Is this certificate the same as a land warrant? ----- Original Message ----- From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: <VAWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 5:11 PM Subject: [VAWASHIN] Commissioners Certificates > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: wmwillis2 > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.washington/4154/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > In Virginia commissioners certificates were issued in Washington County to > claim land settled prior to 1778. Basically all that was required was > that you had to have settled the property prior to 1778. Most records for > such certificates, such as surveyors records using a commissioner's > certificate include an explicit date of settlement. However, a > certificate could be assigned to third party. > > If a commissioners certificate were assigned, is it possible that the > specific parcel referred to in a record was NOT the one the assigner > actually settled? That is, might he have settled some other property, > gained a certificate, but then instead of recording that settlement, > assigned the certificate to someone else, and that person used the > certificate as the basis for securing rights to a totally difference > parcel? > > Ultimately, the question is of interest because I'm trying to determine > who was the original settler on a number of parcels in Washington Co. I > presume its the person who earned the certificate in the first place, but > possibly not for the reasons suggested above. > > Thanks > > 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. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAWASHIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >