This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: waroper Surnames: Roper, Rosser Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.roper/1939.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Transcriptions of SOME, but hardly even many and certainly NOT ALL Brunswick Deed Books have been posted at the U.S. Genweb Archives. Shown below are transcriptions of several Brunswick deeds from Deed Book 3 which bear on ROPERs and ROSSERs: 02 Jun 1748 Indenture made 2 June 1748, between John Roper of Charles City County and Thomas Twitty of Brunswick County, o5, 1200a, on South side of the Mill Creek being part of a Larger Tract containing 1601a which was granted to the sd. John Roper by Letters Patent dated 2 August 1745. Signed John Roper. Witnesses: William Linsey, Richard Russell, George Hagood. Court June 2, 1748, Indenture proved by oaths of Richard Russell, William Linsey & George Hagood. Brunswick, VA, Deed Book 3, Page 440. See: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/brunswick/deeds/book3pt2.txt * * * 02 Jun 1748 Indenture made 2 June 1748, between John Roper of Charles City County and George Hagood of Brunswick County, o6-5 Shillings, 100a, on both sides of Bryrie Creek being part of a Larger Tract containing 1601a which was granted to the said Roper by Letters Patent dated 2 August 1745. Signed John Roper. Witnesses: Thomas Twitty, William Linsey, John Roberts. Court June 2, 1748, Indenture proved by oaths of Thomas Twitty, William Linsey & John Roberts. Brunswick, VA, Deed Book 3, Page 442. See: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/brunswick/deeds/book3pt2.txt * * * 02 Jun 1748 Indenture made 2 June 1748, between John Roper of Charles City County and Edward Going of Brunswick County, o5, 100a, on South side of the Mill Creek, being part of a Larger Tract containing 1601a granted to John Roper by Letters Patent dated 2 August 1745. Signed John Roper. Witnesses: Thomas Twitty, William Linsey, John Roberts (bhm). Court June 2, 1748, Indenture proved by oaths of Thomas Twitty, William Linsey and John Roberts. See: Brunswick, VA, Deed Book 3, Page 444. http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/brunswick/deeds/book3pt2.txt * * * 03 May 1749 Indenture made 3 May 1749, between George Hagood of Brunswick County, and Thomas Twitty of same, 5 Shillings, 100a, being part of a Larger Tract formerly granted to John Roper by Letters Patent dated 1 August 1745, on both side Bryery Creek. Signed George Hagood. Court June 1, 1749, Indenture acknowledged by George Hagood. Brunswick, VA, Deed Book 3, Page 560. See: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/brunswick/deeds/book3pt2.txt * * * 14 Dec 1749 Indenture made 14 December 1748, between Thomas Cook of St. Andrew Parish, Brunswick County, and John Rosser of Albemarle Parish, Surry County, o55, 290a, on South side of Maherrin River. Signed Thomas Cook (bhm). Witnesses: John Tomlinson, George Rives, Henry Cook (bhm). Court June 27, 1749, Indenture and Memorandum proved by the oaths of John Tomlinson, George Rives, and Henry Cook. Brunswick, VA, Deed Book 3, Page 575. See: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/brunswick/deeds/book3pt4.txt * * * * * NOTE 1: Each of these deeds EXCEPT FOR the last seems to pertain to a Brunswick parcel originally Patented by John ROPER and previously discussed in other posts. NOTE 2: The latter deed seems to reflect a deed in favor of a John ROSSER rather than a ROPER and places this John ROSSER in Albemarle Parish, Surry County at 14 Dec 1748. There is much evidence that there were later both ROPERs and ROSSERs in Brunswick County, Virginia, creating vexing issues for researchers due to the persistent use of a Colonial script "ss" which looks very much like a "p". Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>