These abstracts are from Irene B. Webster, ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA DEEDS ABSTRCTS, 1785-1800   P. 24: DB B-165  Isham Simmons to Constant Perkins of Pittsylvania Co., Va. for 45 pds 300 A on Burchfields fork of Wolf Island Cr.  May 1, 1788. [wit] Robert Galloway, Jno Challes, Isaac Clark DB B-174  William Burton & wife Ann of Pittsylvania Co., Va. to John Walker for 50 pds 250 A on Wolf Island Cr adj Allen Williams, Luke Bernard, land granted May 16, 1787 to Joseph Burton.  May 27, 1788.  [wit] Robt Galloway, Nathl. Linder, James Saunders. DB B-179  Zacharia Bran of Sullivan Co. to George Ward of Pittsylvania Co., Va. for 100 pds 100 A on Stoney Cr adj Matthew Mills, John Lunnon, Philip Larimore, Samuel Brown.  Nov 1, 1788.  [wit]  George Adams, Philip Laremore, John Perkins. Comment:  There are a fair number of references in these Rockingham Co. NC deeds to persons who reside elsewhere--not only Virginia, but also South Carolina. One person commented in a lecture in Virginia some years ago that after the Revolution, Virginia nearly emptied!!!  Not my statement, but his!!! E.W.Wallace  

Hmmm! "... Virginia nearly emptied!!!" Sort of ..."How Ya gonna keep em down on the farm once they've seen Savannah?" Myron E. Williams [email protected] wrote: >These abstracts are from Irene B. Webster, ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA >DEEDS ABSTRCTS, 1785-1800 > >P. 24: >DB B-165 Isham Simmons to Constant Perkins of Pittsylvania Co., Va. for 45 >pds 300 A on Burchfields fork of Wolf Island Cr. May 1, 1788. [wit] Robert >Galloway, Jno Challes, Isaac Clark > >DB B-174 William Burton & wife Ann of Pittsylvania Co., Va. to John Walker >for 50 pds 250 A on Wolf Island Cr adj Allen Williams, Luke Bernard, land >granted May 16, 1787 to Joseph Burton. May 27, 1788. [wit] Robt Galloway, Nathl. >Linder, James Saunders. > >DB B-179 Zacharia Bran of Sullivan Co. to George Ward of Pittsylvania Co., >Va. for 100 pds 100 A on Stoney Cr adj Matthew Mills, John Lunnon, Philip >Larimore, Samuel Brown. Nov 1, 1788. [wit] George Adams, Philip Laremore, John >Perkins. > >Comment: There are a fair number of references in these Rockingham Co. NC >deeds to persons who reside elsewhere--not only Virginia, but also South >Carolina. > >One person commented in a lecture in Virginia some years ago that after the >Revolution, Virginia nearly emptied!!! Not my statement, but his!!! > >E.W.Wallace > > > >==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== >Do not post Advertisements, Chain Letters, Virus Warnings etc. to this list. If in doubt, Contact: G. Lee Hearl, Adm. at: [email protected] >Hosted by Rootsweb http://www.rootsweb.com > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > >