Virginia Grants, Book 10, p. 272 Beverley Randolph Esquire, Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, to all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: Know ye, that by Virtue and in Consideration of a preempion [sic] Treasury Warrant Number two Thousand two hundred and fifty three, Issued the fifth day of October one Thousand seven hundred and eighty two there is granted by the said Commonwealth unto Thomas Swearingen and Alexander Fulton Assignees of James Foster a certain tract or Parcel of Land, containing one Thousand Acres by Survey bearing date the twelfth day of September one thousand seven hundred and eighty four, lying and being in the County of Fayette. Is this the same Alexander FULTON, merchant and namesake of Alexandria, La. ? Curious... Houston