Koren-Fae, This information is from the library of Virginia. You can view the grants online from their website http://www.lva.lib.va.us/index.htm Go to "What we have" and then "land records" and then Land Office Patents and Grants Database . It doesn't say who was the former owner, but perhaps you can search the patents and piece it together. Jane Land Office Patents & Grants/Northern Neck Grants & Surveys : CATALOG CARD MULTIMEDIA Grant GRANTEE Carr, Jacob. grantee. DATE 5 May 1794. NOTE Location: Pendleton County. NOTE Description: 96 acres on the west side of the north fork of the south branch of Potomack adjoining his own former land on the west side and Abram Teters and on the south side. NOTE Source: Land Office Grants No. 30, 1793-1799, p. 190 (Reel 96). NOTE See also the following surname(s): Karr. NOTE Part of the index to the recorded copies of grants issued by the Virginia Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia. OTHER FORMAT Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Grants A-Z, 1-124, reels 42-190; Virginia State Land Office. Grants 125- , reels 369-. SUBJECT Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- West Virginia -- Pendleton County. SUBJECT Pendleton County (W. Va.) -- History -- 18th century. SUBJECT Land grants -- West Virginia -- Pendleton County. aat. ADDED ENTRY Teters, Abram. ADDED ENTRY Virginia. Land Office. Register. Land grants, 1779- ADDED ENTRY Library of Virginia. Archives. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Koren Fae Rawlings" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 8:01 PM Subject: [WVPENDLE] Jacob CARR > I am trying to research land that Jacob Carr received by patent May 5, 1794, on the North Fork, 96 acres. On this piece of land a mill was built about 1820-1830. Does anyone know anything about the patent, who owned the land before, or the mill? > > Koren-Fae > > > Rev. Koren-Fae Rawlings > P.O. Box 887 > Franklin, WVa 26807-0887 > Order of the Bonnie Blue, Phoebe Warner Chapter > [email protected] > Pendleton Co. Historical Preservation > [email protected] > [email protected] > William J. Vance > Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, > 7th WVa Infantry Camp 7 > [email protected] > www.geocities.com/suvcwmdcp7/ > > > ==== WVPENDLE Mailing List ==== > Genealogy without documentation is mythology! > >

The land is being granted from the Commonwealth of Virginia. It had no private former owner except the Indians but that is a WHOLE other story! Nedra At 08:49 PM 3/20/2003 -0600, J Lesner wrote: >Koren-Fae, >This information is from the library of Virginia. You can view the grants >online from their website http://www.lva.lib.va.us/index.htm Go to "What we >have" and then "land records" and then Land Office Patents and Grants >Database . It doesn't say who was the former owner, but perhaps you can >search the patents and piece it together. >Jane > > >Land Office Patents & Grants/Northern Neck Grants & Surveys : CATALOG CARD > >MULTIMEDIA Grant > >GRANTEE Carr, Jacob. grantee. >DATE 5 May 1794. >NOTE Location: Pendleton County. >NOTE Description: 96 acres on the west side of the north fork of the south >branch of Potomack adjoining his own former land on the west side and Abram >Teters and on the south side. >NOTE Source: Land Office Grants No. 30, 1793-1799, p. 190 (Reel 96). >NOTE See also the following surname(s): Karr. >NOTE Part of the index to the recorded copies of grants issued by the >Virginia Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the >Library of Virginia. >OTHER FORMAT Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Grants >A-Z, 1-124, reels 42-190; Virginia State Land Office. Grants 125- , reels >369-. >SUBJECT Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- West Virginia -- >Pendleton County. >SUBJECT Pendleton County (W. Va.) -- History -- 18th century. >SUBJECT Land grants -- West Virginia -- Pendleton County. aat. >ADDED ENTRY Teters, Abram. >ADDED ENTRY Virginia. Land Office. Register. Land grants, 1779- >ADDED ENTRY Library of Virginia. Archives. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Koren Fae Rawlings" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 8:01 PM >Subject: [WVPENDLE] Jacob CARR > > > > I am trying to research land that Jacob Carr received by patent May 5, >1794, on the North Fork, 96 acres. On this piece of land a mill was built >about 1820-1830. Does anyone know anything about the patent, who owned the >land before, or the mill? > > > > Koren-Fae > > > > > > Rev. Koren-Fae Rawlings > > P.O. Box 887 > > Franklin, WVa 26807-0887 > > Order of the Bonnie Blue, Phoebe Warner Chapter > > [email protected] > > Pendleton Co. Historical Preservation > > [email protected] > > [email protected] > > William J. Vance > > Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, > > 7th WVa Infantry Camp 7 > > [email protected] > > www.geocities.com/suvcwmdcp7/ > > > > > > ==== WVPENDLE Mailing List ==== > > Genealogy without documentation is mythology! > > > > > > > >==== WVPENDLE Mailing List ==== >Genealogy without documentation is mythology!