Someone is asking about Holtzclaw, and I forget the exact question. The Holtzclaw family is a family allied with my Kemper family of several different Northern Neck counties, and later of Garrard Co. and Mercer Co., KY. Maybe this will help a Holtzclaw researcher. (Remember, he is not my ancestor, but perhaps one of his daughters may be, as there were several Holtzclaw-Kemper marriages in Kentucky. My research indicates there were a number of men named Jacob Holtzclaw, so be careful of the dates--and the places.) These notes have not been edited, but in most cases, I have tried to cite the sources. I suggest you check those sources and then compare with the originals. I find sometimes the abstractors have trouble reading the old handwriting and leave out a valuable piece of information--just the piece you need to make the proper linkage!!! Warning!!! E.W.Wallace A Kemper-Utterback descendant JACOB HOLTZCLAW / HOLSCLAW OF NORTHERN NECK VIRGINIA One of the 1714 German immigrants to Germanna, Virginia (First Colony of Germanna). The Kemper family of later Garrard Co., Ky were closely associated--indeed, intermarried--with members of the Holtzclaw family. Note the dates - may not be in date order. This information is from the Library of Virginia website--under Land Records: Holtzclaw, Jacob. Publication 9 July 1731. Other Format Available on microfilm. Northern Neck Grants, reels 288-311. Note Location: Prince William County. Description: 362 acres adjoining a small branch of Goose Creek and on the Broad Run Mountains adjoining land of John Fischback. Source: Northern Neck Grants C, 1729-1731, p. 198, folio (Reel 290). >From Stafford Co., VA Deed Bk J-p. 275 To all to whom .. Know ye that whereas JOHN FISHBACK, JOHN HOFFMAN and JACOB HOLTZCLAW all of Stafford County have for themselves made a survey and obtained a deed from the Proprietors office for 1805 acres and 108 perches of land .. Now this Indenture witnesseth that it is hereby mutually agreed between the above mentioned .. that they / nor either of them shall .. take any advantage of survivership [sic] .. upon or after the Death of any or either of them but that the heirs .. shall and may Inherit enjoy the same rights .. to the lands by the above mentioned deed conveyed by the party dyeing at the time of his death did Inherit and enjoy anything in the said deed .. 13th July 1726. Presence Thos. Whittlidge Junr., Burr Harrison, John x Jackson John ffishback John Hoffman Jacob Holtzclaw At Court held for Stafford County 13th July 1726 .. John Fishback, John Hoffman and Jacob Holtzclaw came into Court .. acknowledged this Writeing which on their Motion is admitted to record (Ruth & Sam Sparacio, VIRGINIA COUNTY COURT RECORDS: DEED ABSTRACTS OF STAFFORD COUNTY, VIRGINIA, 1722-1728, 1755-1765 [McLean, VA: The Antient Press, 1987], p. 35-36) Prince William Co. Records A Jacob Holtzclaw resided in Prince William Co. in 1745 (witness to a deed) , and he may be the progenitor of the Jacob Holtzclaw who is found later in Kentucky. He appears with a John Holtzclaw on the 1738 Rent Roll of Prince William Co., Va. DB 1745-1746: pp. 108-113 Indenture, 16 and 27 May 1746 between William Bailey and Elizabeth his wife [only child of John Blowers] of Prince William Co. and Jacob Holtzclaw of same, 197 A, [originally] patented to John Blowers of Stafford Co. (lapsed lease); resurvey 9 Sep 1745, lns. of Waugh Darnall, Macquire, branch of Broad Run. /s/ William Bailey. Elizabeth relinq'd dower rights. Wits: Natha. Chapman, George Gent, John Holtzclaw, William X Wood. pp. 122-126 Indenture, 20 and 21 June 1746, Harmon Kamper and Catherine his wife of Par. of Hamilton & Prince William Co. to Jacob Holtzclaw, 40 A, E. sd. of Licking Run, being part of a grand [grant?] patent taken up by John Fishback, John Hufman, and Jacob Holtzclaw and by them conveyed by deeds to Joseph Counts decd, and by him given and bequeathed in his will to Catherine Kemper, wife of said Harmon Kamper, lying between land of Elizabeth Ricter now Elizabeth Marr and land of Jacob Holtzclaw. /s/ Harmon + Kemper; Catharine (stylized C) Kemper, 23 Jun 1746. pp. 127-130: 23 Jun 1746 Tilman Weaver [another Germanna descendant] and Jacob Holtzclaw of Hamilton Par., Prince William Co. to John Wright and Joseph Blackwell of same 62 pds., 8 shillings 208 A, lns of Jeremiah Darnal, Carter's line, German Roling Road, for use of a glebe /s/ Tilman Weaver [in German] Jacob Holtzclaw. Other records show Jacob Holtzclaw was active in Prince William Co. buying and selling land. Fairfax Co. was formed from Prince William Co. in 1742. Northern Neck Land Grant Bk F-293: Jacob Holtzclaw of Pr. William Co. 335 A. in Fairfax Co. Surv. Jacob Lasswell. On Fork of William's Gap Br., adj. George Carter Esq. dec'd. John Hanby, Jacob Pedrick, Fairfax Manor of Leeds. 2 June 1748. (Gertrude E. Gray, VIRGINIA NORTHERN NECK LAND GRANTS, V. II [Baltimore: Genealogical Publ. Co., 1988, third printing 1997], p. 16) Fauquier Co. Records Fauquier Co. was formed from Prince William Co. in 1759 >From Fauquier County Bicentennial Committee, FAUQUIER COUNTY, VIRGINIA [Warrenton, VA, 1959], p. 48-49: "Runs Flowing into the Occoquan Creek": "Broad Run - Rises in the Rappahannock Range and, with its named and unmentioned branches, flows into the Occoquan." "Runs Running into Goose Creek": "Little River - Jacob Holtzclaw's grant in 1731 is located 'at the head of a small branch of Goose Creek,' Little River." Jacob Holtzclaw died before Feb 1760 in Prince William Co. as evidenced by this abstracted will: 15 Jan 1759. 29 Feb 1760. Hamilton Parish, Prince William Co. To son, Joseph Holtzclaw, 374 acres of land. To son, Jacob Holtzclaw, 200 acres of land that I purchased of Harman Kamper and Harmon Button, also land that I purchased of Thomas Barton. Son, Joseph Holtzclaw, to have the liberty of taking as much timber off 150 acres as he has need for building a dwelling house. Son Harman Holtzclaw, to have land that I bought in Prince William County of Thomas Stone. Grandsons, Henry and Joseph Holtzclaw, sons of John Holtzclaw (son). Grandsons: Henry Hall, Joseph Hall. To daughter, Eve Wiley (hus. Allen Wiley), 300 acres of land. To daughter, Elizabeth Miller (hus. Harman Miller) land. To daughter, Alice Katherine Hitt, 1 Negro boy. Grandson, Joseph Darnall, son of Jeremiah Darnall, to have 355 acres of land in Prince William County. Grandson, Jacob Fishback, son of Frederick Fishback, to have 1 Negro. Land in Augusta County to be sold and the money to be divided among all my children. Exrs: son Jacob Holtzclaw and Jeremiah Darnall (son-in-law). Wit: Peter Hitt, Thomas Marshall, Henry Kamper. (p. 10) (J. Estelle Stewart King, ABSTRACTS OF WILLS, ADMINISTRATIONS AND MARRIAGES OF FAUQUIER COUNTY, VIRGINIA, 1759-1800 [Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1986 reprint & improved of 1939 edition], p. 2) ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com