This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Roper Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kgDBAEB/790.2 Message Board Post: The Virginia State Library shows amongst it Burned Records County database a record for an 1834 plat of Edward ROPER's Charles City County land. See for example: http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/local/burned/partyqz.asp The Library's description of the underlying database is: "This database contains a growing collection of local court records, principally deeds and probate records, found while processing chancery cases and other locality materials. The database contains records from collections housed and processed at the Library of Virginia as well as those processed in localities. These records were generally used as exhibits in a court case. The originals remain with the court materials being processed, but photocopies are made and are indexed in this database. The copies are filed together in an artificial collection - the BURNED RECORDS COUNTY COLLECTION - and are readily accessed through the Archives Research Room at the Library of Virginia. Please check this database periodically as this is an ongoing project." I have NOT seen the actual plat, but as this land contains at least a portion of the original John ROPER Patent of 1714, it would be an interesting addition to the collection of ROPER primary documents readily availabe at Dr. L. David ROPER's Roper Family History website at http://www.roperld.com . Does anyone already have a copy of this plat?