Do any of you have copies of old wills or deeds that mention Gravelley Run, a creek that runs into the Rappahannock River, about 3-4 miles from the falls at Falmouth? Falmouth is across the river from Fredericksburg. The developer is being very co-operative, and has even hired back the research consultants they had at the beginning, to find more deeds. We now know the shape of the property, but still need better info to pinpoint the Reveley cemetery. The paragraphs below are from: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~linnie/humtyl.htm ****** A deed dated September 6, 1753, from William Patteshall to William Hume and Frances, his wife, all of King George Co., states that "William Patteshall late of the said county of King George, dec'd, did by his last will and testament give a legacy of 150 (pounds) current money to his daughter, Frances, the said William Hume by intermarrying with the said Frances is entitled to the said legacy which said will bearing date of the 27th day of Dec., 1726, as by the same recorded in King George Co. Court may more fully and at large appear and the said William Patteshall party to these presents is liable for the payment of the said legacy . . . the said William Patteshall . . . hath sold unto the said William Hume and Frances, his wife . . . The said William Patteshall for and in consideration of the sum of 150 current money to him in hand paid by the said William Hume . . . . hath sold unto the said William Hume and Frances, his wife . . . all tract or parcell of land . . . and being in the county of King George containing 300 acres." The land is described as "beginning at an ash tree on Gravelly Run and extending down the several courses thereof to Mr. Innes line . . . to Waugh;s line . . being the tract of land whereon the said William Hume now lives . . .," (King George Co. Deeds 4, p. 59) In the Virginia Herald of October 8, 1803, we find the following advertisement: "In pursuance of the last will and testament of Mrs. Frances Hume, dec'd, will be sold to the highest bidder for ready money, on Wednesday, the 14th of December, next, at the plantation where she resided, situated about 3 miles above the town of Falmouth, all the personal estate of the said Hume, to-wit: -12 likely negroes, 1 horse . . . Also on the same day will be offered at public sale the tract of land where the said Frances Hume lately lived, reputed to contain about 300 acres . . . Robert H. Hooe, Exec." She is named in the tax lists of Stafford County from 1787 to 1836. These returns indicate that Robert Howson Hooe paid her land taxes from 1787 to 1836, being listed throughout the years as "Robert Hooe, for Frances Hume, 300 acres." After 1803 her land is listed as "Frances Hume estate." In 1836 it carried the notation, "Part of this land sold," and from then on Robert Hooe pays the taxes as though the land were his own. Other notations on the tax returns throughout the years say that "land lied 12 miles southwest of Stafford Courthouse; land lies 3 1/2 miles above Falmouth," etc. The notations on the tax lists and the above advertisement show her land to be the land which she received from William Pattishall, wherein the land is described as "about 4 miles above the Falls of the Rappahannock." HELP!!!!!! Sarah

These are the people that owned Woodend before the Reveleys: Enoch Innes owned 300 acres, then sold to James Trelkelt, who sold 1/2 to Edward Moore. Moore sold it to William Reveley around 1770, I think. Do any of these names sound familiar? Thanks, Sarah Reveley Searching for the family burying ground