Hi Sara, Try the Library of Virginia to search for land grants. http://image.vtls.com/collections/LO.html Northern Neck Land Grants http://198.17.62.51/collections/NN.html Parkes land Grants Virginia http://198.17.62.51/cgi-bin/drawer/disk19/CC150/0455/P1317?1 William Parks 1794 735 acres Washington Co Va http://198.17.62.51/cgi-bin/drawer/disk19/CC150/0455/P1317?68 Happy hunting and hope you find your Parks. Edie Chaney On 10/07/99 14:35:33 you wrote: > >I can't identify who this William was, but my guess about some of your other >questions is that this land is on the South Branch upsteam from Petersburg, >Grant County. The reason for my theory is that you found this appraisal in the >Augusta County records. Fairfax had title to his land at this time, having >settled a dispute with the colony some years before. Fairfax's land at this >time was wholly in Frederick County. The fact that you found this in Augusta >County tells me that the grant was in the upper reaches of the South Branch, in >Augusta rather than Frederick. > >Terry Gruber > >Sara Patton wrote: > >> Augusta Co records in 1749 show an order for a valuation or appraisal of a >> William Parke's estate on the South Branch of the Potomac including >> "improvements on 2464 acres belonging to Wm Parks, on Southern Border >> Potomac, 17 Nov 1749..." This is a huge amount of land. Who is this >> William Parks--was he granted the land prior to Fairfax's claim? >> >> Sara Patton > > > >