Good Morning!!! Been working and have found a Jacob Sneed grant: Sept. 10, 1755, both sides of Ivy Creek South branch of Rivanna in Albem. Co. Is this in the same area as William Via 200 acres?? William -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Monday, January 20, 2003 10:31 AM Subject: Re: [VIA-L] Sneed Via >In a message dated 1/20/2003 6:30:32 AM Pacific Standard Time, >[email protected] writes: > > >> Since William Sneed Via's mother was a Smith, then perhaps his one of his >> grandmothers was a Sneed. His grandfather William Via was married to a >> Sarah (I have no last name for her-do you?). > >William, >No, I have never found anything that gives us Sarah's last name. > >As to Sarah's death date I don't know that either. The land left to her two >sons was sold by them - Micajah's deed in 1799 and William's deed in 1801. > >Land tax records indicate - Sarah Via from 1782 through 1801 in Albemarle >Co., Virginia Land Tax records as paying tax on 200 acres of land. > >What this seems to represent to me is that Micajah was of age by 1799 and >William by 1801. > >Judy > >