Thought you'd get a kick out of this: Found in Peggy Shomo Joyner's book on Northern Neck land surveys and warrants. Complaint of Abner Anderson: Included in papers for Major Lawrence Washington, 1752 assignee of Garriot Pendegras and Col. Michael Cresap, is a handwritten note on the back of the survey, written in Guy Broadwater's (surveyor) hand : "The complaint of Abner Anderson against Garriot Pendegrass that he Built a hous & Cleared a plantation Garriot Pendegrass Sold his place for fivety pounds and he & his Wife & Children Came to My house for then they had now (no) place to put there (their) heads In & Itt Rained then I told him that he was Welcome to Such ass I had __? __ (until) he Could provide a place for him Selph two or three days after that I goes Out about My Business & my Wife had Som ocation (occasion) to Go out of ye dore then This Pendegrass Shut ye dore & Swore She nor hur husband Should never Come Into ye hous again the I Came home to ye hous & (with) Abraham Richardon he stands In ye dore Whith an axx In his hand & Swore a bitter Oath that If I Offered to Step One foot farther he would splitt my Branes Open I steped Up to ye dore he Up Whith ye axx and If itt had not abin for Abraham Richardson Cetched (caught) hold of ye axx he would have bin ass good ass his Word to splitt my Brains Open & I never Could gitt Into my hows again In a Short time he Sells that plantation for Sixty pound then he watched Coll Cressop son after he had built a house & Swore he would Splitt Any Body Brains Out that Offered to Com there Any More I doe be Leave (believe) there Could nott be Less than fourty people & all whith One accord said they Belived that there was Nott Such a Roge (rogue) to be found In ye Countery."