Author : Peter Cline Kaylor
Publisher : Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN 13 : 0806307250
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (63 download)
Book Synopsis Abstract of Land Grant Surveys, 1761-1791 by : Peter Cline Kaylor
Download or read book Abstract of Land Grant Surveys, 1761-1791 written by Peter Cline Kaylor and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 1976 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a little-known but important work on the land grant surveys made between the years 1761 and 1791 in Augusta and Rockingham counties. The importance of the work arises from the fact that the original records of deeds were damaged in a fire in 1864; consequently the land grant surveys take on proportionately greater value as primary source records. There are recorded in these abstracts the name of the person for whom the survey was made, the location of the land, the name of the owner or owners of the adjoining land, the number of acres in the survey, and the date. More than 2,000 names are cited in the text, with approximately 4,000 cited in multiple references in the index. As a sourcebook, this is an ideal companion volume to John Wayland's celebrated "Virginia Valley Records," and it can be used in conjunction with standard Virginia Valley histories by Wayland, Waddell, Peyton, and Kercheval.