Good Morning, Flo, Thank you so very much for doing this! And for the re-sent correction. I am very grateful! And so quickly! I hope your father-in-law is having a good day, and I'm remembering him and you & your family in prayer. Thank you again!! Liz On Tue, 13 Apr 1999 02:19:33 -0400 [email protected] writes: >... RESENT : Corrected Title ... > >Hi, Liz and All, > >TOO MANY SURNAMES TO LIST IN SUBJECT LINE . . . > >"Pioneers of Old Frederick County, Virginia" by Cecil O'Dell, >Marceline, MO, Walsworth Publishing Co 1995 > >p390 >LITTLE > Thomas Little's wife Mary (b. 1716 c., daughter of Jonas Denton, b. >1690 c.) deposed that she was in Orange County, Virginia on the North >Fork in the Shenandoah Valley with her husband in 1737.[144] It is >probable that Thomas had lived on the 400-acre tract for several years >before 1737. > He was deceased by 7 February 1748 when his will (dated 4 January >1748) was proved in Frederick county Court. He bequeathed all personal >property and the use of the plantation to his wife >_________________________ >[144] Hite/Fairfax Lawsuit, British Copy, p. 169. > >p391 >[continued from LITTLE, p390] >Mary during her natural life. He willed a 400-acre tract adjoining >Thomas Gray's land to his son Jonah. The plantation where he lived was >to be equally divided between his sons George and John after Mary's >death. Thomas appointed Mary and his brother-in-law Capt. John Denton >Jr. to serve as executors.[145] > Thomas did not have a deed for either 400-acre tract but maintained >control of both tracts. His son Jonas/Jonah Denton applied for a >survey >from Lord Fairfax for his inherited 400 acres (where Thomas originally >settled) and it was completed on 18 December 1751. he was issued a >Fairfax grant for it on 2 March 1763.[146] This tract is located on >U.S. Highway 11 near the north end of Toms Brook, Virginia. >Jonas/Jonah >and his wife Rebeccah sold 200 acres to Daniel Shaver on 1 July 1763 >and >the other 200 acres to John Mauk on 2 August 1764.[147] > Jonas/Jonah purchased 521 acres from his uncle Benjamin Denton for >30 >pounds on 2 February 1756. Two hundred acres of this tract were a gift >from his grandfather John/Jonas Denton Sr. (Tract 98E, Map 11) He and >his wife Rebeccah sold 24 acres of the 521-acre tract to Christian >Luther on 1 July 1763, 132 acres to Helebrand Inenet/Inabnet/Inabet on >7 >July 1763, 80 acres to Michael Speagle on 3 May 1768 and 256œ acres to >Richard Campbell on 20 December 173. Jonas and Rebeccah moved to >Pincastle County, Virginia sometime between the 1768 sale and the 1773 >sale.[148] > Mary Denton Little was issued a Fairfax grant for 400 acres on 31 >July 1750; she and her husband John were living here at the tim eof >his >death in 1748.[149] (Tract 96C, Map 11 and Tract G 385, Map 11A) This >tract is located approximately two miles northwest of Toms Brook, >Virginia. Shenandoah County Highway 623 runs along the northwest line >from near Toms Brook to the west corner. > George Little (Thomas and Mary Little's son) was deceased by 24 >March >1770 when his brother John Little filed a claim for the part of the >400-acre tract owned by his mother.[150] Thomas Little of Washington >County, Tennessee appointed John tipton Jr. to act as his attorney on >15 >February 1795,[151] and to take possession of his one-half moiety of >400 >acres from his grandfather Thomas' estate. >[Note: I spelled "moiety" exactly as it is printed in the book.] >_________________________ >[145] Frederick County, Virginia Will Book 1, p. 234. >[146] Joyner, Northern Neck Warrants and Surveys, Frederick County, p. >93; Gray, Northern Neck Grants, M-135. >[147] Frederick County, Virginia Deed Book 8, p. 511; Book 9, p. 242. >[148] Frederick County, Virginia Deed Book 4, p. 79; Book 8, pp. 514, >518; Book 12, p. 334; Shenandoah County, Virginia Deed Book A, p. 510. >[149] Gray, Northern Neck Grants, G-385. >[150] Hite/Fairfax Lawsuit, British Copy, p. 169. >[151] Shenandoah County, Virginia Deed Book K, p. 10. > > >Flo. Day >-- ><[email protected]> > > >==== OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List ==== >The RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative is supported by its users: >RootsWeb would cease to exist if not for the support of folks like >you. >By becoming a Member, Sponsor, or Donor, you help RootsWeb provide Web >and FTP space on thousands of genealogical topics, mailing >lists for thousands of groups of genealogists with shared interests, >and >search engines to make huge amounts of genealogical data freely >available to Internet genealogists.Become A Rootsweb Sponser Today! >http://www.rootsweb.com/ > >