Here is another one for you: Augusta/Rockingham County, Virginia Charles RUSH, 343 acres, South Side of Peaked Mountain. Adjoining George SHAVER, GUISSE, Phillip HAWS. April 7, 1784 Another thing I have found on the name HASS is that sometimes the name will be transcribed HUFF. HUFF is a valid surname for the area; however, when you consider the script of the times "ss" can also look like "ff" or "pp". This is usually easy to figure out if you have the actual copy of the original document and if you have become familiar with the neighborhood where you are studying. Another spelling: John BENSON, 190 acres, between the East Draft of Cooks Creek. Adjoining HUSES, Archeblald RETHERFORD near the Bear Wallow, Johnathan SHIPMAN. September 30, 1791 On Feb. 22, 1753 Peter REED sold to Peter HAAS Lot. No. 1 on the south Fork of the Wappacomo also known as the Great S. Branch of the Potomack. 680 Acres. In Norman L. Baker's "French & Indian War in Frederick County, Virginia Page 108 "However, Sarah HAWES, wife of Peter HAWES, and a boy named Wallace were captured by two Indians along a path north for the fort as they went out to milk some cows. Mrs. HAWES initially resisted-----------------------------------------." In the above paragraph, Capt. SEYBERT's son Nicholas is mentioned. Going back into the early Augusta-Rockingham County, VA land records you find that Capt. SEYBERT is much involved in the counties land transactions. All this to say that I have found that spelling is rarely consistent.