This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: wildrootsgenealogy Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.rockingham/3252/mb.ashx Message Board Post: ATTENTION JIMMIE LONG, Can you please email me from a different email address. I've been trying to email you for a long time now with the information you requeted but all my emails come back. Thanks! Angel Joseph-DeLawder Harrisonburg/Rockingham County, Virginia Look Up Volunteer Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

I've seen lots of summaries from early Rockingham County deeds. What I have not seen is the actual deeds with metes and bounds descriptions of the land. Do actual deeds still exist, for example for the 1700's? If so, where would I look? Would I need to come to Rockingham County. Or is there a way to access the deeds on microfilm somewhere? Here's an example: 1791 - Rockingham County Deed Book #00, pp 89, 381-383 - Gasper Moyers purchased 150 acres on the waters of Linville Creek from Thomas Bryan and Peter Bryan for 100 pounds, and the land was mortgaged to John Kring Sr. Micheal Trout co-signed for the mortgage, and the contracted stated that if payments were not met he could sell the property through the Winchester Gazette. Adjoining property owners were John Bryan, William Bryan, and Jacob Lincoln. Thomas Bryan and Peter Bryan were father and son, respectively my gggggg grandfather and ggggg grandfather. Thomas had purchased 300 acres in Feb 1762. I'm pretty sure that the 150 acres that were sold in 1791 were more or less the east half of the 300 acres. But to know this for sure, I need to see the metes and bounds description from both deeds. Thanks, Jerry Bryan

Jerry, the deeds are on microfilm at the Library of Virginia as well as other places. If your local library has a microfilm reader, you can order them. Remember that many records in R'ham were destroyed during the Civil War, but many have been reconstructed when owners brought their deeds to the courthouse to be re-recorded. But back to the LVA, you can go online to check the catalog of holdings so you'll know which reel you might want to order. Wendy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Bryan" <c24m48@hotmail.com> To: <varockin@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 9:51 PM Subject: [VAROCKIN] Early Rockingham Deeds > I've seen lots of summaries from early Rockingham County deeds. What I > have > not seen is the actual deeds with metes and bounds descriptions of the > land. > > Do actual deeds still exist, for example for the 1700's? If so, where > would > I look? Would I need to come to Rockingham County. Or is there a way to > access the deeds on microfilm somewhere? > > Here's an example: > > 1791 - Rockingham County Deed Book #00, pp 89, 381-383 - Gasper Moyers > purchased 150 acres on the waters of Linville Creek from Thomas Bryan and > Peter Bryan for 100 pounds, and the land was mortgaged to John Kring Sr. > Micheal Trout co-signed for the mortgage, and the contracted stated that > if > payments were not met he could sell the property through the Winchester > Gazette. Adjoining property owners were John Bryan, William Bryan, and > Jacob Lincoln. > > Thomas Bryan and Peter Bryan were father and son, respectively my gggggg > grandfather and ggggg grandfather. Thomas had purchased 300 acres in Feb > 1762. I'm pretty sure that the 150 acres that were sold in 1791 were more > or less the east half of the 300 acres. But to know this for sure, I need > to see the metes and bounds description from both deeds. > > Thanks, > Jerry Bryan > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAROCKIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >