On Sat, 26 Jun 1999 20:18:40 -0700 "macbd1" <macbd1@arthur.k12.il.us> writes: >When Valentine McDaniel-McDonald moved across the Ohio River from >Mason Co. >KY into "Northwest Territory" in 1796-98, he settled lands of present >Brown >County, OH which were previously within Hamilton and Clermont >Counties. >Prior to this, Virginian John Crawford received acreage in this area >for his >Rev War service (military warrant #19.) Section #1033 of the >Virginia >Military District was surveyed for Crawford consisting of 836 acres -- >it >was very close to present Ripley, OH. Crawford sold the entire tract >to >Philmon Thomas who obtained a patent. Thomas then sold the land to >the >following persons, all transactions are recorded in Deed Book A-1 at >the >Clermont Co. OH courthouse. > >115 acres for $298 to Alexander Martin, p. 61 >150 acres for $500 to William Ellis, p. 64 >107-1/2 acres for $217.50 t heirs of Wm. Moore, p. 65 >137 acres for $274 to James Henry, p. 67 >200 acres for $400 to Wm. Laycock, p. 69 >100 acres for $250 to Valentine McDaniel, p. 70 >100 acres for $300 to Thomas McConnell, p. 72 >(I know, these don't total 836 acres, see the Virginia Military >District >hyperlink near the bottom of this message for a possible >explanation.) > >These deeds were all dated 1 Aug 1800 -- all grantees above were >recorded as >being "of Hamilton County" indicating they were already living there. >(Clermont County was not formed from Hamilton until 6 Dec 1800 per my >source.) > >Valentine McDaniel sold his 100 acres to Alexander Martin in 1807 and >purchased 120 nearby acres from William Leacock. Valentine sold >16-1/4 >acres to Thomas McConnell in 1815. > >The 1876 Brown Co. Atlas is good for viewing the location of various >"sections" of land. There were still Martin, Henry and McConnell >people >present in this section, as shown by "residences," in 1876 > >For more info concerning Virginia Military District lands, see: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohfrankl/Land/ohl1.html#VMD . > >Neil McDonald > > >==== OHADAMS Mailing List ==== >Help Instructions at: >http://www.zoomnet.net/~chipmunk/SurnamesMail.html >or contact Betty at: chipmunk@zoomnet.net >Archives: >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?surname=OHAdams >Your gracious donations to RootsWeb makes this all possible!! >Rootsweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/ > ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.