My understanding was that processioning was a way to indicate the size and location of the land so it could be taxed. After the Civil War records were burned, in 1867, Hanover County attempted to procession land by getting each landowner to write the acreage he owned as well as its location so the land could be taxed. I have read some of these at the Page Library in Montpelier Some are rather precise and others are very vague. Hope theis helps L. Gott ggottcha@aol.com