Plot of the Paul Carrington patent can be found on the Charlotte page, "Your Section" - Deed Abstracts. At 05:43 PM 7/1/1999 -0400, you wrote: > >>From John and Sue Lloyd: > >Does anyone have a book of Charlotte Co Deeds for 1771-1777?  If so, I >would be eternally grateful for the following look-ups." > >"Paul Carrington of Cornwall Parish in Charlotte to Thomas James of same, >mess. tract, 162 ac on n. side of Staunton River part of larger tract by >patent 20 Jun 1772, no wit." [Not clear whether this is an abstract, or >the "complete" entry.]" > >Don't have the book but I can confirm this particular patent was later sold >to John Beazley in 1774.  Here are the particulars that I have.  If you >need the specific deed reference of this sale, I can get it but I am pretty >sure it came from Charlotte County Deed Book 3.  Here are the particulars: > > >"John Beazley resident of the Parish of Cornwall in Charlotte County >purchased a tract of land from Thomas James, a resident of same parish and >county for eighty pounds current money of Virginia on August 1, 1774.  The >land was located on the northside of the Staunton River containing one h  >undred sixty two acres.  Beginning at a red oak south fifty six degrees >west forty five poles to a red oak, thence north sixteen degrees west forty >six poles to a red oak, thence north 380 degrees 204 poles to a white oak, >then south sixty five degrees east 102 poles to Pointers thence south >eighty one degrees west 164 poles to the first station which said tract, >piece or parcel of land is part of a larger tract, granted to Paul >Carrington by Setters Patent bearing date June 20, 1772 by Paul Carrington >conveyed to Thomas James on July 1, 1773." > >Hope this helps. > >I just received the digest and was quite surprised about the Elizabeth >Jackson discussion.  I have not really had an opportunity to research the >daughters of James Fears as I am trying to get my Charlotte County >connection to this family.  Doubt that I can add anything to it right now. > Need to study them as well.  Wow!! This is great.  Never really thought my >response would start such a discussion.  A good lesson learned this week. > >Everyone have a great 4th and stay safe. > >Gordie Fears >Raleigh, North Carolina > > > >==== VACHARLO Mailing List ==== >To UNSUBSCRIBE, type just the word- unsubscribe -in the message area >of an E-mail; leave the Subject line blank; send to VACHARLO-L to >unsub from List Mode, or to VACHARLO-D to unsub from Digest Mode. > JoLee JoLee Gregory Spears spearsj@bellsouth.net Charlotte County VAGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~vacharlo/indexcha.htm Halifax County VAGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~vahalifa/indexhal.htm Lunenburg County VAGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~valunenb/ Mecklenburg County VAGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~vameckle/index.htm