork. Also 400 Ac Begin: at a blaz'd Chestnut Tree on ye Ridge between Peters & Elk Creeks above Bells Line running up & down sd Creeks. Feb. 2, 1754 Danl Ryon, Ben. watson & Jno. Harvey enter 1200 Ac Land on Fisher's Rr. Begin: at a Wh. oak mark't D.R. running up & down both sides. Also 1200 on Dan Rr. under the Grt. Mts. Begin: at a Wh. Oak mark't D. R. running up & down, John Harvey & Ben. watson 400 on Gills Cr. one of the Brs. of Jacks Cr. Begin: at a Wh. Oak mark't B.H. tence up & down both sides. Also 400 on Widgeon Cr. Begin: at a b;az'd Chesnut thence up & down. Also 400 on Raccoon Cr. Begin: at a blaz'd Wh. Oak about a Mile above Dan. Ryon's upper Line thence up & down. Benjamin Watson, John Harvey and Daniel Ryon 400 on the Arrarat River beg: at a Poplar mark'd D R running up and down both sides. Also 400 on the same Rr. Beg: at a W.O. mark'd D R running up and down both sides. Also 400 on the No. Fork of the sd Arrarat River Beg: at a blaz'd Poplar Running up & down both sides. Also 400 on the same River Beg: at a Poplar mark's D R running up and down both sides. Also 1200 on the Arrarat River Beg.at a W.O. on the No. Fork marked B W running up 7 down the Rr. and Branches thereof. Also 1200 on the Country line Beg: at a Poplar mark's B running thence along the Line. Also 1200 on Bells Line on Arrarat Rr. Beg. at a Balck Oak mark's I H thence on Bells Lines. Mar. 19, 1763 Jno. Ward & John Childs 800 Ac Ld 400 Each on the Main Mountain Beg. at a Meat Cabbin made by Jno. Harvey and Ben Watson Th.e Extending Each way for Qty. Jan. 22, 1778 James Fulton 400 ac beg. at his own line ad.g Roberts and Harvey's line for qu.t. There is only one other Harvey land entry, for William Harvey: 10 Feb. 1749/50 Matt Talbot Junr., Charles Talbot, Wm. Mead & Wm. Harvey 1600 Acres Land on Fishers Rivr. begin: on sd Rr. Where the Country Line crosses it thence up. The Arrarat River rises in Carroll County, Virginia, and flows into Surry County, North Carolina. The Mayo River is in Patrick and Henry Counties. Widgeon Creek is in far western Franklin County on the slopes of the Blue Ridge. Jack's Creek is in eastern Franklin County. Pigg River is in the same general area and flows into Pittsylvania. Staunton River forms the boundary between Pittsylvania and Campbell and Charlotte Counties (Pigg River is a tributary). The Dan River flows through southern Pittsylvania, into North Carolina, back into Virginia in Halifax County, and then back into North Carolina. The Dan "at the Great Mountains" sound like a description of Pinnacles of Dan in Patrick County. Fishers River is primarily in Surry County, North Carolina. Irwin (Irvine) River is now called Smith River and rises in Henry County, Virginia, and flows into North Carolina. There is a Peters Creek also that rises in Henry County, Virginia, and flows south into the Dan River in Stokes County, North Carolina. Peters Creek was the limit of William Byrd's survey of the Virginia-North Carolina border in 1728. I would appreciate it if any of the members of the list can shed any light on the question of Samuel Harvey's father. Bob Hodges