Thank you kindly, If I might ask one more question...do your maps happen to show any land grants for John Wright ? Thanks again....malinda jones "Wilson, Donald L" wrote: > We have 3 of the 6 Loudoun County land grant maps by Schreiner-Yantis. Map > A is the northwest corner of Loudoun County. It includes 2 grants to > Francis Awbrey, for 2250 acres (1731) and 4000 acres (1739, assigned to > Major John Colvill). The tracts are northeast of Lovettsville. Maps C and > D (southwest quarter of Loudoun County) no not include anyone named Awbrey. > > Sincerely, > > Donald L. Wilson, Virginiana Librarian > Ruth E. Lloyd Information Center for Genealogy and Local History (RELIC) > Prince William Public Library System > Bull Run Regional Library, 8051 Ashton Avenue > Manassas, VA 20109-2892 > (703) 792-4540 > www.pwcgov.org/library/services/relic > > -----Original Message----- > From: malinda [mailto:mthiesse@swbell.net] > Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 6:49 PM > To: VAPWILLI-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [VAPWILLI-L] AWBREY > > Hello, > > I would appreciate any inputs regarding whether the map below shows > the land of Richard Awbrey (father of Dorothy Awbrey who married John > Wright I) and his father Henry Awbrey. > > Thank you....malinda > > MAP: LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA MAP, SECTION A - Netti > Schreiner-Yantis 1997, map [2184GB] $10.00 > > This draft map with tracts of owners for Loudoun County, Virginia is > quite > helpful to researchers of this area. Lists original grants of land made > by the > Proprietors of the Northern Neck of Virginia. Includes the year of the > grant, > the grantee's name, and the quantity in acres for each plat. Includes > Loudoun > Heights near the Maryland line, south to Purcellville and from the > Appalachian Trail at Wilson's Gap and east beyond Wheatland, with much > of > the Catoctin Creek area east of Jefferson County. Early land owners > include: > Anderson, Attwood, Awbrey, Bartlett, Booth, Bowell, Carter, Clarke, > Cocke, > Coleman, Colvill, Cox, Dixon, Fairfax, Grayson, Gregg, Hamilton, > Hollingsworth, Hough, Janney, Johnson, Kirkpatrick, Mead, Minor, > Nichols, > Norton, Rust, Sands, Seddon, Snickers, and Warner. > > ==== VAPWILLI Mailing List ==== > Visit the Prince William County, USGenWeb Home Page! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vapwilli/pw.htm > Check out the Prince William Archives and add your records! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/va/princewi.htm > > ==== VAPWILLI Mailing List ==== > List problems? First, read the Welcome Message that you received > when you subscribed. Feel free to contact Yvonne James-Henderson, > list administrator with questions concerning this list! > mailto:YMJH@aol.com