Richard Taylor - 1788 Land Survey - Frederick County, Virginia *********************************************************** Submitted by: Clara Lawver Date: February 2008 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************** Please note, transcription is wide because line breaks are same as original document. Images of the original document available at the archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/frederick/land/203orig.jpg http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/frederick/land/204orig.jpg Richard Taylor 221 Acres Frederick County Recd. 26th. Decr. 1787 Grant Issued the 10th of Octr. 1788 Examined [[Image here]] http://usgwarchives.net/va/frederick/land/203new.jpg By a scale of 100 poles to an Inch Frederick County Sct. Pursuant to a warrant Issued from 204 from the Office of the late Proprietor of the Northern Neck dated the 3rd day of April 1779 to Robert CAHOON and Entry made thereon on the ninth day of January 1787, for 400 Acres of Ungranted land Joining the land of Harrison TAYLOR which he purchased of Joseph WILKINSON on back Creek in the County of Frederick aforesaid. I have surveyed the said warrant and entry out, on the application of Richard TAYLOR assee. of the said CAHOON of which the above is a true platt, the same being bounded as follows to wit, Beginning at A, a pile of stones a Corner to the said land of Harrison TAYLOR, and also the land of Robert LOCKHART and running thence with LOCKHART North 76 degrees West 76 poles to B, a white oak another corner to the said LOCKHART, Thence leaving LOCKHART and running South 11 1/2 deg West 37 poles to a small walnut and hickory on the side of a hill, in a line of the land of Thomas MARPOOL, thence with him South 32 1/2 degr. East 68 poles between a mark'd spanish and red Oak thence Continuing with the said MARPOOL South 55 1/2 degr. West 143 poles to a large red Oak near a branch, Thence south, 91 1/2 poles to a pine thence South 65 degr. East 96 poles to a large Chesnut oak on the north west side of the north mountain, Thence along said Mountain North 35 1/2 degr. East 283 poles to a pile of Stones near a mark'd white & two Chesnut Oaks in the line of the said Harrison TAYLOR, Thence with him - North 76 1/4th degr. West 100 poles Crossing a branch to his Corner white Oak thence N 13 de E 32 poles to the beginning containing two hundred and Twenty one Acres, Survey'd January 12th - 1787 by John Cordell D S F C Examd. Benjamin Ashby S F C January the twelfth one Thousand seven hundred and eighty seven