Thought I would pass this along. Hope it helps somesone out there. Did not find any in the 1787 Tax List. BUT I DID FIND SOME ON THE JEFFERSON CO EXPLORER CD!!!!!! >From a book called Gleamings of Old Frederick County Courts: Nov. 11, 1743 The next minute -- "Abram Pennington in open court acknowledged his Deed of Lease for land to Christopher Beeller" -- no such names in Frederick at this date. >From a book-- James Rumsey Inventor by Jeanne Mosier John Fitch solicited a certification from an Edward Pennington who on Oct, 11, 1787 swore that he too had seen Rumsey demonstrate a model boat at Bath in September 1784 and "that there was not any steam engine to work said boat, nor did I ever hear the said James Rumsey mention anything about a boat being worked by means of steam." >From a book by Norris, J. E. History of the Lower Shenandoah Valley: The first deed placed upon the records of Frederick County was one from Abraham Penington to Christopher Beeler, of 500 acres of land "on the west side of the Shenandoe River, a portion of a grant obtained by Penington in 1734." Beeler paid 90 pounds current money of Virginia for his farm. May 11, 1744, the first grand jury was impaneled, consisting of John Hardin, foreman, Robert Allan, George Hobson, James Vance, John Willcocks, Peter Woolf, Isaac Pennington, David Logan, Robert Worth, Joshua Hedges, Robert Willson, Samuel Morris, Hugh Parrell, James Hoge, Jacob Niswanger, Charles McDowell, Morgan Bryant and Colvert Anderson. G. W. Fairfax owned lands on Long Marsh. Adjoined lands of Pennington, Johnston and John Cozens, 1748. March 15, 1748, had surveyed for 3,023 acres on Long Marsh. >From Pioneers of the Shenandoah Valley and their decendents by T.K. Cartmell: "The Council has not time to attend to that business, in the present alarming Crisis." "Exiles in Virginia" give interesting incidents concerning the Quaker prisoners, from which we take the following: "On the 11th of Ninth Month 1777, the prisoners started on their march by Waggon train seventeen being quakers, three being persons suspected of treason." The list is given at this point, though it may include the names of some already given; James Pemberton, Edward Pennington, Henry Drinker, Mrs. Fisher, Wm. Drewet Smith, Elijah Brown, Samuel Pleasants, Charles Eddy, Wm. Smith (broker), Thos. Gilpin, Israel Pemberton, Thos. Wharton, Samuel R. Fisher, John Hunt, Charles Jarvis, Owen Jones Jr., Thos. Pike, Thos. Afflick, John Pemberton, Thos. Fisher. I also have the list of Land Holders for Frederick County 1750 and Isaac Pennington is listed. The counties covered on most of these books were Frederick, Berkeley, Jefferson. Keep in mind that this area was all Frederick County until about 1777. From 1777 the Berkeley Jefferson area were all Berkeley County and in 1801 Jefferson became a county.