24 June 1788 ... Adam Hope was granted 1575 acres on a VA Land Office Treasury Warrant # 9582 assignee of Christian Wireman, who was assignee of Thomas Aikin, who was assignee of Joshua Spiers. ... on waters of Cunningham Creek a branch of Bingarman Creek and branch of Jones Run a branch of Ten Mile Creek in Harrison Co., VA Names in the survey calls: Peter Cornelison, Benjamin Shinn & Joshua Jackson. Possibly this is near today's Shinnston named for the Chinn family of NJ. 24 June 1788 ... Adam Hope was granted 50 acres on Ten Mile Creek adj. his own land. [Wireman, Aikin & Spiers signatures should be on the warrant transferring/assigning their right to the warrant. If a friend or relative witnessed the transfer to Hope that signature could be of interest to Adam Hope researchers. The original survey and warrant were to be returned to the Virginia Land Office with the last tract surveyed on the warrant. The originals are in the manuscript collection "Virginia Land Office, Plats & Certificates" at the Library of Virgnia.] An Adam Hope received grants in the Holston River area of Washington Co., VA. You can see and print tiff files of the grants at the Library of Virginia _http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/using_collections.asp_ (http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/using_collections.asp) Virginia Memory Digital Collections A-Z Virginia Land Office Patents and Grants/Northern Neck Grants and Surveys Phyllis Vannoy Spiker