This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GBC.2ACE/1482.1.2.1.1.2 Message Board Post: From "Guardian Bonds Washington County, Virginia, 1780 - 1872," (1984), The Historical Society of WC VA Pub. Series II, No 21: 22 Nov 1815 -- Levi LESTER named guardian of Elizabeth and Isaac Debusk, orphan children of Daniel Debusk, deceased. Bond: $300. Surety: Hugh COLE (page 13). 11 May 1837 -- Moses E. ROBINSON named guardian of Lydia, William, David, Mary and Levi LESTER, orphans of Levi LESTER, Jr., deceased. Bond: $200. Surety: Leonidas LOVE. (page 30). - - - - - - - - - - From "Washington Co. VA Births & Deaths, 1853-1892," (Incomplete), by Deborah Campbell MOORE & Doris Galliher STEPHENS: LESTER, Andrew J. (2 years), 20 July 1859, Scarlet fever. Father: Levi LESTER. (page 39). LESTER, Robert (1 year), 20 Jul 1857, Scarlet fever. Father: Levi LESTER. (page 40). - - - - - - - - - - From "Supplement to Southwest Virginia Tax Assessments, 1815, Grayson, Lee, Scott, Russell, Washington, & Wythe Counties, 1992, by Mary B. Kegley: LESTER, Levi, one farm in the forks of Holston, joining Philip BARRACK and others, 110 acres, having thereon 2 log dwelling houses, 1 log barn, and 4 other log "cabbins," valued at $600. (page 13). [Washington County]. HALFACRE, Fredrick, one farm near the Middle Fork of the Holston [River] on the south of the same, joining the lands of William THOMPSON, Jones PICKLE, and Levi LESTER, containing 172 acres having thereon one dwelling house of logs, one log barn and five other lot "cabbins", valued at $860. (page 5). [Washington County]. SHUGART, Zachariah, one farm in the forks of Houston, joining the lands of Fredrick HALFACRE and Levi LESTER, 400 acres with 2 "cabbins," on the same, valued at $800. (page 24). [Washington County]. From "Southwest Virginia Tax Assessments, 1815, Grayson, Lee, Scott, Russell, Washington, & Wythe Counties, 1991, by Mary B. Kegley: BARROCK, Philip, one farm in the Fork of Holston, joining John COLE and Levi LESTER, 103 acres having thereon four log "cabbins," one log barn, valued at $560. (page 94). [Washington County]. COLE, John, one farm on both sides of the South Fork of the Holston River and on the Blue Spring Road, joining the land of Philip BARACK, Margaret BOWLES, and Joseph COLE, 580 acres having thereon one log dwelling, one log barn, four small "cabbins," valued at $2,900. (page 101). (The Forks of Holston pertain to the area between the Middle Fork and South Forks of the Holston River). - - - - - - - - - - Washington Co., VA Deed Book 1:428 -- 16 Jul 1793 -- Phillip BARRICK and his wife to Levi LESTER, a tract of 110 acres on a branch of the South Fork of the Holston River granted to Abraham LEFAVOUR by Patent dated 02 Dec 1787 [should be 02 Dec 1785], by Bargain & Sale from said LEFAVOUR to said BARRICK of 200 acres. Adjacent: Adam MORROW. Washington Co., VA Deed Book 1:236 -- Abraham LEFEVER (acting Power of Attorney from Abraham LEFEVER, Senior, of Augusta County and father of said Abraham LEFEVER, of Washington County) to Philip BARRICK, 200 acres on a branch of the South Fork of the Holston River, granted by Patent 02 Dec 1785 ... Beginning at a corner of Adam MORROW & said Abraham LEFEVER ... to John BOWLES land. Recorded 15 Nov 1791. Washington Co., VA Survey Book 1:227 -- Abraham LEFEVER, assignee of John Barr ... 200 acres ... by virtue of a State Warrant # 10941 ... on a branch of the south fork of Holston River ... Beginning at a corner to Adam MORROW ... corner to John BOWLES land ... on Robert REAGH's survey, crossing a small branch ... 05 May 1784. VA Land Office Grant Book Z:44-45 -- Abraham LEFAVER, Land Grant for 200 acres on a branch of the South fork of Holstein River adjoining Adam MORROW, granted 02 Dec1785. Location: Washington County. - - - - - - - - - - Levi LESTER's 110 acre tract (part of the above 200 acre Land Grant to Abraham LEFAVER) would have been located in the southeast section of Washington County on the north side of the South Fork of the Holston River east of Kelly's Chapel and probably not too far southwest of McClure Cemetery near the Smyth County line. To view a topographic map of the area where Levi LESTER's land was, go to: http://topozone.com/map.asp?lat=36.75&lon=-81.702 Click on "large" and "update map" to enlarge the map to include Kelly's Chapel on the west and McClure Cemetery just east of the Smyth County line. The 200 acre Abraham LEFAVER Land Grant adjoining neighbors were John BOWLES 1785 Land Grant for 237 acres (on the south), Adam MORROW's 1785 Land Grant for 400 acres (on the west), Henry OAKWOOD's later 1789 Land Grant for 400 acres (on the north), and Robert REAUGH who later assigned his tract to Nathaniel McCLURE who then was granted a 400 acre Land Grant in 1787 (on the northeast). Bob Ford