on 12/23 Mark Weakley wrote: > Mitzie, > > Sounds like Chester's Gap area to me. > > I have no knowledge of Elzear (Elzey-Ellzey-Elsea?)-Triplett land sale you > mention, but I did notice this later 1838 deed sale suggests a possible > string of title going back to Hand. > > > I have drawn some of these old grants in Deed Mapper software for this > Chester's Gap area and I am happy to export jpeg images to you should you > have an interest. > > Thanks, > > Mark =============================================================== Mark .... I'm not conversant with the Elzear/Triplett matter, but your comment that you had used Deed Mapper in the Chesters Gap area immediately caught my attention. My ancestor, Vincent Lake died c1813 somewhere close to Chesters Gap, on the southeast side in what was then Culpeper Co (now Rappahannock). He moved from leased land over on Goose Creek in Fauquier Co. probably c1800 to then Culpeper. He was probably leasing in Culpeper Co also, and I have never found any reference to him in Culpeper other than the US 1810 Census and Tax Lists. Some of his other descendants are found in (now) Rappahannock Co. But to get to the point. In pursuing your Chesters Gap deed mapping activity do you recall having seen the name Vincent Lake ? If so, I would be deeply obliged to know the details. I have walked over parts of Chesters Gap, including the headwaters of the Rappahannock River. At that point it is just a mountain rivulet .... you can "hop" across the width of the stream. Obliged, Joe Lake.