To All: Several boxes of "Loose Papers" were found in the Washington county, Va. Courthouse a few years ago.. The Washington co. Historical Society gained permission to hire a photographer to photograph the papers.. The copies were bound in a series of binders and indexed by the Society.. These books are now available for research In the Society Library at Abingdon, Va. by the public.. There is much valuable information in them.. I had searched for several years for a deed for land inheirted by Robert Harreld from his father, James, who died in 1796.. I had found the will of James but no deed transferring the land.. In the "loose" files I found a copy of the Sheriffs' sale of Roberts land for back taxes.. It had never been transferred to Robert who had gone to Ky several years before his father died. One of the Campbells had bought many farms on the same day and the Sheriff had signed the deeds.. It appears to me that the sale was probably not done publically as it should have been and the records were tucked away in a box so they wouldn't be found.. Campbell bought 170 acres of prime land owned by James Harreld for $10.00!! I have found several other useful documents in the Loose files.. They are certainly worth preserving! G. Lee Hearl Authentic Appalachian Storyteller Abingdon, Va.

Amen, Lee. Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "G. Lee Hearl" <glh@naxs.com> To: <VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 10:23 PM Subject: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Loose Papers Etc. > To All: > Several boxes of "Loose Papers" were found in the Washington county, Va. > Courthouse a few years ago.. The Washington co. Historical Society gained > permission to hire a photographer to photograph the papers.. The copies were > bound in a series of binders and indexed by the Society.. These books are > now available for research In the Society Library at Abingdon, Va. by the > public.. There is much valuable information in them.. I had searched for > several years for a deed for land inheirted by Robert Harreld from his > father, James, who died in 1796.. > I had found the will of James but no deed transferring the land.. In the > "loose" files I found a copy of the Sheriffs' sale of Roberts land for back > taxes.. It had never been transferred to Robert who had gone to Ky several > years before his father died. One of the Campbells had bought many farms on > the same day and the Sheriff had signed the deeds.. It appears to me that > the sale was probably not done publically as it should have been and the > records were tucked away in a box so they wouldn't be found.. Campbell > bought 170 acres of prime land owned by James Harreld for $10.00!! I have > found several other useful documents in the Loose files.. They are certainly > worth preserving! > G. Lee Hearl > Authentic Appalachian Storyteller > Abingdon, Va. > > > ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== > USGenWeb Archives Digital Maps Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/maps/ > > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com >