Mary Haitt & Listers Thank you for the reminder concerning more records that have not been microfilmed. I am still ordering and going over what material I can get here in California via microfilm; however, you are SOooo right because I have found parts of records but not the whole record in most cases. An example that happens to me is that I find the will and not the inventory and appraisal or I find the appraisal and not the inventory. Of course, the sale of a property but not the record the person acquired the property which brings me to a problem that maybe someone can shed light upon. I have found property in Frederick County, VA that is referred to in wills and tax records as "Carter's Lots." They seem to range in size from 150 to 170 acres. I have found two records where there was a lot number mentioned for Frederick Carper who married Mary Shiner described as "leased 150 acres known as Lot #35, Robert Wormley Carter" and William Carper "leased 169 acres from Robert Wormley known as Lot#31" William Carper married Margaret Ritter 20 Mar 1786. The Carpers are known to have lived southeast of Winchester near the Opecqon around the Clark County line. I have found quite a number of descriptions on tax and inventories using a "Carter's Lot" but no lot numbers which brings me to the problem. I have not been able to find anything on Robert Wormley Carter's lots that appear to be leased and appeared to have numbers. I have surfed the Library of VA records, one after the other, and have not found any such description in the record; however, there was very definitely the existence of a number of "Carter's Lots". Since apparently there were numbers assigned to each lot, somewhere there must be a record/list of the lot numbers, lot locations, and lot lessees. Assuming the lots were numbered starting with the number 1, there had to be at least 35 "Carter's Lots" and most likely more. Many of these people had Loudoun, Fauquier, and Shenandoah County connections. Any help or comments would be greatly appreciated and might help with all our questions on the different methods of holding land in this area. Chocy