Dear Clrzero, Ross and Bryan allegedly brought in 70 families to their Frederick County settlement, but the names have been lost to history. Generally, their land was between Opequon Creek and westward to North Mountain. I've studied the Ross-Bryan grant records in the Library of Virginia, all issued in November of 1735. Col James Wood's survey book gives some clues as to who the earliest settlers were. But there are less than 20 grants issued by Ross-Bryan (I used to know the exact number). I believe that numerous grantees were not recorded. For example, Arthur Barrett (1681-1745) received one grant for which there is a record. But several of his children took up land at the same time, which was not recorded by Ross-Bryan. I think this happened again-and-again. There was no grant made to Enoch Pearson, and he was one of the first to arrive in the settlement. Morgan Morgan got one of the Ross-Bryan grants, but he came independently to Frederick County. Morgan was a politician, businessman, church official and person in his own right. Unlike most of his peer-settlers, Morgan was a member of the Church of England. Wilmer L. Kerns At 08:06 AM 10/9/97 -0400, you wrote: >I am looking for information on the Ross/Bryan group. Was Morgan Morgan >part of that group? > >clrzero@mnsinc.com> >==== OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List ==== >Visit the Frederick County,VA USGenWeb Home Page! >http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafreder/frederic.htm > > ==== OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List ==== Visit the Frederick County,VA USGenWeb Home Page! http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafreder/frederic.htm