Botetourt County Virginia USGenWeb Archives History .....First Surveys, Surnames M - Y ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com December 13, 2007, 6:26 pm FIRST SURVEYS OF LAND IN BOTETOURT COUNTY, VIRGINIA GRANTEE DATE ACRES LOCATION MacElheny, Robert 1784, Dec. 12, 200 Brush Creek McDowell, James 1774, Feb. 21, 498 Greenbrier McDowel, Josias 1774, Feb. 21, 300 Greenbrier McClung, Samuel 1774, Mar. 1, 406 Mill Creek McChesney, Samuel 1774, Mar. 25, 317 Indian Creek McGuier, Cornelius 1774, Mar. 24, 310 Indian Creek McGuire, William 1774, Mar. 24, 53 Indian Creek McGuire, William 1774, Mar. 24, 58 Indian Creek McGuier, James 1774, Mar. 21, 100 Fork New & Greenbrier Rivera McAfee, William 1774, Apl. 11, 95 Sinking Creek McCutchen, James 1782, Feb. 10, 300 Head of South Fork Little River McElhany, Robert 1782, Feb. 7, 300 Brush Creek McKee, William 1782, Sept. 27, 275 North Fork Jennings Creek McElhany, Robort 1782, Oct. 11, 160 Pine Run, branch of Little River McElhany, Robert 1782, Nov. 20, 182 Milk Run, waters of Back Crock McElhaney, Robert 1782, Nov. 17, 97 Brush Creek McGee, James 1783, Sept. 30, 80 Head Heaven's Run, waters of Roanoak McFerson, Daniel 1784, June 23, 65 Sinking Creek McElhany, Robert 1784, Dec. 12, 100 Brush Creek McElheny, Robert 1785, Mar. 23, 100 Brush Creek McElhany, Robert 1785, Apl. 19, 400 Brush Creek McElhaney, Francis 1785, May 2, 100 Deep Run, branch of Roanoak River McElhany, Robert 1785, Mar. 23, 100 Brush Creek McElhany, Robert 1785, Mar. 22, 133 Brush Creek McCutchen, James 1785, May 22, 150 South Fork Little River McCutchen, James 1789, Jan. 6, 100 Pine Creek McCutchen, James 1789, Jan. 3, 240 South Fork Little River McPherson, Alexander 1789, June 25, 43 Sinking Creek McCutchen, James M. 1789, June 3, 118 Little River McElheny, Elonor 1785, May 30, 74 Back Creek, branch of Brush Creek Massiear, Reubin 1774, Feb. 10, 40 Greenbrier Miller, James 1774, Mar. 12, 286 Wolf Creek, branch of Greenbrier Meek, William 1774, Mar. 17, 395 Indian Creek Meek, James 1774, Mar. 22, 176 Little Wolf Creek, branch of Greenbrier Mayes, Joseph 1774, Mar. 28, 231 Indian Creek Mathews, Sampson and George 1774, Apl. 6, 140 Greenbrier Morris, Joshua 1774, May 25, 197 Little River Mann, John 1781, June 10, 35 Jackson's Mann, John 1781, June 10, 165 Falling Spring Run, branch of Jackson's Mathews, Bristol 1782, Dec. 4, 100 Old Field Creek, branch of Little River Mellon, James 1782, Nov. 18, 230 Back Creek, branch of Roanoak River Mason, James and Leonard Huff 1783, Apr. 5, 169 Big Run, waters of Roanoak River Matthews, James 1783, June 6, 53 Devil's Den Murphey, John 1785, Mar. 23, 144 Brush Creek Martin, Capt. Joshua 1785, June 13, 150 Pine Run, branch of Little River Moor, John 1788, July 11, 602 Pine Creek and Old Field Creek Moor, John 1788, July 12, 468 Pine Creek Mason, James 1788, Aug. 4, 102 Pine Creek Mason, James 1788, Aug. 7, 236 On Little River Mellon, James 1789, Sept. 16, 315 Back Creek Martin, Johnson 1789, Jan. 26, 243 Mud Lick Creek, branch of Roanoak River Mackland, Jacob 1791, Feb. 11, 190 Head of Roaring Run, branch of Craigs Creek Morrow, Robert 1783, May 24, 50 Middle Mtn., waters South Fork Roanoak River Martin, Joshua & Marquis 1784, Aug. 20, 50 South Fork Roanoak River Nelson, William 1782, Aug. 31, 150 Little River Neelly, William 1782, Nov. 8, 213 Little River Neelly, William 1783, Feb. 18, 200 Beaver Dam, branch of Little River Neelly, William 1783, Feb. 19, 159 Beaver Dam, branch of Little River Neelly, William 1782, Nov. 8, 122 Little River Neelly, John 1807, Apr. 3, 900 North Side Roanoak River Oharo, Charles 1774, Feb. 28, 210 Muddy Creek, branch of Greenbrier Ogle, Harcules 1774, May 21, 370 Little River Ogle, Harcules 1782, May 10, 100 Boze Creek, branch of Beaver Dam Ogle, Hercules 1782, May 16, 200 Little River Ogle, Hercules 1783, May 10, 200 Boos Creek, branch of Beaver Dam Overchain, Philip - 91 1/2 Back Creek, branch of Loonies Patterson, James 1784, Mar. 2 46 Mill Creek Parsons, Edward 1784, Mar. 29, 170 Indian Creek Pepper, Elisha 1784, Apl. 9, 115 Brush Creek Patterson, George 1774, Apl. 11, 249 Sinking Creek Plumley, John 1784, May 25, 140 Little River Pickelsumer, Jacob 1782, Nov. 17, 250 Back Creek, branch of Roanoak Pitcher, Thomas 1783, Mar. 27, 120 North Fork Roanoak River Plumley, John 1783, Apl. 16, 200 Terry's Creek Patterson, John 1783, Feb. 25, 89 Little River Poage, Robert 1783, Feb. 1, 1568 West Fork Little River Poage, William 1783, Feb. 26, 135 Pine Creek Patterson, John 1784, Aug. 8, 49 Little River Penitent, John 1784, Aug. 26, 100 Branch of South Fork Roanoak River Penitent, John 1784, Aug. 26, 49 Flat Run, branch South Fork Roanoak River Penitent, John 1784, Aug. 26, 25 Flat Run Pickle, John 1785, May 10, 200 Swamp Branch, branch of Little River Picklesimor, Jacob 1784, Dec. 12, 100 Cartmill's Branch, waters of Brush Creek Picklesimor, Abraham 1785, Mar. 23, 74 Brush Creek Picklesimor, Jacob 1785, Mar. 23, 150 Cartmill's Branch Peane, Zechariah 1786, June 26, 495 Beaver Dam Elliott's Creek Porter, David 1788, Dec. 5, 180 South Fork Little River Philips, Samuel 1702, June 25, 55 Cutawba Creek Pate, Jeremiah 1802, Aug. 25, 508 Mason's Cove on Mason's Creek Pence, George 1808, May 26, 138 Jackson's River, east side Riley, John 1774, Feb. 8, 362 Greenbrier Raney, Michael 1774, Mar. 24, 120 Indian Creek Reynolds, Richard 1774, May 23, 187 Little River Richards, Christopher 1774, May 25, 146 Little River Robinet, Jese 1781, Feb. 17, 170 Cutawba Creek Reynolds, Richard 1782, Feb. 19, 400 Pine Creek, branch of Little River Reed, Samuel 1782, Feb. 22, 150 West Fork Little River Robinson, John 1781, J__ 16, 126 Jackson's River Russell, John 1781, M__ 6, 100 Spreading Spring, waters of James Reynolds, Richard 1782, Feb. 19, 300 Old Field Creek Richardson, James 1782, Feb. 5, 50 Head of Roanoak Reed, Peter 1782, May 13, 100 Beaver Creek Richards, Christian 1782, Dec. 3, 138 Terry's Creek Ross, Alexander 1783, Sept. 22, 109 On Roanoak River Richards, Isaac 1783, Sept. 22, 150 Big Trap Run, waters of the Den Fork of Roanoak River Richardson, James 1783, July 23, 100 Banks Creek, branch of Beaver Dam Robinson, William 1783, Sept. 22, 50 Dark Run, branch of South Fork Roanoak River Robinson, James 1785, Jan. 5, 53 Pedlar Run, branch of North Fork Roanoak River Ratleff, William 1785, Feb. 22, 90 Elliot's Creek Rose, Edward 1785, Sept. 14, 200 Elliott's Creek Ratliff, William 1785, Sept. 14, 180 Cedar Run, branch of Elliott's Creek Ratleff, William 1785, Dec. 26, 111 Long Branch Reed, George 1789, May 28, 96 Beaver Creek Roberta, Moses 1790, Feb. 16, 160 Adjoining lines of Lewis & Randle Rodgers, David 1774, Feb. 24, 270 Greenbrier Roussau, William 1781, Nov. — 268 Falling Spring Valley Ross, Alexander 1783, May 23, 150 Kittle Hollow, waters of Devils Den Robins, Jacob 1784, Sept. 12, 108 Little River Stinson, David 1774, Feb. 8, 66 South Side Lick Creek Seets, John 1774, Mar. 7, 83 Greenbrier Standefer, Samuel 1774, Mar. 10, 200 Greenbrier Standefer, Luke 1774, Mar. 10, 70 Greenbrier Standefer, James 1774, Mar. 10, 213 Greenbrier Stephenson, John 1774, Mar. 9, 100 Greenbrier Swoob, Joseph 1774, Mar. 11, 200 Wolf Creek, branch of Greenbrier Skeggs, Thomas 1774, Mar. 12, 270 Wolf Creek Swoob, Michael 1774, Mar. 12, 167 Wolf Creek Swoob, John 1774, Mar. 12, 228 Wolf Creek Shirley, Michael 1774, Mar. 14, 527 Indian Creek Simpson, James 1774, Mar. 30, 316 Indian Creek Smith, George 1774, Apr. 13, 130 Sinking Creek Summens, Charles 1774, May 26, 110 Little River Smith, James 1774, May 26, 122 Little River Spurlock, John 1774, May 28, 121 Little River Spurlock, William 1732, Feb. 22, 200 Rentfrow's Mill Creek, waters of Little River Scott, Mathew 1782, Apr. 25, 200 Boy's Creek, branch of Beaver Dam Storm, Peter 1782, Feb. 16, 200 South Fork Little River Simmons, Charles 1782, Apl. 23, 300 Beaver Creek Simmons, Charles 1782, Apl. 23, 250 Beaver Creek Seagreaves, William 1782, Oct. 8, 400 Waters of Roanoak, on top of Long Ridge Spender, John 1782, Aug. 24, 215 South Branch Beaver Creek Spurlock, John 1782, Dec. 5, 230 West Fork Little River Shanklin, Robert 1783, May 23, 70 North Fork Roanoak River Shanklin, Robert 1783, May 22, 112 North Fork Roanoak River Smith, Philip 1783, Apl. 10, 150 Little Creek Scott, Mathew 1783, Feb. 9, 200 Beaver Dam Shields, Robert 1783, June 6, 136 North Fork Roanoak River Shields, Robert 1783, June 6, 113 North Fork Roanoak River Sheelor, Daniel 1783, Feb. 25, 13 Little Run Statcop, Peter 1783, Nov. 18, 46 Little River Statcop, Poter 1783, Nov. 18, 43 Little Run Shields, Richard 1783, July 19, 18 North Fork Roanoak River Scott, Thomas 1783, July 24, 250 Pine Run, branch of Little River Smith, William 1783, July 25, 107 Dry Run, fork of Roanoak River Spurlock, William 1783, Sept. 10, 300 West Fork Littlo River Smither, Robert 1783, June 19, 196 Mason's Creek, branch of Roanoak Summers, Hezekiah 1783, July 6, 170 Little River Smith, Humphrey 1783, Sept. 18, 400 Back Creek, waters of Brush Creek Smith, Humphrey 1783, Oct. 6, 200 Pine Run, branch of Little River Sharpe, Henry 1783, Nov. 17, 56 Sinking Creek Suttell, Thomas 1784, Oct. 20, 24 Falling Creek, branch of Roanoak Stapleton, Charles 1784, Aug. 9, 38 South Fork Roanoak Stapleton, Charles 1784, Aug. 9, 38 South Fork Roanoak River Shaver, Frederick 1784, Apl. 12, 67 Back Creek Spurlock, David 1783, Apl. 17, 208 West Fork Little River Short, John 1784, Sept. 24, 298 Pine Creek, waters of Little River Shelor, Jacob 1784, May 14, 227 Pine Creek Smith, Humphrey 1786, Mar. 23, 230 Laurel Creek, branch of Littlo River Steaphens, James 1785, Feb. 21, 149 Dry Fork of Elliott's Creek Smith, Shorten 1785, Sept. 10, 112 South side Pilot Mtn., known by the name of the "Cock Pit." Small, John 1785, Sept. 17, 100 West Fork Little River Shields, Robert 1785, Dec. 26, 73 North Fork Roanoak River Saunders, Peter 1786, May 18, 417 Little River Scott, Matthew 1786, Oct. 2, 78 Beaver Dam Sheler, Daniel 1787, Mar. 7, 640 Little River & Old Field Creek Stanley, Zechariah 1787, Aug. 9, 502 Beaver Dam and Brush Creek, known by the name of "Maple Spring." Stanley, Zechariah 1787, Aug. 10, 495 Beaver Dam Souther, Jacob 1787, Sept, 2, 9 Little River Snaufer, George 1788, Apl. 4, 50 On Blue Ridge, joining the lands of Evan Harvy and John Long Spurlock, David 1786, Apl. 4, 100 West Fork Little River Scott, Matthew 1787, Jan. 5, 163 Beaver Dam Symonds, Charles 1789, May 29, 50 Beaver Dam Creek Salmons, Rowland 1790, Oct. 30, 420 On top of mountain including head waters of Pine & Shooting Creeks Server, John 1790, Mar. 6, 82 Sinking Creek Server, John 1790, Feb. 27, 60 Both sides Craigs Creek Skillern, George 1791, May 23, 46 South Side James River Sharp, John 1789, Aug. 17, 199 Clover Bottom Branch, branch of Sinking Creek Summer, Hezekiah 1789, Aug. 18, 93 Little River Shewey, Gasper & John 1804, Aug. 28, 300 Roanoak River Shaffer, Christopher 1805, Feb. 1, 50 Persinger's Run, a northwest branch of Potts Creek Stover, William 1807, Dec. 26, 300 Near Big Lick Snider, Peter 1797, July 26, 730 On Tinkers Creek Sharkey, Patrick 1808, Aug. 17, 64 Lick Run, waters of James River Sherman, Admond 1808, Mar. 18, 216 North Side Roanoak River Sullivan, Timothy 1774, Apl. 8, 171 Indian Creek Sterling, John 1781, Dec. 4, 80 Spreading Spring Branch Steaphens, Soloman 1785, Feb. 21, 100 Branch of Elliotts Creek Shelor, Jacob 1784, May 12, 108 Little River Stull, George 1786, Feb. 19, 200 North Side James River Turnam, James 1774, Apl. 28, 357 Head of South Fork Little River Terry, William 1782, July 1, 61 Little River Terry, William Jr. 1782, Feb. 17, 380 Brush Creek Turman, Benjamin 1782, Oct. 10, 100 West Fork Little River Turman, Ignatious 1782, Oct. 23, 95 South Fork Little River Thomas, Joseph 1782, May 20, 175 West Fork Little River Terry, William Jr. 1782, Nov. 14, 235 Roanoak River Tulles, Jonathan 1782, Nov. 29, 200 Top of mtn. on waters of Little River Terry, Jesper 1783, Feb. 20, 300 Head of Rush Fork of Pine Creek Terry, Jesper 1783, Feb. 18, 137 Beaver, branch of Little River Terry, Jesper 1782, Sept. 20, 230 Pine Creek Thrash, Valentine 1783, June 6, 139 South Fork Roanoak River Tomines, Abel 1183, July 3, 100 Little River and Brush Creek Terry, William 1783, Apr. 16, 200 Head Branch of Beaver Dam Taylor, George 1783, Nov. 17, 153 Sinking Creek, branch of New River Tearman, Benjamin 1783, Dec. 8, 146 Huckleberry Creek, branch of West Fork Little River Taylor, Isaac Sr. 1784, May 4, 160 South Fork Roanoak River Taylor, Isaac, Sr. 1784, May 4, 37 South Fork Roanoak River Tilghraan, Tobias 1783, Nov. 15, 75 Sinking Creek Tearman, Benjamin Sr. 1783, Nov. 8, 170 West Fork Little River Terry, William 1784, Dec. 12, 130 Northwest side Brush Creek Tearman, Benjamin 1783, Nov. 8, 150 West Fork Little River Turman, Ignatius 1785, Sept. 17, 95 Waters of West Fork Little River Terry, William 1787, June 25, 145 Long Ridge, waters of Roanoak Turner, Francis 1788, Dec. 4, 43 West Fork Little River Turner, Francis 1787, Feb. 6, 194 Rush Fork of Little River Turman, Ignatius 1789, Jan. 14, 160 Little River Thomas, John 1789, June 22, 100 North Fork of the Clover Bottom, a branch of Sinking Creek Thompson, James 1789, Jan. 17, 222 West Fork Little River Taylor, George 1789, June 25, 132 Sinking Creek Taylor, George 1785, June 21, 100 Sinking Creek Vanmaple, John 1784, Dec. 7, 69 Roanoak Vincy,John 1774, Feb. 28, 200 Mill Creek Vanbebber, Peter 1774, Mar. 8, 298 Greenbrier Williams, Joseph 1774, Mar. 9, 75 Greenbrier Workman, Daniel 1774, Feb. 21, 220 Greenbrier Wiley, John 1774, Apl. 6, 244 Wolf Creek West, Samuel 1774, Apl. 1, 215 Second Creek, branch of Greenbrier Wright, Jamea 1774, Apl. 7, 232 Hands Creek, Waters of Indian Creek Willis, Isiah 1774, May 20, 134 Little River Wallace, William 1782, July 18, 180 Craigs Creek Woods, Joseph 1782, July 18, 250 Craigs Creek Wright, William 1782, Nov. 17, 80 Wolf Run, waters of Roanoak Wickham, John 1783, Mar. 1, 96 Meadow Creek, branch of Little River Watterson, Henry 1783, May 22, 225 North Fork Roanoak River, known by the name of "Little Meadows." William, Henry 1783, July 25, 93 Pine Creek Wells, John 1784, Dec. 30, 50 South Side Cutaway Creek, branch of James River Wells, Richard 1785, Mar. 21, 284 Terrys Creek, waters of Little River Wilson, Jesse 1788, Apl. 19, 105 1/2 Roanoak River Witherow, John 1792, Jan. 5, 90 Tinkers Creek Walker, William 1790, Feb. 15, 212 South Fork Little River Walker, William 1790, Feb. 16, 430 South Fork Little River Wiley, John 1774, Mar. 11, 89 Wolf Creek Wright, Winkfield 1787, Feb. 6, 50 West Fork Little River Wilson, Jesse 1786, Sept. 4, 22 Big Run, Branch of Roanoak Yoakham, Coonrod 1774, Mar. 2, 70 Mill Creek Additional Comments: Extracted from: Annals of Southwest Virginia 1769-1800 BY LEWIS PRESTON SUMMERS Member of American Historical Association, Virginia Historical Society; Alumnus University of Virginia and Tulane University (Louisiana); Member American Bar Association, Virginia State Bar Association Author of HISTORY OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA 1740-1786 WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA 1777-1870 PUBLISHED BY LEWIS PRESTON SUMMERS ABINGDON, VIRGINIA 1929 COPYRIGHT, 1929, BY LEWIS PRESTON SUMMERS MANUFACTURED COMPLETE BY THE KINGSPORT PRESS KINGSPORT, TENNESSEE United States of America File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/botetourt/history/other/firstsur262gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/vafiles/ File size: 22.4 Kb