Hi Lyndall, There are additional details of this settlement in the archives as I did some research there a couple years ago and posted what I had learned. Some of the early people came from County Down. (www.rootsweb.com, scrolll down to "Mail lists", select Interactive search, type in Scotch-Irish, and search away). They formed a conservative Presbyterian congregation that attracted others from County Down. The preponderance of Down surnames is obvious to those who know Down surnames but in addition we have their word that they came from County Down. This includes the Witherspoons, Friersons, and Bradleys. IN the years leading up to the Revolution, new arrivals were of a more liberal persuasion, which lead to problems in the church and a schism. As for Virginia land records on the web, you need to go to the Library of Virginia's website. It has a massive number of scanned records. As for whether they got any from your specific area, you'll have to research that yourself. Often records are not organized by counties that didn't exist in 1735 but in other parcels like the Granville one. You need to read up on the history of the area to find them. To find the Library of VA site, type in www.google.com and then Library of Virginia. (I got the URL saved with about 300,000 others so I do this too). Then go to www.usgenwebcom and cycle down to the Virginia county you want. Most likely there is SOME kind of history on line. If not you will need to go to a library. This area is confusing due to changing jurisdictions (but then so's everywhere else <grin>!!). There are a LOT of colonial Virginia resources on line at www.ancestry.com and www.genealogy.com. Genealogy.com fried a massive number of the 'standard' works onto a number of CDs a few years ago. These are KEY works to search unless you are planning to live to be 1000. It'll take yo that long to find all these sources if you don't use the published versions to 'find' what you want. For example a book with all the pre 1800 Virginia marriages. Doesn't have them ALL but has dang most of them and a great way to find out where the family lived before or where children strayed. You can find these CDs at many libraries -- more than can afford to buy all the books you need to do a thorough search. Or buy yourself a membership to the on line databases. Very best of luck! Linda Merle ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the WebMail system at mail.fea.net