Need some instructions/advise: In 1727, an ancestor rec'd a grant of land in Surry Co, VA, probably in present Sussex Co. A few years later, he or his son rec'd additional acres. The description is somewhat vague, but waterways are mentioned by name. I've been told that in southside VA, a parcel of land can stay in the family to the present generation without transfer of title, sale, or showing up in a will. If this is an accurate statement, then it is quite possible that descendants are living on that parcel today. How can I prove/disprove this? How would it have been taxed? I thanks, jbv .