Great Job!!!!Do you have info on the Rogers[Sarah/Mary] who married into the Patton family and whose daughter from this marriage married into the Alkire family.R ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sara Patton" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 7 28 AM Subject: South Branch Manor Rent Rolls > 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 > > > >