Phil, How about three excerpts from the book? If you need more, I can use the "paste" method, without having to retype it. Flo. Day <[email protected]> ===================== [continued from ASHBY, p344] p345, paragraph 2: ...They traveled from Fredericksburg, Virginia to the Potomac River, arriving at Thomas Ashby's place on 5 October 1736. At Ashby's, John and Thomas Ashby, John Catlet, Peter Leehugh (Lehew), Moses Botts and Thomas Conway were hired as chain carriers. [110] ____________________________ [110] Harrison, Landmarks of Old Prince William, Map of Roads. ===================== [continued from PLANK, p354] p355, paragraph 3: Christian [Plank] was deceased by 31 October 1771 when his will (dated 23 June 1762) was proved in Frederick County Court. He bequeathed the upper section of their "dwelling place" to his wife Barbary for her natural lifetime and after her death, the legacy would devolve to Elizabeth, the eldest daughter of his son John. He willed the lower section with all other adjacent land to his son John Plank. Additional bequests were: 68 acres to his son-in-law Herman Livingood, 89 acres on Passage Creek to his son-in-law John Craibill and 110 acres to his son-in-law Joseph Baker. Executors were son John Plank and John Funk. Witnesses were Charles Buck, John Catlet and John Harrison.[34] ____________________________ [34] Frederick County, Virginia will Book 4, p. 200. ===================== [continued from CHAPTER FOURTEEN pp370-373] p374, paragraph 7: After returning from Maryland, Henry Funk purchased 227 acres on Passage Creek from Lord Fairfax on 7 February 1768. He also purchased 73 acres at the mouth of fort Valley on Passage Creek from Fairfax on 11 may 1771. Combining both grants with the 200 acres which he purchased from John Catlet, the 127 acres he bought [continued from p374] p375: from James Wilson and 518 acres of waste and ungranted land, he was issued a new Fairfax grant for 1,145 acres dated 30 August 1773.[13] This tract in present-day Warren County is located approximately one-sixth mile south of Buckton, Virginia. It extends from here to the mouth of Fort Valley at Passage Creek, then west across the 1½ miles. County Highways 613, 615, 626, 660 and 678/Fort Valley Road provide access to the 1,145-acre tract. ____________________________ [13] Gray, Northern Neck Grants, 0-122, P-40, P-221; Frederick County, Virginia Deed Book 12, p. 386; Book 15, p. 63. =====================