I have an ancestor who was bonded to a Huddle family in the Strasburg-Woodstock area in 1802 when 7 years old. Question: Does anyone know if the Poor District authorities maintained any record of bonded kids, like what happened to them? I do have the record from the Poor District 1 specifying the bonding. My 2ggfather was George Oglevie and he was evidently bonded to George Huddle to learn farming. He married a girl from the same area, Cathrine Nichiser, 27 Sep 1821. There is no other info in the marriage records. The Poor District 1 record says his dad was Robert. I'm looking for more about the parents of George Oglevie. Thanks for any info. Clark

From Stickley Obit books Shenandoah Co VA. ELLIS, Bessie Ellen, b. 3-31-1886 [age 61] Strasburg, VA d. 8-19-47; husband William Henry Ellis srv; par. James and Alma Bowman Machir; child William Machir Ellis and Ellen Emmart, Mrs Marvin Loving of Strasburg, James B. & Henry C. Ellis of DC, Mrs TW Belt of Ok brother AC Machir of Front Royal She was buried at Riverview. Ellis, William Henry age 69 Stbg,d 5-7-53; wife Bessie Machir d. 8-19-47; parents Charles W. and Effie Noon Ellis;child. W Machir Ellis of DC,Mrs Brisco[Ellen] Lichliter, Mrs Marvin [Mary] Loving, & Robert Ellis of Stbg. James B. Ellis [TN], Henry Ellis of DC, Jean Belt of Fla, bro & sis Miss Minnie Ellis, & Bickel Ellis of Stbg,May Lou Benner of DC, AL Ellis of Harrisonburg. He was buried in Riverview.

Hello all, Just wanted take the opportunity to forward this URL to you. If you don't have any type of virus protection or a personal firewall (if you have a high speed connection), you should resolve that problem very soon. The following link will give you every reason you need to protect your personal computer. http://www.ajc.com/business/content/business/0104/28worm.html This is a genealogy-related list, yes, but if your computer doesn't work because of a virus, you aren't going to be doing much genealogy. I think messages regarding PC security and genealogy- related software are appropriate for this list. After all, we're sharing our resources, right. Also, if anyone is interested in a display space at Shenandoah County Heritage Day, April 10, in Edinburg, please let me know. thanks, Don Don Silvius Co-coordinator Shenandoah County, Virginia GenWeb Project <http://www.rootsweb.com/~vashenan/vashenan.html> The 2nd annual Shenandoah County Heritage Day is Saturday April 10, 2004, at the Edinburg Fire Hall, Edinburg, VA, 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

-----Original Message----- From: Kay Haupt [mailto:skipkay1@duo-county.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 3:54 PM To: alley@tampabay.rr.com Subject: Machir/Ellis Hi Alley, I am looking fro any informatition on the Machirs and Ellis , in the strasburg area .i have WILLIAM HERNY ELLIS AND HIS WIFE BESSIE ELLEN MACHIR BUT AM STUMPED ON THE REST OF THE FAMILY .If anyone is reseaching these line and they link to me i would apperciate any help. thank you Alma Ellis Haupr

----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Miller" <hlm@qtm.net> To: <diane.kittle@voyager.net> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 7:41 AM Subject: Re: [VASHENAN] Henry Henry ??? Assistance Please > This is just a guess on my part....is the Fork District where the North > Branch of the Shenandoah River flows into the South Branch of Shenandoah > River? This is near Front Royal - which is still Warren Co Today......I > would think it is right there at Front Royal or a bit to the NW.....Karo is > on the South Branch of Shenandoah River just to the SW of Front Royal....so > they are in the same area. If that is what is meant by the Fork District, > since I never lived in the area I am just making a guess. > > all of this is in present Warren Co > > Mary > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Diane Kittle" <diane.kittle@voyager.net> > To: "'Mary Miller'" <hlm@qtm.net> > Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 11:10 PM > Subject: RE: [VASHENAN] Henry Henry ??? Assistance Please > > > > Wow, 12 Souls. Someone must have been awful busy. It makes me tired just > > to think about what making dinner in that household would have been like > but > > hopefully it was bustling with cheerful voices. Thank you so very much. > I > > appreciate the information. Are you at all familiar with the area? I > would > > like to find out how far the fork area is from the area that is now upper > > Warren. Do you know if the fork area still in Shenandoah? Once again, > > thank you. I was beginning to wonder why no one was responding. > > Diane > >

Shenandoah County Historical Society 514 Stony Creek Blvd, Edinburg, VA 22824 Lena

Hello There WAGNER! I have Wagner's in my family....matter of fact, my grandmother was a Wagner; born in Indiana. Any Wagners there? Bonnie in California ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alley" <alley@tampabay.rr.com> To: <VASHENAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 12:38 PM Subject: [VASHENAN] FW: Request for an aAddresse > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Fred Wagner [mailto:fwagner@tricon.net] > Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 2:44 PM > To: alley@tampabay.rr.com > Subject: Request for an aAddresse > > > Hi Alley, > > I would like the addressee of the Shenandoah County Historical Society, if > you have it. > > Thanks, > > Fred Wagner > Blountville, TN > > > > > ==== VASHENAN Mailing List ==== > Shenandoah Co VAGenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vashenan/vashenan.html > >

Can someone help Alma? -----Original Message----- From: Kay Haupt [mailto:skipkay1@duo-county.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 3:54 PM To: alley@tampabay.rr.com Subject: Machir/Ellis Hi Alley, I am looking fro any informatition on the Machirs and Ellis , in the strasburg area .i have WILLIAM HERNY ELLIS AND HIS WIFE BESSIE ELLEN MACHIR BUT AM STUMPED ON THE REST OF THE FAMILY .If anyone is reseaching these line and they link to me i would apperciate any help. thank you Alma Ellis Haupr

----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane Kittle" <diane.kittle@voyager.net> To: <VASHENAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 4:41 PM Subject: [VASHENAN] Henry Henry ??? Assistance Please > Does anyone know if there was a Henry Henry or Henry B. Henry in mid to late > 1700's tax list for Shenandoah Co.? I'm guessing he would have been born in > the 1750 - 1780 time frame. He is enumerated close to other Henry's that > moved to Ohio from Shenandoah but I've never heard of him. Any ideas? This is earlier and you may have it, but might be part of your family. Head of Household for Shenandoah Co Va 1785 4. List of Thomas Allen consists of families in the Fork District of Warren County. name of Head of Family white souls dwellings other buildings Hery, Aaron 12 1 (thought this might be Henry mis-spelled) 14. List of John Hutchinson seems to have been taken in that part of the county that is now upper Warren. Proably Hutchinson and Netherton covered that section in which are now found the towns and villages of Overall, Browntown, Bentonville, Limeton, Karo, Glen Echo, and Gooney Manor. Henry, Moses 4 1 1 Hope that is some help to you. Mary

Does anyone know if there was a Henry Henry or Henry B. Henry in mid to late 1700's tax list for Shenandoah Co.? I'm guessing he would have been born in the 1750 - 1780 time frame. He is enumerated close to other Henry's that moved to Ohio from Shenandoah but I've never heard of him. Any ideas?

-----Original Message----- From: Fred Wagner [mailto:fwagner@tricon.net] Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 2:44 PM To: alley@tampabay.rr.com Subject: Request for an aAddresse Hi Alley, I would like the addressee of the Shenandoah County Historical Society, if you have it. Thanks, Fred Wagner Blountville, TN

Since Virginia did not require birth and death records from 1896 - 1912, one of the easiest ways to locate a family around the turn of the century is the census. It's time-consuming but you have to check each family with your surname and see which ones have children that match your children's names and ages. Bev ========Original Message======== Subj: [VASHENAN] Suggestions for begining researchers Date: 1/25/2004 6:13:19 PM Eastern Standard Time From: pangeaao@hotmail.com Reply-to: VASHENAN-L@rootsweb.com To: VASHENAN-L@rootsweb.com Sent from the Internet (Details) Listers, I am forwarding the below reply to a fellow lister on to my lists. I believe that it is appropriate, as I have seen several similar questions from begining researchers and hope that the suggestions will benefit many new listers. I also can not emphasize enough: Please include as much info in your postings as possible. We are researching a spectrum of times and locations in history. It is essential to include, in addition to names, locations (state, county, town, etc.) and dates to the best of your knowledge (at least century, early, mid, late century is better, and decades are ever better). Good luck to all in your research. Chris I have been tracing my Robinson line for just over a year now and believe I have established connections back to Christopher of Hewick in the 1600s. This Robinson line (of Scotish descent) came over from Northern England. They settled in VA and most appear to have remained in this area until the late 1700's, early 1800's. There is a history that reports that two brothers to my, gggg-father, John T. Robinson, moved to TN abt. 1800. Also find other Robinsons that made their way to TN, KY, and probably NC area. Sorry, I can not be of more help, but keep up the search and if you can get back a generation or two, you might be able to connect to another line. That was my break. Keep posting, make sure to include locations (state, county, town, etc.) and dates to the best of your knowledge. There are alot of free records at the public library, indexed in ways that you couldn't even imagine. (Birth records indexed by both child,s name and mother's maiden name, etc.) Also, LDS (Later Day Saints) may be a good source if you have one locally. They sould have alot of local records and can order most other records (census, birth, death, marriage, property, etc.) in their circulation. Every state has different records, but in my experience most states were listing birth places of parents (at least state) on children's birth certificates by the 1900s. If you can obtain a birth certificate of one of Annie Lee's children, either, probably on microfilm at the library for the early 1900s, or from the state (probably only cost a couple of dollars), I think you would be on your way to locating the birth place of your Annie Lee. Hopefully, you will also get a county of birth for her, as you may find that her birth record in the 1800s is on file with the county rather than state. Also can check marriage records on file with the county. Again, don't know about NC records, so you might get more help from someone that has worked with these. Check out www.lds.org for access to 1880 census online, also limited marriage records, etc. Also, check out www.genweb.com and links to states and counties for look ups and fellow researchers. Hope this helps. Get in touch if you need anything else. Good luck, Chris P.S. Hope you don't mind if I forward these suggestions on to my lists in case they can be of help to others. _________________________________________________________________ Find high-speed ‘net deals — comparison-shop your local providers here. https://broadband.msn.com ==== VASHENAN Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe, send a msg. to VASHENAN-L-request@rootsweb.com or VASHENAN-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word unsubscribe.

Listers, I am forwarding the below reply to a fellow lister on to my lists. I believe that it is appropriate, as I have seen several similar questions from begining researchers and hope that the suggestions will benefit many new listers. I also can not emphasize enough: Please include as much info in your postings as possible. We are researching a spectrum of times and locations in history. It is essential to include, in addition to names, locations (state, county, town, etc.) and dates to the best of your knowledge (at least century, early, mid, late century is better, and decades are ever better). Good luck to all in your research. Chris I have been tracing my Robinson line for just over a year now and believe I have established connections back to Christopher of Hewick in the 1600s. This Robinson line (of Scotish descent) came over from Northern England. They settled in VA and most appear to have remained in this area until the late 1700's, early 1800's. There is a history that reports that two brothers to my, gggg-father, John T. Robinson, moved to TN abt. 1800. Also find other Robinsons that made their way to TN, KY, and probably NC area. Sorry, I can not be of more help, but keep up the search and if you can get back a generation or two, you might be able to connect to another line. That was my break. Keep posting, make sure to include locations (state, county, town, etc.) and dates to the best of your knowledge. There are alot of free records at the public library, indexed in ways that you couldn't even imagine. (Birth records indexed by both child,s name and mother's maiden name, etc.) Also, LDS (Later Day Saints) may be a good source if you have one locally. They sould have alot of local records and can order most other records (census, birth, death, marriage, property, etc.) in their circulation. Every state has different records, but in my experience most states were listing birth places of parents (at least state) on children's birth certificates by the 1900s. If you can obtain a birth certificate of one of Annie Lee's children, either, probably on microfilm at the library for the early 1900s, or from the state (probably only cost a couple of dollars), I think you would be on your way to locating the birth place of your Annie Lee. Hopefully, you will also get a county of birth for her, as you may find that her birth record in the 1800s is on file with the county rather than state. Also can check marriage records on file with the county. Again, don't know about NC records, so you might get more help from someone that has worked with these. Check out www.lds.org for access to 1880 census online, also limited marriage records, etc. Also, check out www.genweb.com and links to states and counties for look ups and fellow researchers. Hope this helps. Get in touch if you need anything else. Good luck, Chris P.S. Hope you don't mind if I forward these suggestions on to my lists in case they can be of help to others. _________________________________________________________________ Find high-speed ‘net deals — comparison-shop your local providers here. https://broadband.msn.com

I'm searching for the family of Elizabeth WEAVER, b. 1776 PA, who married Nathan THOMPSON in 1794 in Jefferson Co. TN. The WEAVER family moved from PA to VA to Jefferson Co. TN. Elizabeth and Nathan made their home in Hawkins Co. TN before moving to Alabama ca. 1818. This is Elizabeth's obit: Book: Marriages and Obituaries from the New Orleans Christian Advocate, 1851-1860, with Complete Index Volume I, compiled by E. M. and Emma L. Tipton, 1980, page 195.   No. 16. 18 May 1859, Page 2, Col. 3 - Deaths:   Mrs. ELIZABETH THOMPSON died 25 April 1859 at the residence of Mr. T. MUSGROVE in Fayette County, AL. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. WEAVER; was born near Philadelphia, PA, 27 Sep 1776; emigrated to VA., thence to Jefferson County, Tenn, where she married, at age 20, Mr. NATHAN THOMPSON, who died about 18 years ago. They moved to Hawkins County, and after several years to Fayette County where she has resided for forty years. She leaves a large number of children, grandchildren and great grandchildren."   (This was followed by a sentence that said: Nashville Advocate, please copy. D.S.M.)   Advocates are Methodist newspapers. Monya Fayette Co. AL list manager ASTON surname list manager MUSGROVE surname list manager THOMPSON surname list manager Researching: ANDERSON, ANDERSEN (Norway), ASTON, BISHOP, DODSON, FYLLINGSNES (Norway), GRANT, HARRIS, HOWELL, LESLIE, McDONALD, MILLIGAN, MORTON, MUSGROVE, OWEN, SOUTH, THOMPSON and WEBSTER

Does "white tithables" mean - white males over 16 or all males in the household?

About 1806 Enoch Henry (b. 1780) went from Shenandoah Co. to Fairfield Co., OH where he operated a distillery on John Decker's farm. John died in Fairfield in 1837 but his children continued to run the place and his widow lived with them until she died in 1861 or 1862. John went to Fairfield from Shenandoah in 1805. It seems John's descendants tend to be residing wherever Enoch and his descendants live. I wonder if there is a connection of any sort between the Henry and Decker families. Has anyone researched the Decker family? I would be interested in where John came from. Does anyone know this? Any information about the Decker's would be appreciated. Does anyone know if the Moses Henry (possibly of Lancaster Co., PA and John Decker of Virginia that were at Post Vincennes (now Indiana) in the mid 1700's were related? This Moses Henry also sold some land in what is now Knox Co., IN to a Luke Decker. Any suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks.

Wow Phyllis, Excellent direction. I had a great time checking out lots of folks in the area. Thank you soooooo very much. I appreciate the assistance. -----Original Message----- From: PSpiker27@aol.com [mailto:PSpiker27@aol.com] Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 2:16 AM To: VASHENAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [VASHENAN] Moses & Elizabeth Henry Moses Henry Google LVA. Select The Library of Virginia. What we have. Land records. Virginia Land Office Patents and Grants/Northern Neck Grants and Surveys Enter Henry Moses in to the search window; click GO. When the list of hits shows go to the next page and see the answer to your question!! Click the square in front of the name. Click "Selected" to see the digitized land office card. At the top there is a link to the image of the grant and another to the survey. First slick the grant link. On the new window click "Click Here". On the next window click on the "document" and be patient! You will get the beginning of the grant. To print this page click your browser's print icon. Click options on the printer window and select "fit to page". After it prints. Hit the Go Back icon (<) the browser and you will be taken back to the "document" screen. Click the link to the next page on the top right of the list of pages. The next page will load. Print this page. Read careful what is written. The process was: 1. Warrant - right to the named quantity of land. 2. Entry - an order to a surveyor to survey a specific area of land (this amount was based on a warrant and could be the whole amount or a parcel from it. Many warrantees sold their warrant rights in various size tracts. When this was done it was called an assignment. The assignee was the new owner of the right to the named quantify of land. This happened at every step of the process until the survey had been sent to the Land Office for the grant to be written.( Before the grant is returned I have seen county court minutes where the Grantee had agreed to transfer title of the newly granted land to him to another when the grant is returned to the county. In this case the grantee has moving from the county to another state. 3. Survey by the surveyor of the "local" area. Survey was sent to the land office or Proprietors Office to have the land grant issued by the governors office. 4. The land grant (or patent) is written and returned to the surveyor's office to be delivered or picked up by the new grantee. Elijah Roye did not grant the 100a of land but for some consideration transferred the right of 100a on this named Treasury Warrant No. 765 ( probably Elijah Roye's) to Moses Henry. While a transfer is a transfer! The kind of transfer has its specific "name" and relates exactly to a step as defined by legislative acts. The paperwork follows and allows us to know exactly who had what rights, how & when. Your guy paid something to Elijah Roye for the right to the 100a. This grant language does not tell who had the right to make the entry or request the survey. Entries had recording fees and surveys were not free. Do back to the digitized card screen and click on the survey image and see what other information it relates. Watch the dates as this may indicate when your guy was in the area at that time. Read the survey carefully. The language is very clear and means just what it says! The warrant was for 650A to Elijah Roye who had selected the area for this 100a to be entered and surveyed. He assigned the survey to your guy. The assignment paper may indicate that Elijah did not live near or could not easily get to the surveyors office where his warrant was being held. If he had sent the warrant at that particular time, he would most likely written the assignment on the back of his warrant. This assignment note does not appear to be the back of a warrant. Warrants were more square like documents. NOTE: 3 men signed the original assignment note which appears to be transcribed. You are looking at images of a recording book and not original documents. The original survey and the assignment note may be in possession of LVA in Virginia Land Office Plats & Certificates. However, the warrant may not have been returned until the last survey from this warrant was sent to the land office. One needs to know to whom the last allowable acreage was granted to find the warrant. These documents are filed by alpha & year. In this case H 1797 From the website: "All of the documents that accompanied the patents, including warrants and surveys, were annually destroyed prior to 1779. Some counties (created both before and after 1779) have survey books among their records." Great website! Enjoy it! Phyllis Vannoy Spiker ==== VASHENAN Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe, send a msg. to VASHENAN-L-request@rootsweb.com or VASHENAN-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word unsubscribe.

Sooooooooooo Sorry you are having the celebration so early. Someday, maybe I'll make it. Is it always in the Spring, April??????? We are planning to come that way this June. But, another day. Bonnie Huser ----- Original Message ----- From: <dsilvius@tlcdelivers.com> To: <VASHENAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 6:24 AM Subject: [VASHENAN] Shenandoah County Heritage Day, 2004 > Hello all, > > It is a balmy 12 degrees in the northern Shenandoah Valley today! > > So those of us who live here in the Valley are thinking of Spring > either consciously or subconsciously. > > With thoughts of the coming Spring, a reminder that on Saturday, > April 10, from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m., in Edinburg, VA, we will be > holding the Second Annual Shenandoah County Heritage Day. > > Last year's event was a great success and we hope to make this > years Heritage Day en even bigger event. We will feature the Fort > Valley area this year, with photos of schools and students of years > past and cemetery lists on display for your research purposes. > > There may also be a few other surprises that will be announced as > the date gets closer. > > Once we get a solid list of exhibitors booked, the information will > be posted on the Shenandoah County GenWeb site and, of course, > you will also get it right here on the list. > > If anyone is interested in displaying their information, please > contact me at <dsilvius1@earthlink.net> for details. This is also > an opportunity to thank those who helped make this second annual > event possible - and you see their names here often - Lena Fuller, > Linda Varney, Jan & Sonny Hood, Jim Artz, and the archivist at the > Shenandoah County Library, Jean Martin. > > Hope to see you all on April 10 in Edinburg. > > Don > > > Don Silvius > Co-coordinator > Shenandoah County, Virginia GenWeb Project > <http://www.rootsweb.com/~vashenan/vashenan.html> > > The 2nd annual Shenandoah County Heritage Day > is Saturday April 10, 2004, at the Edinburg Fire > Hall, Edinburg, VA, 11:00 am - 4:00 pm > > > ==== VASHENAN Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe, send a msg. to VASHENAN-L-request@rootsweb.com or VASHENAN-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word unsubscribe. > >

Hello all, It is a balmy 12 degrees in the northern Shenandoah Valley today! So those of us who live here in the Valley are thinking of Spring either consciously or subconsciously. With thoughts of the coming Spring, a reminder that on Saturday, April 10, from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m., in Edinburg, VA, we will be holding the Second Annual Shenandoah County Heritage Day. Last year's event was a great success and we hope to make this years Heritage Day en even bigger event. We will feature the Fort Valley area this year, with photos of schools and students of years past and cemetery lists on display for your research purposes. There may also be a few other surprises that will be announced as the date gets closer. Once we get a solid list of exhibitors booked, the information will be posted on the Shenandoah County GenWeb site and, of course, you will also get it right here on the list. If anyone is interested in displaying their information, please contact me at <dsilvius1@earthlink.net> for details. This is also an opportunity to thank those who helped make this second annual event possible - and you see their names here often - Lena Fuller, Linda Varney, Jan & Sonny Hood, Jim Artz, and the archivist at the Shenandoah County Library, Jean Martin. Hope to see you all on April 10 in Edinburg. Don Don Silvius Co-coordinator Shenandoah County, Virginia GenWeb Project <http://www.rootsweb.com/~vashenan/vashenan.html> The 2nd annual Shenandoah County Heritage Day is Saturday April 10, 2004, at the Edinburg Fire Hall, Edinburg, VA, 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Phyllis - Thanks for taking the time to explain all of this - it's extremely informative and I'm printing it to keep with my reference materials. Bev ========Original Message======== Subj: Re: [VASHENAN] Moses & Elizabeth Henry Date: 1/16/2004 2:17:22 AM Eastern Standard Time From: PSpiker27@aol.com Reply-to: VASHENAN-L@rootsweb.com To: VASHENAN-L@rootsweb.com Sent from the Internet (Details) Moses Henry Google LVA. Select The Library of Virginia. What we have. Land records. Virginia Land Office Patents and Grants/Northern Neck Grants and Surveys Enter Henry Moses in to the search window; click GO. When the list of hits shows go to the next page and see the answer to your question!! Click the square in front of the name. Click "Selected" to see the digitized land office card. At the top there is a link to the image of the grant and another to the survey. First slick the grant link. On the new window click "Click Here". On the next window click on the "document" and be patient! You will get the beginning of the grant. To print this page click your browser's print icon. Click options on the printer window and select "fit to page". After it prints. Hit the Go Back icon (<) the browser and you will be taken back to the "document" screen. Click the link to the next page on the top right of the list of pages. The next page will load. Print this page. Read careful what is written. The process was: 1. Warrant - right to the named quantity of land. 2. Entry - an order to a surveyor to survey a specific area of land (this amount was based on a warrant and could be the whole amount or a parcel from it. Many warrantees sold their warrant rights in various size tracts. When this was done it was called an assignment. The assignee was the new owner of the right to the named quantify of land. This happened at every step of the process until the survey had been sent to the Land Office for the grant to be written.( Before the grant is returned I have seen county court minutes where the Grantee had agreed to transfer title of the newly granted land to him to another when the grant is returned to the county. In this case the grantee has moving from the county to another state. 3. Survey by the surveyor of the "local" area. Survey was sent to the land office or Proprietors Office to have the land grant issued by the governors office. 4. The land grant (or patent) is written and returned to the surveyor's office to be delivered or picked up by the new grantee. Elijah Roye did not grant the 100a of land but for some consideration transferred the right of 100a on this named Treasury Warrant No. 765 ( probably Elijah Roye's) to Moses Henry. While a transfer is a transfer! The kind of transfer has its specific "name" and relates exactly to a step as defined by legislative acts. The paperwork follows and allows us to know exactly who had what rights, how & when. Your guy paid something to Elijah Roye for the right to the 100a. This grant language does not tell who had the right to make the entry or request the survey. Entries had recording fees and surveys were not free. Do back to the digitized card screen and click on the survey image and see what other information it relates. Watch the dates as this may indicate when your guy was in the area at that time. Read the survey carefully. The language is very clear and means just what it says! The warrant was for 650A to Elijah Roye who had selected the area for this 100a to be entered and surveyed. He assigned the survey to your guy. The assignment paper may indicate that Elijah did not live near or could not easily get to the surveyors office where his warrant was being held. If he had sent the warrant at that particular time, he would most likely written the assignment on the back of his warrant. This assignment note does not appear to be the back of a warrant. Warrants were more square like documents. NOTE: 3 men signed the original assignment note which appears to be transcribed. You are looking at images of a recording book and not original documents. The original survey and the assignment note may be in possession of LVA in Virginia Land Office Plats & Certificates. However, the warrant may not have been returned until the last survey from this warrant was sent to the land office. One needs to know to whom the last allowable acreage was granted to find the warrant. These documents are filed by alpha & year. In this case H 1797 From the website: "All of the documents that accompanied the patents, including warrants and surveys, were annually destroyed prior to 1779. Some counties (created both before and after 1779) have survey books among their records." Great website! Enjoy it! Phyllis Vannoy Spiker ==== VASHENAN Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe, send a msg. to VASHENAN-L-request@rootsweb.com or VASHENAN-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word unsubscribe.