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 ½ 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