Good Evening Group!! The description of this land sounds like the parcel that Daniel Maupin sold to William Via. If so, it is located north of Charlottesville on the north side of the river I have walked almost all of this property, hills, timber, and now a dam, not much farm land. If it is the same Daniel Maupin got it in a trade for land he owned in Louisa which was part of Gabriel Maupin's original 250 acre headright land of 1705. William ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jlmaupin@aol.com> To: <VIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2006 4:10 PM Subject: [VIA-L] William's land > > In a message dated 2/11/2006 9:21:04 AM Pacific Standard Time, > bviers@msn.com writes: > > Would this piece of land maybe go back to Amor. Would "Grandfather' > William' will describe the land in more detail? Was this land willed to > William by > Amor? > Nice to see so much activity. > > > > Hi Buddy, > It is nice to some more activity in our group. > > IF our assumption is correct that William Via Sr. who died about 1783 in > Albemarle County, Virginia was the son of Amor, I can give you a little > information about William's land. > > In June 1773 William Via Sr. and William Via Jr. of the parish of > Fredricksville and county of Albemarle sold two tracts of land. One piece > was 75 acres > the other 26 acres. The description is as follows: Situate lying and & > being in the parish & County Aforesaid on the South Side of the South > Branch of > the North fork of James River at and above the mouth of Ivy Creek. This > land > was sold to Charles Goodman. (Charles Goodman married Elizabeth Horsley, > daughter of Roland Horsley). > > In October 1760, Daniel Mumpin (Maupin) sold 300 acres of land to William > Via. A brief description of the land is: Situate lying on both Sides of > the > South side of the south branch of the North fork of James River. > > On the same day in October 1760, William Via sold 100 acres of land to > John > Lankester. Described as: Situate lying & being in parish aforsd & County > of > Louisa on the Northside of the south fork of the North fork of James > River > > As a side note.....the parentage of David Via of Louisa and Augusta > counties > has not been proven. So something to think about. David wrote a will in > July 1766. In his will he mentions John Lankaster. "one bond Due from > John > Lancaster which I allow to Pay my Debts " > > Prior to 1760, I do not have any information on land that William may have > owned other than references to his land being processioned in Louisa and > Hanover counties. Land was processioned in 1752 in Louisa, and prior to > that in > Hanover county. The Hanover County land is what appears to have been the > land > of Amor. > > Although we know at one point Amor's land was 50 acres, no one that I know > of has every seen a legal description of it. Amor could have acquired > more > land although that seems unlikely as in 1704 he paid quit rent tax on 50 > acres > of land. > > Judy > >