Land Holdings in Highland County Around the Time of the Revolution -------------------------------------------------------------- File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Tim Ciccone ciccone@sprintmail.com USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non- commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material AND permission is obtained from the CONTRIBUTOR of the file. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Land Holdings in Highland County Around the Time of the Revolution The list of surveys and patents given below, and dating from before 1790, has been compiled from the records of the Surveyor's office of Augusta and in the Land Office of Virginia. The name of the person for whom the tract was surveyed or patented is followed first by the number of acres, next by the year of the survey or grant, and then by a description of its location. Unless this is followed by a capital P (for patent, the tract is a survey. Otherwise, it is a patent granted in the same year. In the following list, "adj. himself" refers to a tract surveyed or patented by the person at an earlier date. Arbogast, Michael: (1) 130-1766-First right hand fork of Crabapple waters above a small survey by Cunningham-P. 1771 (2) 59-1768-Sinkhole gully in Crabbottom (3) 98-1772-Crabbottom, adj. Himself-P. 1773 by Bernard Lantz (4) 315-1774-Crabbottom, cor. to Naigley and Zickafoose (5) 174-1775-Crabbottom, adj. Cunningham (6) 193-1785-Crabbottom Arbogast, John: 171-1785-Crabbottom Armstrong, Robert: 112-1746-Bullpasture-branch of Bullpasture-P. 1760 by William Wilson Ashton, Wallace: 344-1746-Bullpasture-P. 1750-(L.M. McClung) Beathe, Joseph: (1) 127-1780-Crab Run-P. 1789 (2) 80-1789-Bullpasture Bell, David: (1) 152-1771-Straight Creek-P (2) 250-1771-Bullpasture Mountain between John Bodkin and Charles Haynes Bell, Joseph: (1) 120-1787-Bullpasture Mountain between John Chestnut and William Jordan-P (2) 511-1786-headwaters of South Straight Creek-P. 1789 (Monterey town site) Benson, George: 263-1782-mo. Of Benson's Run-P. 1783 Benson, Irwin: 84-1789-headwaters of Dry Branch Benson, Mathias: (1) 115-1787-Dry Branch (2) 95-1789---headwaters of Dry Branch Beverage, John: (1) 93-1780-N.W. branch. of Bullpasture. (2) 137-1782-Carlile's Run Black, Alexander: (1) 250-1746-Cowpasture-P. 1750-(J. H. Byrd's) (2) 34-1782-adj. above-P. 1784. Black, Samuel: (1) 167-1772-Straight Creek. (2) 68-1772-Carlile's Run (3) 97-1774-headwaters of Straight Creek Blagg, William: (1) 81-1782-n. Doe Hill (2) 86-1786-n. Doe Hill Bodkin, Richard: 339-1746-Bullpasture-P. 1750-(S. M. Neil's) Bodkin, Charles: 115-1754-branch. of Bullpasture-P. 1761 by William Johnson Bodkin, John: 162-1782-Bullpasture Mountain-n. Doe Hill Bowman, John: 63-1785-North Fork abj. Lantz Burner, Abranchaham: (1) 34-1782-Crabbottom, adj. himself (2) 180-1786-headwaters Jackson's River Burnside, James: 75-1767-Bullpasture, adj. himself-(S.M. Neil's) Bush, Michael: 375-1766-Crabbottom, below Hull's-P. 1768 by John Young Carlile, John and Robert: (1) 304-1746-Bullpasture, 1 m. S. of Clover Cr.-P. 1759 (2) 204-1746-Bullpasture, below Doe Hill-P. 1760 (3) 224-1746-Bullpasture, below Doe Hil-P. 1750 by John McCreary (4) 300-1759-E. side Cowpasture-P. Carlile, John: 50-1773-Bullpasture-P. 1780 Carlile, James: (1) 220-1780-adj. himself on N. branch. of Bullpasture-P. 1784 (2) 44-1789-Bullpasture, Jordan's Run Carlile, Robert: 65-1773-branch. of Bullpasture, and adj. himself-P. 1780 Carroll, Peter, and Jacob Gaskins: 71-1781-Jackson's River, n. Vanderpool-P. 1784 Cartwright, Jesse: 49-1786-Jackson's River, above Vanderpool and adj. Roby, Burner, and Mullenax Chestnut, William: (1) 197-1781-Back Creek (2) 229-1784-Back Creek-P. 1789 Crawford, William: 136-1789-Dry Branch Cunningham, Agnes: 200-1761-Crabbottom-P. 1765 Davis, John: 44-1781-branch. of Back Creek, opposite Cunningham- P. Davitt, Tully: (1) 58-1773-Bullpasture, n. Doe Hill (2) 43-1780-adj. himself-P. Delamontony, Samuel: 200-1746-Bullpasture, below Doe Hill-P. by John McCreary, 1759 Denison, John: 400-1783-Back Creek, adj. Lewis-P. Devericks, Thomas: 34-1766-Shaw's F'k, just below Headwater Dinwiddle, James: (1) 173-1781-Jackson's River< n. Vanderpool and adj. himself (2) 172-1782-Jackson's River. Dinwiddie, John: (1) 115-1769-above Vanderpool Gap-P. 1781 by Abranchaham Ingram (2) 201-1780-Jackson's River, cor. to Estill and below Vanderpool Gap-P. 1781. Dinwiddie, Robert: (1) 98-1769-in Vanderpool Gap (2) 210-1772-N F of Jackson's River. (3) 97-1781-headwaters of Jackson's River, adj. himself-P. Dinwiddie, William: 149-1773-headwaters of Jackson's River-P. 1781 Dixon, Thomas: 50-1788-Dry Branch-Jackson's River Douglas, Thomas: (1) 200-1781-Crab Run-P. 1787 by Edward Morton (2) 146-1782-Brushy F'k Duffield, Robert: (1) 49-1773-n. Doe Hill (2) 107-1780-Bullpasture, n. Doe Hill-P. 1787 Elliott, Archibald: 364-1746-source of Blackthorn-P. 1756 by James Trimble Ervine, Charles: 49-1781-Cowpasture-P. 1783 Ervine, Henry: 99-1784-Bullpasture, and adj. Knapp, n. Doe Hill Ervine, James: 140-1782-Bullpasture Mountain, n. Cllover Cr. Mill Ervine, Jared (1) 122-1782-Cowpasture adj. himself (2) 100-1787-headwaters of Cowpasture, adj. himself-P Ervine, John: 150-1788-headwaters of Clover Cr. Mill Run Estill, Wallace: (1) 94-1761-opposite Vanderpool Gap-P.? 1770 by William Preston (2) 100-1786-branch. of Bullpasture-P.? 1783 by Thomas Hicklin Ferguson, Samuel: 125-1754-Bullpasture, above McDowell-P. 1767 Fleisher, Henry: (1) 53-1788-Straight Creek (2) 60-1788-Straight Creek n. Forks of Waters (3) 82--1787-SB and adj. himself-P. Fleisher, Palsor: 93-1784-SB and adj. himself-P Frame, David: (1) 98-1767-WF'k of Jackson's River (2) 50-1770-headwaters of Jackson's River-P. (3) 286-1771-headwaters of Jackson's River-P. 1773 (4) 76-1775-Cowpasture (5) 194-1780-Jackson's River Gaines, John-1782-Bullpasture, W. of Doe Hill Galford, Thomas: 288-1780-n. Dinwiddle Given, William: (1) 329-1771-Jackson's River-P (2) 83-1780-headwaters of Jackson's River, adj. himself-P. 1787 (3) 48-1780-Jackson's River Good, Conrad: 44-1766-headwaters of South Fork Graham, Christopher: 127-1782-Bullpasture-P. 1789 Graham, John: 44-1782-Bullpasture, on Jordan's Run Green, John: 66-1786-headwaters of Bullpasture Gregory, Mary: 188-1780-Back Creek-P Gregory, William: 104-1780-Back Creek-P Griffen, Benoni: 288-1782-Meadowdale-P Gum, John: (1) 72-1766-Crabbottom-Wimer Run-P. 1769 (2) 144-1769-Crabbottom (3) 41-1780-Crabbottom, adj. Arbogast-P. 1784 (4) 19-1783-Crabbottom (5) 12-1784-headwaters of Jackson's River (6) 220-1784-Back Creek, S. of Meadowdale-P. 1784 Gum, John, Jr.: 218-1780-Crabbottom, adj. John Gum, Sr. Gum, Isaac: (1) 220-1774-Back Creek, S. of Meadowdale, P. 1784 (2) 200-1780-adj. himself (3) 193-1787-headwaters of SB.-P Gwin, David: (1) 48-1780-Jackson's River-P. 1787 (2) 380-1780-n. headwaters of Back Creek-P. 1786 (3) 56-1781-Back Creek, adj. Samuel Gregory-P. 1787 (4) 100-1789-Jackson's River (5) 268-1789-Dry Branch-P Gwin, Joseph: (1) 100-1781-Cowpasture-P. 1784 (2) 83-1783-Cowpasture Halterman, Charles: 200-1786-Straight Creek Harper, Matthew: 220-1746-Bullpasture, 1 m. S. of McDowell-P. 1758 Hays, Charles: 114-1768-Bullpasture Mountain, n. Doe Hill-P. 1772 by Thomas Wright Heath, William: 200-1780-Bullpasture-P Hempenstall, Abranchaham: 60-1773-adj. himself at Doe Hill-P. 1784 by William Wilson Hicklin, Thomas (1) 68-1756-Bullpasture, adj. Lewis-P (2) 85-1773-branch. of Bullpasture, adj. Bradshaw (3) 82-1782-Bullpasture, adj. himself (4) 150-1783-Bullpasture, adj. himself Hicklin, Hugh: (1) 100-1758-branch. of Bullpasture-P. (2) 130-1769-Cowpasture-P (3) (4) Hicklin, James: 100-1783-adj. John Hicklin Hines, Edward: (1) 50-1768-Bullpasture-P. 1770 (2) 174-1780-Crab Run, adj. his late father's place-P. 1784 Holman, William: 265-1746-Bullpasture, adj. McCreary Hughart, Thomas (1) 200-1788-Big Valley, headwaters of Bolar Run-P. 1789 (2) 95-1780-Big Valley-P Hull, Peter: (1) 97-1772-headwaters of Jackson's River, at "Osten's Camp"-P. 1773 (2) 160-1781-Crabbottom, adj. himself-P (3) 341-1782-Crabbottom, adj. himself-P (4) 198-1783-Crabbottom (5) 198-1783-Crabbottom (6) 157-1785-Straight Fork? (7) 115-1785-Crabbottom (8) 32-1787-headwaters of North Fork. On an "old path" Hull, George: 270-1781-adj. himself and Isaac Gum Ingram, Abranchaham: (1) 176-1780-headwaters of Jackson's River, adj. Lewis-P. 1781 (2) 115-1781-above Vanderpool and Frame's-P (3) 258-1782-headwaters of Jackson's River (4) 139-1786-Crabbottom Janes, William: (1) 131-1781-Straight Creek (2) 192-1783-Straight Creek (3) 190-1788-Straight Creek (4) 190-1788-Straight Creek, between himself and Evick Johnson, William: 115-1761-branch. of Bullpasture Johnston, Bartholemew: 93-1783-headwaters of Jackson's River adj. Ingram Johnes, Henry: 131-1789-branch. of Cowpasture Jordan, Andrew: 188-1786-South Fork, adj. himself Killingsworth, Richard: 93-1782-Bullpasture Mountain, adj. John Graham-P. 1784 Kilpatrick, William: 121-1782-Harper's Run, E. side Bullpasture Kilpatrick, Andrew: (1) 36-1782-Jackson's River, at King's bottom-P (2) 69-1783-Jackson's River, adj. Wiley Kilpatrick, James: 111-1783-Jackson's River adj. Wiley Knapp, Moses: 155-1781-Bullpasture, W. of Doe Hill Knox, Robert: 88-1775-Bullpasture, adj. first Bodkin place Lantz, Bernard: (1) 98-1766-SB, above homestead-P. 1773 (2) 56-1769-Crabbottom-P. 1771 (3) 84-1769-Crabbottom, between himself and Gum-P. (4) 50-1772-Crabbottom, adj. himself (5) 395-1774-Crabbottom, adj. William Cunningham and Jacob Tress- P. 1781 (6) 98-1774-Crabbottom-P. 1781 (7) 54-1785-Crabbottom, at "Fallen Timbers" Lantz, Conrad: 56-1785-Crabbottom, adj. Bernard Lantz and Bowman Largent, James: 212-1746-Bullpasture Lewis, Andrew: (1) 348-1746-Bullpasture (W. P. B. Lockridge's)-P. 1750 Lewis, Thomas: 1300-1763-the "Valley" of Back Creek, opposite John Miller-P Lewis, William: (1) 110-1763-Back Creek, opposite Stephen Wilson's and on an "old road that leadeth to Greenbranchier"-P (2) 270-1763-Vanderpool-P Lockridge, Andrew: 32-1784-Bullpasture Lowe, Christopher: 98-1766-headwaters of Cowpasture---P. 1769 by James Young Malcomb, Joseph: (1) 161-1780-Bullpasture-adj. Robert Carlile (2) 24-1782-Bullpasture, adj. himself (3) 130-1784-Bullpasture, headwaters Carlile Run-P. 1787 Martin, Lewis: 131-1781-Cowpasture, adj. himself-P. 1789 by Henry Jones Martinearly, James: 70-1785-Bp, at Blue Spring Matheny, Luke: 130-1789-Back Creek Mathew, David: 184-1773-Bullpasture__P Mathews, Sampson and George: 232-1773-Bullpasture, adj. Bodkin-P McCamie, James: 161-1787-N. W. branch. Bullpasture-P. McCandless, Alexander: 144-1754-branch. of Bullpasture McCandless, William: 73-1782-Bullpasture, opposite John Bodkin- assigned (1) to John Painter, (2) to Tully Davitt in 1785 McClellan, William: 96-1768-Cross Run at headwaters of Bullpasture McCoy, John: (1)-118-1782-Bullpasture, adj. himself-P. 1784 McCoy, Oliver: 100-1789-Crab Run McCreary, John: (1) 280-1746-Bullpasture, below Doe Hill-P. 1760 (2) 224-1750-Bullpasture-P (3) 200-1759-Bullpasture-P McCreary, Robert: 30-1783-Cowpasture-P. 1784 McDougall, John: 66-1773-Straight F'k of Bullpasture-P. 1773 McMullen, Robert: (1) 125-1773-Bullpasture, adj. Duffield (2) 150-1782-Bullpasture, adj. Andrew Yeager Miller, James: 250-1746-Bullpasture, between Bodkin and Harper Miller, William: 130-1754-Crab Run-P. 1763 by William Preston Miller, Hugh: (1) 220-1767-branch. of Bullpasture-P.? 1784 by James Carlile (2) 75-1767-Carlile Run Miller, Patrick: (1) 45-1771-Cowpasture, adj. himself-P. 1773 (2) 58-1783-Cowpasture-P. 1787 Miller, John: (1) 96-1780-Shaw's Fork (2) 58-1780-Bullpasture, adj. himself and Hines-P. 1784 (3) 232-1782-Bullpasture, adj. himself-P. 1784 (4) 286-1760-Cowpasture-P. Montgomery, John: 30-1765-Bullpasture-P. 1769 Montgomery, James 54-1757-Jackson's River Moore, David: 200-1759-Bolar Run Moore, Benjamin: 150-1789-Crab Run Morrow, James: 210-1769-Jackson's River, above Vanderpool Morton, Edward: 200-1787-Crab Run, adj. Joseph Bates-P Mullenax, John: (1) 110-1781-Crabbottom, adj. Arbogast-P. 1784 (2) 196-1785-Jackson's River, adj. Roby and Dinwiddie Murce, Robert: 116-1782-Bullpasture Mountain, headwaters of Burdie Run Naigley, Palsor: 68-1768-Crabbottom-P. 1773 Naigley, George: 142-1774-Crabbottom Newell, William: 32-1784-Bullpasture, below John Davis-P Nicholas, George: (1) 67-1770-SB (2) 123-1780-SB, at Spruce Run-P. 1782 (3) 43-1784-Straight Creek-P. 1789 Oliver, John: 125-1782-Jackson's River-P O'Neil, Thomas: 80-1789-Carlile's Run Parsons, Thomas: 200-1757-SB. (W. E. Fleisher's)-P. Patton, Matthew: (1) 17-1774-Jackson's River, adj. himself-P. 1781 (2) 82-1773-Mill Run of North Fork, opposite Crabbottom-P Peebles, John (1) 99-1780-branch. of Cowpasture-P. 1781 (2) 193-1782-Bullpasture, at Clover Cr.-P. 1783 (3) 281-1782-Bullpasture Mountain, opposite George Benson-P. 1783 Pender, John-73-1783-n. Doe Hill and adj. Hiner Penn, Matthew: 250-1782-Shaw's F'k-P. 1784 Poage, John: 153-1780-Back Creek, adj. William Cunningham-P Preston, William: 94-1770-Jackson's River, at Stony Lick-P Price, William: (1) 130-1754-Cowpasture, at a big spring-P. 1769 by Hugh Hicklin (2) 50-1754-Bullpasture Mountain-P.? 1780 by John Carlile Pullin, Loftus: (1) 321-1746-Bullpasture (Saunders place)-P. 1758 (2) 400-1782-Crab Run, adj. himself-P. 1783 Redmond, Samuel: (1) 120-1781-PB Mountain between John Chestnut and William Jordan (2) 92-1786-Cowpasture, adj. Morton and Martin Redmond, John: 8-1787-Cowpasture Reynolds, Job: 200-1775-headwaters of Cowpasture Richardson, Robert: 55-1787-Cowpasture Rider, William: 176-1780-Back Creek-P. 1789 Robertson, Peter: (1) 95-1786-Jackson's River (2) 65-1789-Back Creek-P Robinson, Henry, James Wood, Thomas and Andrew Lewis (1) 175-1746-Bullpasture, above Harper-P. 1750 by John Brown (2) 281-1746-Bullpasture, 2 m. below Clover Cr. P. O.-P. 1750 by William Wilson (3) 286-1746-Cowpasture-P. 1750 by Peter Wright Roby, Patrick M.: 70-1789-Jackson's River, abve Vanderpool Schoolcraft, John: 53-1766-Straight Creek-P. 1771 by Bernard Lantz Schoolcraft, Mathias: 130-1766-SB, below Crabbottom-P. 1771 by Michael Arbogast Seybert, Nicholas: (1) 233-1780-Straight Creek, adj. himself (2) 180-1780-Straight Creek, adj. himself-P. 1781 (3) 294-1781-Straight Creek-n. Monterey-P. 1782 (4) 317-1781-Straight Creek-P. 1782-sold to Geo. Evick (5) 1420-1786-at Hightown (6) 110-1788-Straight Creek (7) 530-1788-Crabbottom (8) 300-1788-Straight Creek-n. Evick (9) 130-1789-Crab Run Skillern, George: 95-1768-Bolar Run-P. 1780- by Thomas Hughart Slaven, John: 191-1781-Meadowdale Smith, Abranchaham: (1) 82-1769-headwaters of Crabbottom-P. 1771 (2) 170-1773-Crabbottom-P. 1774 (3) 198-1780-Crabbottom-P. Smith, Abranchaham and Joseph Skidmore: (1) 390-1775-Crabbottom, adj. Hul (2) 193-1775-Crabbottom< adj. Hull-P. 1787 by Isaac Gum (3) 290-1775-Crabbottom-P. 1781 by John Skidmore (4) 400-1775-Crabbottom, above a cold spring-P. 1784 by Abranchaham Burner (5) 39-1780-Crabbottom-P Snedicore, Christopher: 172-1784-Carlile Run-P. 1788 Steuart, William: (1) 65-1769-Cowpasture, 2 m. above Williamsville (2) 122-1782-Bullpasture Mountain on road to John Hicklin-P. 1784 (3) 177-1786-Bullpasture, at Ferguson's Run (4) 115-1786-Bullpasture, at Ferguson's Run Summers, Paul: 50-1781-Bullpasture, adj. Hughes-P. 1782 Sweet, Timothy: 32-1768-Straight Creek, above Frame's cabin-P. 1784 by Abranchaham Hempenstall Townsend, Ezekiel: 42-1780-Back Creek, and cor. to Ephraim Bates- P. 1789 Townsend, John: 6-1784-Back Creek, n. Alexander Hamilton and Roger Hickman Trimble, James: (1) 364-1756-headwaters of Bullpasture-P (2) 300-1761-Crabbottom-P-sold to Peter Hull (3) 330-1761-Crabbottom-P-sold to Peter Hull (4) 85-1766-Crabbottom-P-sold to Peter Hull Vandyne, Jacob: 90-1780-Bullpasture, above Hempenstall-P. 1782 by John Gaines Wade, Dawson: (1) 24-1767-Bullpasture, adj. himself (2) 125-1767-branch. of Bullpasture-P Wade, John: 136-1781-Back Creek-P. 1783 Wagoner, Christian: 89-1780-Crabbottom, Middle F'k.-P Weron, Abijah: (1) 125-1783-Back Creek< adj. John Gum (2) 116-1783-Jackson's River, adj. Ingram Wiley, Robert: (1) 78-1773-Dry Branch, and adj. himself (2) 29001780-Jackson's River-P Wiley, Alexander: (1) 200-1780-Dry Branch-P. 1782 (2) 91-1782-Jackson's River, above King's Bottom-P. 1782 Wilson, Hackland: 74-1754-headwaters of Cowpasture-P. 1765 by George Wilson Wilson, William (a) 281-1750-Bullpasture-P Wilson, William (b) (1) 100-1754-Jackson's River-P. 1756 (2) 304-1760-Jackson's River-P (3) 92-1773-Bolar Run (4) 149-1773-Jackson's River, adj. himself (5) 400-1781-Jackson's River, adj. himself Wilson, William: (1) 112-1760-n. Doe Hill-P. (2) 112-1761-n. Doe Hill-P (3) 112-1781-Bullpasture, at Carlile Run-P. 1782 (4) 44-1781-Bullpasture, n. Doe Hill, adj.Elibab Wilson Wilson, Samuel: (1) 167-1768-Straight Creek n. Monterey (2) 63-1768-Carlile Run (3) 97-1768-H'd of South Straight Creek-P. 1773 by Peter Hull (4) 66-1768-headwaters of Crab Run-P. 1773-by John McDougall (5) 62-1768-headwaters of Straight Creek and Crab Run-P. 1782 by Ralph Wilson (6) 86-1773-at Doe Hill and adj. himself-P Wilson, Stephen: (1) 234-1760-Jackson's River-P. (2) 350-1770-Jackson's River. (3) 102-1780-Jackson's River. Wilson, John: (1) 60-1773-Jackson's River, adj. himself-P. 1780 (2) 380-1788-headwaters of Bolar Run-P. 1788 (3) 130-1789-Bolar Run-P (4) 175-1789-Bolar Run-P Wilson, George: (1) 316-1758-Cowpasture-P (2) 74-1765-headwaters of Cowpasture-P Woods, John: 82-1786-Bullpasture Mountain-(assignee of Robert McMullen) Wright, Thomas: 114-1772-Bullpasture Mountain E. of Doe Hill-P Yeager, George: (1) 144-1782-Bullpasture, at Burdie Run and cor. to Robert McMullen-entered by William Gwin, 1767 (2) 45-1787-Back Creek, cor. to Adam Harper, Young, John: 375-1768-Crabbottom, below Hull-P. Young, James: 98-1769-headwaters of Crabbottom Zickafoose, Peter: (1) 250-1772-Crabbottom, cor. to Arbogast-P. 1789 (2) 218-1781-Bullpasture, adj. Robert Carlile (3) 106-1782-Bullpasture, adj. himself (4) 112-1785-Crabbottom-P. 1789 (5) 40-1786-adj. himself (6) 78-1786-n. Doe Hill (7) 82-1786-Crab Run, n. Beathe (8) 250-1789-Crabbottom-P