Washington County , va. surveyors records 1781-1797 Page 134 Joseph Fugate, assignee of James Hill...385 ac...Commissioners Certificate...on both sides of the upper north fork of Clinch River...Beginning corner to Samuel Fowler...near a path...crossing a Mill Pond...at the mouth of a branch...May 24, 1783 - James Hill...400 ac...on the Rich lands on the north fork of Clinch River, includes improvements, actual settlement made in 1775...August 30, 1781 - Assigned to Joseph Fugate by purchase on February 20, 1783. Signed: James Hill. Witness: Robert Preston Hope this will help someone. I am researching the Hill family from Amherst co., Va. who moved to Russell /Scott Co., Va. in 1806. I found this James Hill. Is anyone researching this line? I can't tie him to my family. Thanks, Shirley