This database includes patents and grants from the crown and commonwealth from 1623 to 1994, as well as the northern neck proprietary from 1692 to 1862 images available online. It is a widespread region radiating westward and southward from washington, d. Thomas lee was the son of richard lee ii, who had been the key northern neck landowner in acknowledging that the proprietary land grant was legitimate and enabling robert carter to serve as an effective land agent. Warm springs run of the potomac river is almost directly across from the mouth of little tonoloways creek at hancock, maryland, and only a few miles south. The grant was an old one, having been made by charles ii in 1649, while in exile, to several his friends and. Persisto has set aside this work for now and others are encouraged to make it more complete. Order of first families of virginia, 1607 16245, 1987. Gabe podcast sakthi monk media gentleman and ladys book of politeness and propriety of deportment. Virginia northern neck land grants, 17421775 hardcover. Ii record for virginia northern neck land grants, 17421775. Nell nugents cavaliers and pioneers volumes 1 and 2 abstracts these and other patents.
To find links to collections for lower jurisdictions such as a county or town, go to locating online databases, and can be searched free of charge at your local family history center or the family history library in salt lake city, utah. Ii m200 joshua gore jr of loudoun co 700 acres on north side blew ridge in frederick co suv mr. The actual patent was received 26 january 1761 peggy joyner, northern neck land grants, portsmouth, virginia, 1986, vol. Warm springs run of the potomac river is across from the mouth of little tonoloways creek at hancock, maryland, and only a few miles south of coombs fort of the tonoloways settlement. Virginia northern neck land grants 1987 edition open. According to johnston, some early documents and land grants refer to the northern neck of virginia see northern neck proprietary, and they describe an area which began on the east at the western shore of the chesapeake bay and includes a territory that extended west, including all the land between the potomac and rappahannock rivers, with a. Virginia northern neck land grants, 17751800 gertrude e. The first county in the northern neck area was northumberland, formed in 1648 from the nativeamerican region known as chicacoan.
Virginia land office patents and grants, northern neck grants and surveys, patents e 17751776,17801781 vol. This grant is significantly larger than the area currently known. John hough adj edward snickars, george william fairfax esq, col mann page, foot of piney mt, right hon thomas lord fairfax 10. Virginia northern neck land grants, compiled by gertrude e. Abstracts of virginia land patents and grants, 16231782. Find virginia northern neck land grants, 17421775 vol. This collection consists of recorded copies of grants issued for land in the northern neck from 1692 to 1862 when the territory encompassing the present state of west virginia withdrew from the commonwealth to enter the union. From catherine, a descendent of samuel tillet my edward barry was the first clerk of pohick church and john and giles tillett were verstrymen. Land grants and patents loudoun county online deed book indexes available in va room. Esri, arcgis online the fairfax grant in virginia was created as a result of the english civil war in the mid1600s. Prior to 1690, grants in the northern neck proprietary are found in the regular land office patent books.
Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Warm springs run of the potomac river is almost directly across from the mouth of little tonoloways creek at hancock, maryland, and only a few miles south of coombs fort of the tonoloways settlement. The fairfax grant in virginia was created as a result of the english civil war in the mid1600s. Abstracts of virginias northern neck warrants and surveys.
Until 1862 land grants in the northern neck issued by the commonwealth of virginia were recorded in volumes maintained separately from the regular land office grants. Northumberland county va land records lds genealogy. Northumberland county, va land for sale 631 listings. Discusses backgrounds and activities of each of these early virginians and provides much. Mar 24, 2019 virginia northern neck land grants, 17421775.
Based on recent landwatch data, northumberland county ranks 60th among the 3 counties in the state for the combined amount of land of land listings and ranches advertised for sale in the county. The concluding volume in this fourvolume series of northern neck land grants is similar in its sources and makeup to the earlier volumes. The purpose of this book is to assist the researcher in. The paperback of the virginia northern neck land grants, 16941742.
For more information, please consult the guide to the online collection. Virginia northern neck land grants, 16941742 source. Cavaliers and pioneers abstracts of virginia land patents and grants, 16231800. Gray virginia northern neck land grants, 17421775 vol. Land office patents and grants northern neck grants and surveys, virginia land records land tax records on microfilm, virginia land tax records, using legislative petitions digital collection legislative petitions research note legislators services lesson plans lewis and clark.
This constituted up to 5,000,000 acres 20,000 km 2 of virginias northern neck and a. It encompassed all the lands bounded by the potomac and rappahannock rivers and, later, by a straight line the fairfax line connecting their sources. Genealogical publishing company january 1993 language. The headright system, widely used for acquiring land in virginia was never recognized in virginias northern neck. This is a comprehensive listing of pertinent information on all surviving grants. Virginia northern neck land grants, 17421775, volume 2.
Hopefully, it will also include maps and illustrations. The grants are listed chronologically by grant book and sequential grant number. The northern neck proprietary added a simpler and new method for obtaining land in the virginia colony. Swann comprehensive index to northern neck of virginia historical society magazine author.
In the winter of 160708, captain john smith traveled up the rappahannock river as a prisoner of the powhatans. The northern neck of virginia comprises all of the territory between the potomac and the rappahannock rivers. This second volume in the series has abstracts of all of the grants from 1742 to 1775, a period that saw the. Together with volume iii in the series, it comprises about 10,000 abstracts naming 25,000 northern neck residents, all.
About the virginia land office patents and grantsnorthern neck grant and surveys this database consists of entries that index two major collections of land records housed in the library of virginia plus a small collection of field notes and. Statutes at large of virginia, shepherd, vol ii, 17961802 statutes at large of virginia, shepherd, vol iii, 18031808. F225 n841 g79 ship passenger lists and immigration lists. Rappahannock county, 16561696, virginia genealogy familysearch. Early land grants and settlers along patterson creek.
May 23, 2018 the actual patent was received 26 january 1761 peggy joyner, northern neck land grants, portsmouth, virginia, 1986, vol. Virginia land office patents and grantsnorthern neck grants and surveys. The abstracts show grant book designation, page number, name of grantee, place of residence if given, number of acres in grant, location of grant, surveyor, adjoining land owners, and. Virginia northern neck land grants 1987 edition open library. Land office patents and grantsnorthern neck grants and surveys, virginia land records land tax records on microfilm, virginia land tax records, using legislative petitions digital collection legislative petitions research note legislators services lesson plans lewis and clark. The headright system, widely used for acquiring land in virginia was never recognized in virginia s northern neck.
After that year, be sure to check virginia northern neck land grants. This second volume in the series has abstracts of all of the grants from 1742 to 1775, a period that saw the formation and settlement of frederick, fairfax, culpeper, loudoun, fauquier, and dunmore changed in 1778 to shenandoah counties in virginia, and hampshire and berkeley counties now in west virginia. Marriages of the northern neck of virginia, 16491800. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read virginia northern neck land grants. Virginia research resources the organizations listed below provide information about virginia history and genealogy. The original grant books, now on microfilm, were used in making this collection of abstracts, and they generally provide the following information on some 5,000. People wanting to acquire land there had to purchase a warrant and obtain a. About virginia northern neck land grants, 17421775. It encompassed all the lands bounded by the potomac and. People wanting to acquire land there had to purchase a warrant and obtain a survey before they were issued a grant.
The paperback of the virginia northern neck land grants, 17421775. The majority of the grants abstracted for this volume apply to tracts of land in frederick, shenandoah, culpeper, loudoun, and madison counties in virginia, and hampshire, hardy, and berkeley counties, now in west virginia. The original northern neck land grant in 1661 was a land grant first contrived by the exiled english king charles ii in 1649. Adventurers of purse and person, virginia, 160716245. Virginia northern neck land grants, 17421775, volume 2 virginia northern neck land grants, 17421775, gertrude entz gray. In 1745 these valleys, north of a line surveyed between the sources of the potomac and rappahannock rivers, became part of a vast proprietary grant, known as the northern neck. Unlike the virginia land office in williamsburg, there was no limit to the size of a grant, and the headright system was not recognized though headrights could still be used for land in other parts of virginia. Northern virginia, locally referred to as nova or nova, comprises several counties and independent cities in the commonwealth of virginia in the united states. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Virginia online genealogy records familysearch wiki. The formation of west virginia eliminated the major source of available land in. Persisto was planned to be a history of the northern neck proprietary of virginia, its proprietors, and a discussion of the land grants made in the counties here given. A full listing of northern neck proprietary records held by the library may be found in the published virginia land office inventory 3rd ed. A survey of the northern neck of virginia, being the lands belonging to the rt.
About the virginia land office patents and grantsnorthern neck grant and surveys this database consists of entries that index two major collections of land records housed in the library of virginia plus a small collection of field notes and plats of tracts surveyed by guy broadwater. The library of virginia collection, which includes more than 1,700 broadsides dating from the eighteenth century to the present, provides a treasure trove of information to researchers about the activities and daily community affairs of virginians, as well as insights into political, racial, and spiritual inclinations of their time. Contains the musters of the inhabitants of virginia, 162425, as well as information on those who came to or had land in virginia during the period 160725. Together with volume iii in the series, it comprises about 10,000 abstracts naming 25,000 northern neck residents, all of them conveniently listed in the indexes. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read virginia northern neck land grants, 17421775. The third volume in this series treats all northern neck land grants from 1775 to 1800. Foley designed to identify the earliest settlers of virginia. He was the first european known to have visited the northern neck. The northern neck proprietary also called the northern neck land grant, fairfax proprietary, or fairfax grant was a land grant first contrived by the exiled english king charles ii in 1649 and encompassing all the lands bounded by the potomac and rappahannock rivers in colonial virginia. The headright system, widely used for acquiring land in virginia was never recognized in the northern neck.
Gertrude entz gray, virginia northern neck land grants, genealogical publishing com, 1993, vol. In the winter of 160708, captain john smith traveled up the rappahannock river as a prisoner of the powhatans and became the first european known to have visited the northern neck. Click to read more about abstracts of virginias northern neck warrants and surveys frederick county, 17471780, vol ii by peggy shomo joyner. Northumberland county is a small county in virginias coast region.
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