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