Hi Edwin, Campbell County was created in 1782 from Bedford County, so your deed of 1771 is describing what was Bedford County then but is Campbell County now I think. There isn't a Flat Creek in Bedford listed in Topozone http://www.topozone.com/states/Virginia.asp?county=Bedford&feature=Stream . Sarah > Are there possibly two Flat Creeks in the Bedford Campbell area? I know > of the Flat Creek on the Campbell side of the boundary. It branches off > the Otter River and runs roughly north and south from near Lynchburg, to > down towards the village of Otter River. This is in Campbell County. Is > there another Flat Creek in Bedford County, northeast of Bedford City near > the Little Otter? I have a deed abstract that says, " 1771, Christopher > Irvine from John Phillip Weaver, 150 acres on Flat Creek of Little Otter > adjacent Wiley." The only Little Otter I can find in my Gazetteer, is > just outside (east) of Bedford City. Or, inversely, is there a Little > Otter on the Campbell side near the most obvious Flat Creek? Does anyone > know where exactly this could be? Edwin