This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Deed Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GBC.2ACE/539 Message Board Post: ********************************************************************** Land Record Abstract: John Berry - 1786 - Washington Co VA Certificate in Right of Settlement given by the Commissioners for adjusting the Titles to unpatented land in the District of Washington and Montgomery, and consideration of One Pound Sterling paid by JOHN BERRY into the Treasury of the Commonwealth. Survey 15 June 1782. Land Grant 26 June 1786. JOHN BERRY, 267 acres in Washington Co VA "... on Holstein River on the N. W. side ... black oak on the River Corner to SAMUEL [MONTGOMERY] ... White Oak on MONTGOMERYs line .. white oak Corner with WILLIAM DUFFs and MONTGOMERYs line ... white oak & hickory with BERRY & DUFF corner ... WILLIAM DUFFs line ... a Gum on the Bank of a Spring Branch with WILLIAM DUFFs ... running between two Springs between BERRY & DUFF ... two White Oaks on a Ridge with DUFF ... large White oak on DUFFs Line ... white oak on ADAM KERRs line and with KERRs line ... a Bunch of Lynns on the Bank of the River with ADAM KERR ..." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VA Grants 5, p. 148-150. Transcribed from image(s) http://lvaimage.lib.va.us/LONN/LO-3/071/071_0165.tif http://lvaimage.lib.va.us/LONN/LO-3/071/071_0166.tif http://lvaimage.lib.va.us/LONN/LO-3/071/071_0167.tif Library of VA Digital Collections http://www.lva.lib.va.us LAND OFFICE GRANTS & PATENTS INDEX http://199.111.106.8/LONN/LO.html **********************************************************************