While in VA last Feb. I copied the following creek info. Typed here as in book I found at Tappahannock Court House. Lucas's Creek, later Blackburne Creek was named after Thomas Lucas, burgess of Old Rappahannock Co. It has several prominent branches. It's most southern and principal branch came to be known as Blackburne Creek. The present state highway 17 crosses it a little distance above Vawter's Church. With this section are associated the HOSKINS or HODKISN, WASHINGTON,GRAY,BLAKBURNE,BROWN,WINSTON,GARNETT,MUSCOE, and other prominent families. On it were the lands of THOMAS PURIFOY,THOMAS FOGG,THOMAS & MARY LUCAS,THOMAS PAGE,CHRISTOPHER BLACKBURNE, & THOMAS VICARS. Cockleshell creek, also called Cock Hill Creek & Cockill creek, is located at latitude 30 6' 30" and longitude 77 4' and flows into Lucas Creek through the lands of RICHARD BAYLOR. One of its branches is now called Baylor's mill Creek. Land owners on Cockleshell Creek were JOHN WASHINGTON, WILLIAM HODGSON,ROBERT PAIN,THOMAS PAGE,ALEXANDER FLEMING, --- BROWN, SIMON MILLER JR, WILLIAM GRAY, & WILLIAM MATHEWS. Peumansend, Powmansend or other similar spellings - even Pawamansee- is a large creek that flows into the Rappahannock River a little over two (2) miles below Port Royal. On this creek near the place known as Pin Hook is a mill known as TALIAFERRO'S MILL. Today this creek is generally called Mill Creek. With this creek were associated the names of FRANCIS TALIAFERRO, WARRICK CAMMACK, JOHN MEADER & SIMON MILLER. Golden Vale has held its name consistently from the beginning of white man's habitation. It flows into the south side of Rappahannock about a mile above the town of Port Royal. At the mouth of this creek, on the river, the REV. WILLIAM WHITE, an early preacher has a patent. Other early settlers on or near were THOMAS BUTTON, WILLIAM WHITE, JOHN GILLETT, COL JOHN CATLETT, RICHARD LONG, ANDREW HARRISON, SAMUEL PROSSER, THOMAS HILLIARD, WILLIAM SMITH, RICHARD BUCKNER, JOHN BUCKNER, MR. STANARD,& JOHN PATTISON. Usensen is the old name of a creek located at latitude 38 degrees 12' & longitude 77 degrees 14', it being the most easterly of several creeks on the south side of the river that flow north into the river on the reach of the river where it is flowing almost east & west & over against the CLEVE farm. Moon Creek now called Mount Creek was named after ABRAHAM MOON.