I have been getting posts from the Old Frederick Co Web site. However, I have noticed that when I post to one of these lists, my message doesn't come back to me because my ISP tags the message that is sent from me to the list, and ultimately to myself as SPAM and kicks it out. Regarding John Walker, I have a note to myself to look up a Grant for a John Walker in Hampshire County, Virginia. It was for 200 acres on the North Branch Potomac, adjoining the Richard Poulson Survey. According to this note, the original Grant should be available to be viewed and copied at the web site for the Library of Virginia. It is in the Northern Neck Grants, 1757-1762, on page 255. I don't have the date. My interest in John Walker is that this land adjoins Poulson, and in another deed, there is a Polson whose land is adjacent to a William Dobson of Hampshire County (the subject of my research). The Dobson Grant was dated 14 June 1766, so Walker must have been there first. I have downloaded and printed the Dobson document. Still have to do John Walker's, however anyone should be able to go to the Library web site, and access the Northern Neck Deeds. Try this link: <http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/land/lonnabout.htm> I hope it prints blue in the message. It doesn't show up as a link in my version. Sandra Paser sandijay@mindspring.com

Sandra, You and I are both looking into some of the same neighbors in Hampshire Co. I have an interest in Richard Paulson/Polson because his wife was a sister of Joseph Williams. Joseph Williams and Richard Paulson were on a 1733 list of taxables of Monocosie Hundred, Maryland. Richard Paulson, Providence Williams, Remembrance Williams were all in Frederick Co. (now Berkeley Co.) near Shepherdstown before they obtained land near where the South and North Branch of the Potomac meet in what's now Hampshire Co. Richard Paulson owned a large tract of land near Sheperdstown with Joseph Mounts and Josiah Jones; granted to them in 1734. John Walker was the administrator of Richard Paulson's estate, admin bond signed 9 Nov 1752, Frederick Co., VA - WB 2, Pg 72. Parts of these families left the area in the 1760's and moved to Newberry, SC. Did your Dobson also come from the Winchester, Shepherdstown area before moving to the North Branch? Also, know that if your Dobson grant was issued in 1766, it meant the he could have been on that land long before that. He had to get a warrant, then a survey, then the grant was issued once he made it down to the Proprietor's office at Greenway Court, White Post, VA. From beginning to end it could take many years. For instance, Providence Williams got his warrant and survey for his property on the North Branch in 1752, but did not receive the grant until 1760. Jane At 09:45 PM 25-03-04, you wrote: >I have been getting posts from the Old Frederick Co Web site. However, I >have noticed that when I post to one of these lists, my message doesn't >come back to me because my ISP tags the message that is sent from me to the >list, and ultimately to myself as SPAM and kicks it out. > >Regarding John Walker, >I have a note to myself to look up a Grant for a John Walker in Hampshire >County, Virginia. It was for 200 acres on the North Branch Potomac, >adjoining the Richard Poulson Survey. According to this note, the original >Grant should be available to be viewed and copied at the web site for the >Library of Virginia. It is in the Northern Neck Grants, 1757-1762, on page >255. I don't have the date. My interest in John Walker is that this land >adjoins Poulson, and in another deed, there is a Polson whose land is >adjacent to a William Dobson of Hampshire County (the subject of my >research). The Dobson Grant was dated 14 June 1766, so Walker must have >been there first. I have downloaded and printed the Dobson document. >Still have to do John Walker's, however anyone should be able to go to the >Library web site, and access the Northern Neck Deeds. >Try this link: ><http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/land/lonnabout.htm> >I hope it prints blue in the message. It doesn't show up as a link in my >version. > >Sandra Paser >sandijay@mindspring.com > > > >==== OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List ==== >WATCH YOUR SUBJECT LINES >Some list members often >DELETE messages based on >the subject lines. TAKE >an extra second to check >your subject line before >you send it to our list. > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237