Thank you kindly Marty, Looks like I'll have to go and try to navigate the labyrinthine records of the LVA Marty Hiatt wrote: > Nettie's 3 maps outlined the patents and grants in western Loudoun Co. You > can determine if your ancestors obtained a grant by searching Gray or > Joyner's books about Northern Neck Grants. They are also available on-line > via the LVA web site.. > > I'm not certain, but would "guess" that the Awbrey land was in eastern > Loudoun, along the Potomac River. In a future issue, NVG will publish an > insert map of early landowners along the Potomac. > > Ms. Marty Hiatt, CGRS > "Document what you find, listen to what you are told, and especially, love > and respect your work." John Morris > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: malinda <mthiesse@swbell.net> > To: <VAPWILLI-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 6:48 PM > 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. > > > > ______________________________