Marsha: In looking at the Orange Co. Road Orders 1734-49 online, a Benj. Hawkins is mentioned on many pages--the earliest is 1740, p 51. http://www.virginiadot.org/vtrc/main/index_main.htm Also a Francis Moor in the 1740 record. So they go back a long way together. On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 13:12:46 -0500 marsha moses <mosesm@earthlink.net> writes: > I am going through my notes made January 2004 on a visit to the > Orange > county Courthouse. After my day there, I thought to myself that > people > who publish books that contain abstracts of wills or land > transactions > do not charge nearly enough to reimburse them for the labor > involved. > I am going to post my comments as I read through them in the next > few > days. These abstracts are completely my own interpretation. I am > mostly > talking to myself. But perhaps someone else on the mail list will > find > something helpful or give me more insight or correct a misconception > > that I have formed. I think that I have posted some of this before. > > But I have made a few breakthroughs on my understanding since last > year. Marsha in WV > > My first land Hawkins transaction is May 28 1767. Orange County was > > formed in 1734..so I assume that this date is the first transaction > in > which a Hawkins is named in Orange. When I look at the books on > Orange > County and when I viewed the large map in the back of the Orange > County > genealogical society, I find that a John Hawkins and a Joseph > Hawkins > had land in Orange as orginal landholders. So I can only guess that > > that means that they had purchased the land before Orange became a > county. Perhaps while it was Spotsylvania county? So should I look > at > Spotsylvania County land records for earlier land transactions? > > Regardless, Here is my own interpretation of the land record that I > was > reading last year: > > May 28, 1767 a portion of land owned by John Spotswood was seized at > his > death for repayment of debts. Guardians of John's son Alexander are > > selling the seized land for best possible price. Benjamin Hawkins > is > buying part of the said estate lands. > > Description: lying in county of Orange and bounded aas follows: > Beginnina at a gum and poplar and white oak stump on the Rapidan > River > Corner to Mrs. Willis thence with her lines South Sixty one degrees > East > one Hundred and ten poles to a locust thence with Thirty six degree > East > Forty eight poles is a .....to a coner of said Willis and Waugh. > Thence > up that branch with Francis Moore. > > So Is our best guess here that this is the Benjamin Hawkins who > married > Sarah Willis. This couple had daughter, Lucy, who married Francis > Moore. It seems to me that the dates work OK as Lucy's brother, > Moses, > had young children when he was killed at the battle of Germantown. > > Do others believe this to be an accurate interpretation? Marsha in > WV > > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your > ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. > Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599 &targetid=5429 > > >