Just throwing this out. Does anyone have the list of children for Samuel Kithcart listed in Bob's response? Still looking for the parents of my Mary Keaphart m. John Caylor. Mary is one of my brickwalls. Could Kithcart be a form of Keaphart or vise versa. Corinne ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 11:16 PM Subject: Re: [VAWASHIN] Re: Ebing Springs > Survey dated 29 Aug 1781 made for Adam MORROW for 400 acres -- > Commissioners > Certificate ... located between the Middle Fork & South Fork of the > Holston > River ... beginning at the head of a spring, a corner to Samuel KITHCART’s > land ... in a valley ... on Samuel ROBINSON’s land ... on BOWLES’ line > ... > Adam MORROW, assignee of Joseph POSEY, assignee of John KELLEY, assignee > of > Robert KICKHAM ... 400 acres ... on the waters of the South Fork of the > Holston > River, including improvements ... actual settlement made in 1773. [WC > Survey > Book 1:228]. > > Adam MORROW was granted a Land Grant on the same 400 acres above on 12 > Jul > 1785. [Source: VA Land Grant Book Q:354-355]. Note that one mete and > bound > in the Land Grant is incorrect, (S15E 32 poles) should be corrected to > (N15E > 32 poles). The correction can be verified by the surveys for three of > Adam’s > neighbor’s Land Grants. (The length of a pole is 16.5 feet). > > Adam MORROW’s adjoining neighbors that also had Land Grants were: > Samuel KITHCART on the northwest, > Thomas EDMUNDSON Jr. on the southwest, > David & Samuel ROBINSON on the south, > John BOLWES on the southeast, > Samuel ROBINSON on the south > Abraham LEFAVER on the northeast > > Go to: > > http://lvaimage.lib.va.us/LONN/LO.html > > to download, print and/or view copies of the two pages for Adam’s 400 > acre > Land Grant. Skip past the list of Patent volumes to get to the list of > Land > Grant volumes (some of the Patent books have the same page #’s as the > Land > Grant books). > > David & Samuel ROBINSON’s survey for their 230 acre Land Grant began at 2 > white oaks on the bank of the South Fork of the Holston River. The 2 > white > oaks on the bank of the SFHR were about 2,000 feet southeast of Adam > MORROW’s > southernmost boundary corner. Adam’s tract was about 5,000 feet wide and > 4,500 > feet long at it’s widest points. > > If Adam were to have walked or rode in a straight line to the old 1700's > Ebbing Spring Church, he would have had to walk in a northwest direction > across > the Land Grant tracts of Samuel KITHCART, John KELLEY/KELLY, and Patrick > WATSON. WATSON’s upper tract boundary was on the south side of the > Middle Fork > of the Holston River and across the river from old Ebbing Springs Church’s > original 122 acre survey. > > Which brings up a clarification: the later Ebbing Spring Church building > on > Route 91 (that isn’t Ebbing Spring Church any longer) is not on or near > the > old 122 acre Ebbing Spring Church Congregation tract of the late 1700's. > That > 122 acre tract is about 2 miles farther eastward up the Middle Fork of > the > Holston River. The 122 acres was located on the north side of the MFHR > just > east of Price Hill. When going up the MFHR just before coming to the 122 > acre > tract there is a section of the river that goes straight north. Samuel > EDMISTON/EDMONDSON was granted a narrow 7 acre Land Grant in 1802 along > this > straight stretch (1,617 feet) and then along part of the bend of the > river for > another 891 feet, as it starts to gradually bend in an easterly > direction. The > 122 acre tract probably bordered on the upper part of this bend and > somewhat > beyond. From this boundary area along the river, the 122 acre tract > continued inland in a northwest direction. > > Samuel EDMISTON’s 7 acre tract was long and slim and fit between Col. Wm. > EDMONDSON’s 600 acre Land Grant on the west and a tract belonging to James > TODD > on the east. > > There is a writeup on Col. Wm. EDMONDSON in The Historical Society of > Washington County, VA Publication Series II, No. 16, May 1979, page 14, > where it > discusses the Colonel’s land in the area of Price’s Bridge (which is just > south of Price Hill). Price’s bridge crosses the above north/south > straight > stretch of the MFHR. And the Colonel’s 600 acre tract bordered the > southwestern > boundary line of the 122 acre Ebbing Spring Church tract. > > The first topographic map link that follows shows the Ebbing Spring > Church > building site on Route 91 on the lower right where the "newer" Ebbing > Spring > Church once existed. The old 1700's Ebbing Spring Church 122 acre tract > was > located in the upper right corner east of Price Hill and above the > north/south > straight stretch of the MFHR and on the north side of the Middle Fork as > it > bends eastward. > > http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=36.7526&lon=-81.7654 > > The second topographic map link now shows the 122 acre church tract in > the > upper left corner. Look closely at the little short stream (about half > an > inch long on the map) that flows into the MFHR just right of the word > "Middle" > in the upper left corner. There is what looks like a spring that is the > head > waters of that short stream. I would sure like to find out if anyone > knows > if that spring might be Ebbing Spring or just a coincidence. > > Just to the right of center on the map near Routes 608 and 736 is Kelly > Chapel. Adam MORROW’s 400 acre tract was in this area, probably just to > the east > of Kelly Chapel. > > http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=36.7526&lon=-81.7283 > > Kelley’s Chapel -- "In 1772 a Presbyterian church was founded at Ebbing > Springs ... In 1792, this church was moved to Old Glade Springs, and the > Presbyterians, who had previously worshiped at Ebbing Springs Church > moved their > membership to Old Glade, and the Methodists worshiped in the different > homes of > the community. These meetings were called "class meetings," and were > held > once a month on Wednesday nights ... Later, the services were held in an > old log > school house, which stood in the corner of the cemetery. In 1857, May 12, > subscriptions for a meeting house near Kelly’s School House, were taken > ... > August 28. 1857, Andrew McKEE and wife, Mary Jane deeded the land for the > Kelly > ’s Chapel Church ... James E. KELLY gave the land where the cemetery is > now > ..." [Submitted by: George W. KELLEY, Jr., 35480 Kelly’s Chapel Road, > Glade > Spring, VA 34340 ("Families of Washington County and Bristol, Virginia, > 1776-1996," page 59)]. > > On 10 Mar 1788, Adam MORROW & Isabella his wife sold a tract situated > between the Middle and South Forks of the Holston River - to - Doherty > ALLEN for > 225 pounds. The amount of acreage was not given, but its MORROW’s 400 > acre > tract (or at least part of it). Bounds: Beginning at the head of a > spring, > corner to Samuel KITHCART’s land ... on Samuel ROBINSON’s line ... [WC > Deed Book > 1:78 (and possibly page 79)]. > > It looks like Adam & Isabella MORROW had the 1778 church letter because > they > had or were in the process of moving about 1778 and the letter may have > been > to present to their new church. > > In the 1815 Tax Assessments for WC, George ALLEN was taxed on 180 acres > and > James ALLEN, an adjoining neighbor, was taxed on 150 acres. Because of > their surrounding neighbors, George and James may have owned part of the > 400 > acres Adam MORROW sold to Doherty ALLEN (or at least land close by). > > Gordon ARONHIME had a card with a bit of info on Adam MORROW that you can > view at the Library of VA website at: > > http://lvaimage.lib.va.us/cgi-bin/drawerIII/disk8/CC/AR/003/m0038/?105 > > Bob Ford > > > > ==== VAWASHIN Mailing List ==== > Visit the Washington County Webpage! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vawashin/ > >