Found this article on Loudoun Co. land for sale in a 1766 issue of The Maryland Gazette. Submitted it as the first listing for Loudoun on the Newspaper Abstracts site. http://newspaperabstracts.com/ -------------------------------- The Maryland Gazette September 11, 1766 TO BE SOLD A well Improved Lot in the Town of Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, with all Conveniences for keeping a good Tavern, with about 5 Acres of extraordinary good Meadow adjoining the said Town. Also, another Lot in the said Town, with a good Dwelling house, two rooms, and two Brick Chimnies, Cellar, and good Stable, in a very convenient part of the Town, and suitable for a Store. Also a Tract of Land, commonly called Locust Thicket, containing 429 Acres, lying within 4 Miles of the said Town, on the road that leads from Pennsylvania to Carolina has on it a good new Dwelling House, with two rooms on a floor, a Stone Chimney with two Fire Places, a Cellar, well walled, the Bigness of the House, a good Logg'd Kitchen with a Stone Chimney and Oven, a new Logg'd Barn 24 by 54 with a Threshing Floor in the Middle 24 feet Square, a Corn House, Meat House, Dairy and Hen House, all built last Year, there is about eight Acres of Meadow mowed this Year and suitable Land for making much more about 70 Acres of Land cleared and under good Fence, the oldest of which has not been cleared, lying on Goose Creek, in the same county, containing about 300 Acres, well watered and Timbered, unimproved. The Titles can be shown, and the Terms of Sale known, by applying to the Subscriber, living on the said Tract of Land, called Locust Thicket. Craven Peyton. N.B. The said Lot, whereon the Tavern stands, was formerly sold to Mr. John Wilkinson, but he not complying with his Agreement, the Bonds are cancelled.