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Surnames I'm researching : Williams, McCoy, Ocheltree, Blake

 

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Abstract of Land Grant Surveys, Greenbrier Co., 1750-1769

Source: Larry Shuck. Greenbrier County Virginia Deeds & Wills, 1777-1833. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Publishing Co, 1992.

 

The Greenbrier Historical Society published in its 1963 Journal a list of surveys made in the Greenbrier area in the 1750-1769 period as best as they could be indentified for the Greenbrier region from other records. One of these records was Abstract Of Land Grant Surveys 1761-1791 Peter Cline KAYLOR and published by the Rockingham Historical Society in 1938 the other was by J T McALLISTER in an article published in the Virginia Magazine of History in 1911. Reference Vol 1 Number 1 pages 6 and 7 for the following surveys.

 

Year of 1750

22 Nov Felty YOCKHAM 480 acres
     

Year of 1751

10 Apr Patrick DAVIS 140 acres
10 Apr Samuel HOWARD 950 acres
13 Apr Thomas LEWIS 1000 acres
16 Apr John MADISON 750 acres
16 Apr Andrew LEWIS 1200 acres between Indian Ck and Grbr River
17 Apr Edward McMULLEN 335 acres
19 Apr Company (John ROBINSON) 182 acres near Edw McMULLEN
20 Apr Company 90 acres on river
20 Apr Alexander WRIGHT 385 acres
22 Apr Frederick SEE 480 acres
23 Apr John ROBINSON 385 acres
24 Apr Mathias YOCKHAM 330 acres
24 Apr Company 130 acres, westside of Muddy Ck adj F YOCKHAM
24 Apr John ROBINSON 8 tracts part of 100,000 acres
24 Apr Peter HANGER 150 acres on Muddy Ck
25 Apr John KEENEY 40 acres & 375 acres
25 Apr Malr HANGER 150 acres
27 Apr John ROBINSON 9 tracts part of 100,000 acres
30 Apr Andrew LEWIS 1740 acres adj Robinson land
29 Apr Company, now Jas WILLIAMS 210 acres
30 Apr George WEVER now Wm FROGS 450 acres
1 May George SEE 360 acres, adj Arch'd CLENDINEN
1 May Arch'd CLENDINEN 360 acres
1 May John ROBINSON 810 acres
1 May Wm WRIGHT 330 acres
2 May John ROBINSON 270 acres, westside Wright's, Jas LOCKHART's
2 May Company, now ARBUCKLES
assignee of Roger NORTH		 400 acres
2 May Company, now Wm LONG 200 acres
3 May Joseph ENGLAND 300 acres
3 May Abraham EARS, now P ANDERSON 285 acres
1 Oct Andrew LEWIS 480 acres, both sides of the Grbr adj John ROBINSON
4 Oct John Safall MIRS, now RENICK  
5 Oct Company 185 acres, Spring Lick Ck
6 Oct Company, now Wm McCLENISHAN 188 acres, Spring Lick Ck
12 Oct Company, now Col LEWIS 290 acres on Great Sinking Ck
12 Oct Company (DONNALLY) near east head Little Sinking Ck
12 Oct Company 265 acres
13 Oct Company 500 acres, Madison's Camp
16 Oct Wm HAMBLETON 323 acres
16 Oct Company, now John STUART 232 acres
16 Oct Company 323 acres, Hominey Block
16 Oct Company 220 acres, Camping Spring
21 Oct John SEE now Days 250 acres at Deep Spring
21 Oct Andrew LEWIS 500 acres, Falling Springs
22 Oct James EWING 370 acres
22 Oct Company 370 acres at Locus Bottom
22 Oct Geo KENNEDY transferred to
John DICKISON		 312 acres
22 Oct Williams HOPKINS now P ANDERSON 448 acres
24 Oct William HOPKINS 600 acres
24 Oct John HOPKINS 150 acres
25 Oct James WARD 150 acres
25 Oct Wm GREGG 300 acres
25 Oct Samuel CORRELL 250 acres, adj Samuel HEMPHILL
25 Oct Felix GILBERT 250 acres, adj Wm GRAGS
25 Oct Thomas BERRY now Fels' GELBARDS
dis'd by CLARK		 250 acres
26 Oct Erwalker JOHNSTON 200 acres
26 Oct Thomas CAMPLE 320 acres
26 Oct Archibald HOPKINS 260 acres
26 Oct Samuel CARRELL 250 acres
28 Oct John TROTTER now Erwalker JOHNSTON 300 acres
     

Year of 1752

9 Apr John BROWN 270 acres and 550 acres Ewing Ck
27 Apr John ROBINSON 420 acres
27 Apr James EWINGS sold to John McCLENACHAN 480 acres
27 Apr Thomas DOVE 240 acres
27 Apr John LEWIS now John RUSH 325 acres
27 Apr Nap GREGORY now John POAGE 420 acres
28 Apr Wm MOORE 450 acres
28 Apr Thomas MEEK 317 acres
28 Apr Moses MOORE 210 acres
29 Apr John BROWN, Wm SHARP intruder 350 acres
3 May John ROBINSON 285 acres
1 Nov Frederick HANGER 600 acres
1 Nov Philip RAMBAUGH 212 acres
     

 

Year of 1754

10 Dec Andrew LEWIS 175 acres
     

 

Year of 1769

10 Apr Mathew BRAKEN 130 acres
19 Apr Moses MOORE 44 acres
20 Apr John LEWIS 66 acres
21 Apr William SHARP 355 acres
22 Apr Wm LEWIS 540 acres
25 Apr Charles HANNISON (Kennison?) 205 acres
26 Apr Thomas RAFERTY 270 acres
26 Apr Nathaniel DAY 300 acres
29 Apr Wm RENICK 156 acres
? Apr Wm MAN 485 acres
? May Hugh GALASPY 230 acres
1 May Joel FLETCHER 115 acres
2 May John ROBINSON 390 acres
4 May Lawrence MURPHY 115 acres
4 May James McCOY 100 acres
4 May John McCOY 70 acres
4 May Wm McCOY 160 acres
5 May Hugh JOHNSON 162 acres
5 May Thomas WILLIAMS 105 acres
8 May Andrew CROCKETT 363 acres
8 May Wm KENNY 200 acres
9 May Wm MAN 485 acres
10 May Joseph WILLIAMS 105 acres
10 May Robert NOX 95 acres
10 May James NOX 105 acres
10 May Mathew BRAKEN 130 acres
11 Oct Wm RENICK 215 acres