Now we have a series of rent rolls. Brian Core has the 1776 Fairfax manor roll on CDROM #310. And,I have the 1800 purchacers. Ancestry.com - Scots-Irish in Virginia, Vol. 2 Member Login | Guest Search > Record Type > Scots-Irish in Virginia, Vol. 2 > Search ResultsFebruary 24, 2000 CHRONICLES OF THE Scotch-Irish Settlement IN VIRGINIA EXTRACTED FROM THE ORIGINAL COURT RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY 1745-1800 CIRCUIT COURT RECORDS, SECTION "I." JUDGMENTS. page 55 Simpson vs. Marshall--From Hardy Co--Bill filed 6th August, 1800. Involves title to lands in South Branch Manor belonging to Fairfax. Following are the tenants in the Manor, 15th August, 1793, viz: J. & P. Brenk, 261 acres; J. Lawrence, 124 acres; P. Lynch, 205 acres; W. Heath, 207 acres; I. Higgins, 848 acres; Isaac & Jacob van Meter, 933 acres; Jno. Fisher, 125 acres; James Parsons, 501 acres; G. Harness, Senr., 160 acres; Christian Snider, 190 acres; W. Renick, 718 acres; I. Cunningham, 521 acres; A. Neff, 549 acres; A. Inskep, 510 acres; M. Lear, 216 acres; I. Buzzard, 111 acres; D. Tevebough, 171 acres; T. Parsons, 541 acres; Jacob Fisher, 116 2-3 acres; E. Williams, 228 acres; R. Darling, 241 acres; Conrad Moore, 63 acres; G. Reed, 135 acres; E. Bogirt, 134 acres; A. Fisher, 162 acres; I. McNeel, 653 acres; D. McNeal, 1,617 acres; G. Reneck, 122 acres; T. McCarty, 252 acres; James Obanner, 17 1-2 acres; I. Nevell, 708 acres; I. Bishop, Jr., 135 acres; A. Seymour, 224 acres; D. Wellson (Welton), 579 acres; I. Welton, 86 acres; G. Harness, 25 acres; F. Sellars, 95 acres; Jno. & D. Welton, 200 acres; D. McNeel, 2,593 acres; I. Simpson, 157 acres; T. Peyton, 249 acres; Sickman Owens, 8 acres; Rudolph Shobe, 302 acres; Conrad Carr, 94 acres; C. Hoofman, 230 acres; G. Kellar, 127 acres; M. Harness, 207 acres; I. Renick, 215 acres; M. Hutton, 268 acres; H. Waldock, 192 acres; Jesse Welton, 394 acres; I. Robinson, 397 acres; P. P. Yoakam, 265 acres; I. Yoakam, 119 acres; P. Horse, 50 acres; R. Seymour, 144 acres, P. Higgins, 319 acres; Job. Wilton, 1,002 acres; A. Clark, 121 acres; Jacob Peterson, 150 acres; A. Shobe, 163 acres; R. Porter, 123 acres; M. & R. Hyer, 154 acres; I. Hagbar, 140 acres; I. Pancake, 199 acres; H. Carr, 89 acres; M. Carr, 89 acres; I. Kemble, 142 acres; A. White, 100 acres; Christopher Strader, 214 acres; Jacob Van Meter, 379 acres; G. Sea, 81 acres; A. Simpson, 217 acres; James Shephard, 90 acres; Jno. Parsons, 160 acres. Ancestry.com - Scots-Irish in Virginia, Vol. 2 Member Login | Guest rch ResultsFebruary 24, 2000 CHRONICLES OF THE Scotch-Irish Settlement IN VIRGINIA EXTRACTED FROM THE ORIGINAL COURT RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY 1745-1800 CIRCUIT COURT RECORDS, SECTION "I." JUDGMENTS. page 82 Marshall vs. Hunter--O. S. 43; N. S. 15--Bill filed 22d June, 1799. Fairfax had set aside 800 acres for himself which he contemplated giving to a certain ---- Beal (?), but Beal removed out of Berkeley (Frederick). Fairfax devised it to Denny Martin, who conveyed to James M. and John Marshall and others by deed recorded in General Court. The Commonwealth confirmed to purchasers the lands set apart by Lord Fairfax to his own use. Philip Pendleton and David Hunter are in possession of the tract by a treasury warrant, and the parties leave the controversy to the Court. Copy of survey, 1775, for John Ullam of Berkeley County, of a tract lying something more than one mile and three-fourths from the Potomac and adjoining lands of Thomas Adams. Col. John Carlyle, Michael Shively. Copy of survey 1775, for tract adjoining old patent of John Van Meter on drains of Opecon in Berkeley County formerly surveyed for Robert Beal. Copy of survey 1775, for Morrice Gibbons of Berkeley County. Copy of grant by Fairfax to John Owlent, in 1753. Copy of grant by Fairfax to Cap. Richard Pearis, in 1763. Thomas Rutherford deposes at house of Thomas Flagg, in Charles Town, that from 1752-1763 he was surveyor for Fairfax. Beall returned to England whence he came, and there died. Robert Stephen deposes that after 1768 he was a rent collector for Fairfax. William Rush deposes (1802) that for 30 years he has lived on a tract joining the land in controversy. He is thirty-five years old. Richard Morgan deposes (25th September, 1802) aged 41 years, that he was born within one and one-fourth miles of the land in controversy, and has lived there ever since. His father was Jacob Morgan. John McCool of the society of Friends deposes. Peter Light, Senr., deposes. Robert Cockburn deposes. Copy of deed dated 20th February, 1784, Saml. Oldham and Anne of Berkeley County, to Moses Hunter, a tract on drains of Opeckon, conveyed to Samuel by John Linden (Snider) by deed 11th and 12th September, 1772. Cor. Moses Keywood, Cor. Cap. Richard Pearis, cor. John Newland, 150 acres. Recorded in Berkeley 23d April, 1784. Letter from Richard Rigg to Jacob Morgan, dated 26th July, 1777. Ancestry.com - Scots-Irish in Virginia, Vol. 2 Member Login | Guest rch ResultsFebruary 24, 2000 CHRONICLES OF THE Scotch-Irish Settlement IN VIRGINIA EXTRACTED FROM THE ORIGINAL COURT RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY 1745-1800 Copyright 1998-2000, MyFamily.com Inc. and its subsidiaries. Terms & Conditions | Privacy Statement | Y2K| Contact Us On Wed, 23 Feb 2000 10:28:43 -0500 "Sara Patton" <sarap@widomaker.com> writes: > It should be noted that the South Branch Manor was one of several > tracts of > land in the greater South Branch Valley of the Potomac belonging to > Lord > Fairfax as part of his Northern Neck proprietary. It was located > along the > South Branch between the southern tip of the Trough (just north of > Moorefield) to the Petersburg area. No one, to my knowledge, has > ever found > or reconstructed a map of the lots within the South Branch Manor. > > The earliest list of names associated with the South Branch Manor > (ca late > 1740s-1750s) appears in an excellent article by Charles Morrison > entitled > "Early Fairfax Land Grants and Leases Along the South Branch of the > Potomac," in WV History, V37 (Oct 1976), pp. 1-22 . Morrison > indicates that > he found some of these early rental roles in the Library of the WVA > Dept of > Archives and History WV in Charleston. > > "Lots along the South Fork were numbered sequentially from (1) at the > Fairfax line to (20) at the South Branch Manor Line....Lots along the > Wappacomo [portion of the South Branch of the Potomac from > Moorefield to its > mouth at the Potomac] were numbered sequentially from (1) at The > Trough to > (64) at the mouth of the South Branch. (6) at the mouth of Buffalo > Run, > (18) at Romney, (28) at Hanging Rock (Wappacomo)." There are > other names > in the article for land owners on other tracts on the South Fork and > on the > Wappacomo north of the Trough but I have only included those on the > South > Branch Manor tract. > > Morrison states that the rental lists for the South Branch Manor are > not > complete and are undated (though internal evidence shows at least > some to be > prior to 1763.) Some of the names are of those associated with the > lessee, > perhaps as witness or bondsman. > > SOUTH BRANCH MANOR LANDS > Arranged Numerically and Alphabetically by Sara Stevens Patton > > The following data was taken from "Early Fairfax Land Grants and > Leases > Along the South Branch of the Potomac" by Charles Morrison published > in West > Virginia History Vol. 37: 1-22 (Oct 1976) which is listed > alphabetically. > By rearranging this data by numerical lot numbers or grouped by > creek, it is > possible to discern geographical proximity and sometimes the actual > location > of a given farmstead or "plantation." > > Often times, it is the names of such neighbors that appear as > witnesses on > wills, estate appraisers, neighbors on land deeds, or bondsmen on > other > documents. Family researchers may also notice how often the maiden > name of > a wife appears as a neighboring name to the husband's family. > > It appears that the South Branch Manor lot numbers began at the > south end of > the Trough going south to Moorefield (#20) and SW to Petersburg > (#60s) and > west to the Manor Line. > > Lot # Name of Renter Acreage & Approximate Location > (South > end of the Trough Beginning of South Branch Manor Lots) > > 1 John Renick 215 acres > 2 Abraham Hite 668 acres (also 71 acres no location given) > 3 Christian Snider 190 acres > 3 John Snivey/Sively 77 acres > 5 Harry Glebe 210 acres > 7 Daniel McNeal 320 acres > 8 Mathew Gilmore 155 acres, etc. > 9 James Christian 52 acres > 9 John McNeal 437 acres > 13 Christopher Cocke/Cox 133 acres > Joseph Inskip 133 acre, etc. > 14E George Reed/Reid 135 acres, etc. > 15 E John Lawrence 124 acres > 15E Patrick Linch/Lynch 166 acres > 17 Hampton Manor 96 acres > (Noah Hampton?) > 17 John Renick 122 acres (also on Lot 1) > 19 Jonathon Heath 105 acres > 20 Charley Lynch "Mill Track" W. side of mouth of So Fork in > Moorefield > - Linches Mill 280 acres > 21 Henry Maun 78 acres > 21 E Samuel Beall 212 acres > 22 Charles Loyns/Lynch 81 acres > -- Conrad Lynch 62 acres Site of Moorefield > 23 Charles Lynch 116 acres > 24 Stephen Heart/Heard 50 acres > 24 Simon Hornback 137 acres > 25 James Cunningham 150 acres > 25 Samuel Hornback 150 acres at Golfcourse ? > 26 Henry March/Marsh 103 acres, etc. > 27 John Bishop 83 acres > 27 E Richard Cartright 86 acres > 28 Moses Hutton 580 acres, etc. > 29 David Castleman 119 acres > 30 > 31W Michael Alt 24 acres (also has 78 acres on 73W) > 32 > 33 E[dward] Williams 235 acres > 33 Isaac Hornback 235 acres > 34 > 35 Ratliff or Westfall 95 acres > 36 E Luke Collins 322 acres (corner to 36 E) > 37W Wm Ashby 45 acres > 38 > 39 > 40 Michael Sea 276 acres > 41 > 42 Wm Cunningham 242 acres (also has lot 57 W) > 43 Robt Cunningham 338 acres > 43 John Pancake 52 acres, etc. (north of Baker Rock) > 44W John Kimble 100 acres, etc. > 45 John Briggs 55 acres > 46 Anthony Baker 45 acres (near Durgontown-Baker Rock) > 46 John Miller 45 acres > 47 > 48 John Harness 271 acres > 49 E Jacob Harness 249 acres > 49 E Alexander Liggett 175 acres, etc. > 50 Matthias Hite 8 acres, etc. > 51 > 52 Jacob Hinkle 130 acres > 52W Henry Landers 130 acres > 53 > 54 > 55 Andrew Byrn 76 acres > 55 Christopher Huffman 168 acres > 55 Seighman Hour 59 acres > 56 > 57W Wm Cunningham 68 acres > 58 Adam Hyder 104 acres > 59 Anthony Badgely 20 acres > 59 Lewis Bush 77 acres > 60E Rudolph Hyer/Hire 165 acres (Near school) > 61 Randolph Shobe Ft. George (NE side of Petersburg near mouth > of Mill > Creek) > 61E Leonard Hyer/Hire 223 acres Ft. George on or adjaent lot > (NE > side of Petersburg near mouth of Mill Creek) > 62 > 63 Jacob Shobe 169 acres > 63W Michael Hornback 16 acres > 64 Martin Power {s) 130 acres > 65 Christopher Hermantrout/ 266 acres > Armentrout > 66 Martin Shobe 300 acres > 66 Henry Steel 105 acres > 67 Jacob Stooky 120 acres > 68 > 69 > 70 W John Cochran 55 acres > 71 John Robinson 139 acres > 72 > 73W Michael Alt 78 acres See also Lot 31W > 74 > 75 > 76 Benjamin Bean 114 acres > 77W James Cooberly/ 129 acres > Couchman/Coughman > 82 McKenny Robinson 55 acres > 84 Valentine Power 41 acres > > > - George Burn)Byrne 193 acres Along Mill Creek > - Michael Hahn 60 acres Mill Creek > - Benjamin Jones 311 acres Mill Creek > - Edward McGuire 1045 acres Mill Creek > - Daniel Richardson 465 acres Mill Creek at Manor Line > - John & Henry Wilson 258 acres Mill Creek > - Leonard Harness 202 acres, etc Looney's Creek > - Abraham Kuykendall 120 acres Looney's Creek > - James Scott 400 acres Looney's Creek > - Joseph Watson 322 acres, etc. Adjoining his own land on > Luney's > Creek > - Job Welton 172 acres Looney's Creek > - John Welton 244 acres Looney's Creek > - Jacob Westfall 140 acres Looney's Creek > - John Westfall 42 acres Looney's Crekk > - George Whitman 90 acres, etc. Claylick Run, draft of > Looney's > Creek > - David Welton 373 acres Flats > > Other names without lot numbers or Creeks > Maunis Alker 405 acres > James Anderson > Thomas Arby 1500 acres along Mudlick Run > Henry Batten 100 acres > Wm Bonner > Richard Byrn 100 acres > Michael Carr 89 acres > Samuel Cartwright 137 acres E (27E?) > Peter Casey 620 acres > Channell > Robert Clark 16 acres > James & Jonathon > Cockburn/Coburn 133 acres [Near mouth of Mill Creek at > Petersburg according to George Washington diaries-ssp] > John Collins 119 acres > John Conrad > Friend Cox 195 acres > Christian Dasher/Tosher 200 acres, etc. > Samuel Delay > John & James Delm/Delham 31 acres > Samuel Dew 182 > Robert Ferguson 100 > Adam Fisher [Neighbors of Harness, See] > John Fisher > John Foxcroft 352 acres, etc. > John Francis 181 acres > Christian Funk 42 acres > John Wm. Geinitz 51 acres > Eve Glaze 133 acres > Henry Hamilton 106 acres > Noah Hampton > Conrad Harness > George Harness 160 acres > Isaac Harness > Michael Harness 249 acres > William Haton 63 acres > Jacob Helmick 100 acres > John Hogban 60 acres > Daniel Hole 88 acres > Anthony Hornback 81 acres > Daniel Hornback 152 acres > Joel Hornback > Houghton > John Howard > John Inskip 89 acres > James Keith 110 acres > Henry Kerr 215 acres > Humphrey Keys 170 acres > Peter Kuykendall > Henry Lancisco/Lanciscus > William Lane 209 acres > Thomas Larry 89 acres > John Legate/Liggett 181 acres > Enock Leonard 150 acres > Job Little 60 acres > Jacob Long 158 acres > Luny/Looney > Nehemiah Martin 150 acres > Philip Mason 82 acres > Nicolas Mass 32 acres > Robert Maxwell 18 acres > Jacob May 175 acres > John McCulloch > Elizabeth McCullough > Thomas McGuire 463 acres > Daniel McLaughlin 100 acres > Philip Moore 138 acres > G.[George] Murray > William Naylor > William Norman 119 acres > John or Joseph O'Bannon > Adam O'Bryan 85 acres > Robert Owen 110 acres > Andrew Pancake 285 acres > Robert Parker 232 acres > Baulden Parsons 161 acres > James Parsons 145 acres > Thomas Parsons 22 acres > Peter Peters 214 acres > Martin Peterson > Thomas Price > Henry Pringle > Samuel Pringle > Peter Rambo 182 acres > Benjamin Ratliff 131 acres > John Reagar > John Reed 100 acres > Solomon Reed 396 acres > Peter Reid > George Renick 367 acres, etc. > William Renick 108 acres > Daniel Richards 140 acres (Also at Mill Creek) > Benjamin Robinson 49 acres > John Ross 100 acres > Philip Ross 150 acres > John Royce 228 acres > William Ruby 90 acres > Benjamin Scott 35 acres > David Scott > John Scott 350 acres > Frederick See > George See > Felix Seymour 450 acres > James Seymour > Abram Shobe > Rudolph Shobe 186 acres > Lawwrence Shock/Schrick 46 acres > Herman Shook > Charles Smith 155 acres > E[dward] Smith > William Smith 400 acres > John Spohr/Spohre 215 acres > Philip Swank 78 acres > James Tarpley 20 acres > Tapley Taylor 349 acres > Michael Thorn 405 acres > Peter Thorn > Robert Travis 55 acres > Andrew Trumbo 232 acres > Garratt VanMeter 298 acres > Isaac & Joseph VanMeter 129 acres > Jacob Van Meter 235 acres, etc. Adjoining his own land on > Spoor'/Spohr's Run > John VanMeter > Joseph VanMeter 288 acres > Andrew Waggener 100 acres > John Walker > Cornelius Ward 20 œ acres > Henry Welton > Jonathon Welton > Mary Welton > Solomon Welton 412 acres > William Welton > Abel Westfall > Thomas Wheeler 106 acres > John Williams 270 acres, etc. > Mary Williams > Richard Williams 232 acres > William H. Wilson > Andrew Wodrow 100 acres > John Wood 9 acres > Thomas Wood 312 acres > George Yokum > John Yokum 119 acres > Mathias Yocum > Ebenezer Zane Near Old Fields > Elizabeth Zane > William Zane > > > ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.