Early Patents Outside of Bordens Tract ********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ********************************************************************** Submitted by:"Marilyn B. Headley" --------------------------------------------------------------------- Early Patents Outside Borden Tract from A History of Rockbridge County by Oren F. Morton; published in 1920 The following is a list of patents on the waters of the upper James River between the Blue Ridge and the North Mountain, and is carried forward to the year when Botetourt County was organized. No attempt has been made to eliminate those lying within the present border of Augusta or within the present limits of Botetourt. With occasional abbreviation the descriptions are those of the records in The Virginia Land Office. "Forks" is a shortened expression for "Forks of the James," the district between the North River and the main stream. The acreage is followed by the date of the patent. Name of Individual: Acres--Date of Patent--Location: Allison, Robert: 285 --1746--southwest side James opposite the Narrows. Allison, Hugh: 110--1767--Forks Anderson, William: 100--1760--James Armstrong, Robert: (1) 200--1756--south Broad Creek; (2) 80-1765--Forks Arnold, Stephen: 355--1752--Taylor's Branch of Buffalo Bailey, James 175--1759--Forks adjoining Samuel McDowell Bell, Robert 380--1756--head of Hays Beiggs, Alexander 150--1765--Mill Cr. Berryford, John (1) 200--1760--Forks; (2) 350--1760--both sides North Branch Borden, Benjamin (1) 92,000--Nov. 11, 1739--on the north and southeast Branches of James between the Blue Ridge and the North Mtn; (2) 3553--1740--west side of Blue Ridge; (3) 400--1740--near Spreading Spring Branch; (4) 400--1740--in the fork made by the North Branch and Buffalo; (5) 400--1740--under the foot of the Blue Ridge and on a branch of James called the Mary (South River) Bowen, John 100--1755--Forks Brush, Blakely (1) 234--1769--adjoining his homestead in Forks; (2) 150--1769--Brush Run Buchanan, John 320--1767--north side of James Buchanan, John, and William Thompson 100--1765--Forks Burton, Richard 400--1748--Buffalo adjoining Borden Grant Carr, James 235--1749--Broad Creek at Buffalo Caruthers, Hugh 86--1755--branch of James Cleek, Mathias 50--1769--North Branch Clements, John 80--1764--South River Collier, John (1) 400--1746--Buffalo; (2)277--1756--Buffalo Cunningham, James (1) 400--1745--Tee's Creek (Kerr's); (2) 62--1755--branch of James between House Mountain and North Mountain. (1) 100--1762--adjoining the widow Davis' in Davis, William Forks; (2) 160--1756 Davis, Nathaniel 115-1763--Buffalo Davison, John 350--1746--both sides North Branch Dale, Alexander (1) 80--1755--branch of Carr's; (2) 110--1760--branch of Carr's Dennis, Joseph (1) 70--1769--Forks, near homestead; (2) 60--1769--gap on Short Hill on Hutcheson's Branch Doak, John 400--1746--James Donoho, -- 380--1763--head of Buffalo and Dever's Lick Dougherty, Charles 80--1756--Cunningham Creek between House Mountain and North Mountain Evans, Nathaniel (1) 100--1750--"on the South River alias the River Mary between the South Mountain and a high ridge on the west side of the river"; (2) ?--1756--west side of Mary; (3) 30--1769--Forks Evans, William 150--1756--adjoining Borden's large tract on the south Finney, Michael (1) 106--1756--Forks; (2) 650--1764--James Gibson, Samuel 90--1763--Buffalo adjoining homestead Greenlee, John 140--1769--Elk Creek, south side James Gilmore, William 67--1767--branch of Tee's Greenlee, James 100-1769--south side James opposite George Salling Hall, William (1) 115--1760--Todd's Spring in Forks; (2)390--1765--branches of James; (3) 500--1765--Cedar Creek Hamilton, Robert 120--1768--Forks Hannah, John (1) 230--1756--Buffalo; (2) 45--1763--adjoining homestead in Forks Hagar, John 225--1768--Short Hill Harrison, John 241--1746--west of Short Hill Hays, Andrew 337--1760--branches of James Holman, William 320--1759--Forks Houston, James 120--1761--Forks Hutton, James 84--1755--branch of Buffalo adjoining William Todd Kemp, Francis 92--1757--Harrison's Branch in Forks Long, Joseph 400--1746--Buffalo, north side of Short Mountain Long, Samuel 400--1746--Buffalo, north side of Short Mountain Lugar, James 180--1765--Forks, adjoining John Gilmore Lusk, William (1) 220--1759--north side Buffalo; (2)1761--main branch of James Mathews, John (1) 296--174 9--north side of North Branch opposite Philip Weaver's Bottom; (2) 350--1755--Borden Creek Mathews, Sampson 18--1760--Borden Creek Mathews, Richard 100--1767--adjoining homestead in Forks McClung, James 50--1760--Mary McClure, Moses 165--1750--Spreading Spring, south side North Branch McClure, Samuel (1) 190--1759--Cedar; (2) 60--1769--adjoining homestead in Forks McClure, John (1) 233--1756--southwest side John Allison's land on long "bent" of Buffalo; (2) 140--1759--adjoining Borden Grant McCorkle, Alexander 80--1768--Forks McCown (McCune), Francis (1) 360--1743--Tee's; (2) 368--1743--Tee's McDowell, John (1) 400--1740--Big Spring Branch running into North Branch; (2) 400--1747--branches of Cedar McDowell, Alexander 350--1745--Mary McDowell, James (1) 400--1750--Forks; (2) 150--1768--adjoining homestead McDowell, Samuel (1) 340--1751--Forks; (2) 170--1767--James McKemy (McKemmy), William 90--1757--branch of Kerr's McMachon, William 400--1746--head of a north branch of Buffalo McMurray, William 85--1769--Mary McNab, Andrew 138--1749--Back Creek of Tee's McNair (McEnere), Daniel 400--1743--Bordon Creek Mills, John (1) 400--1744--Persimmon Branch of James; (2) 300-1748--Buffalo Mitchell, David (1) 220--1744--Persimmon Branch; (2) 220--1744--Persimmon Branch Mitchell, John (1) 400--1744--Broad Spring Branch; (2) 400--1746--branch of Buffalo; (3) 386--1756--Buffalo Moore, James (1) 325--1748--northeast side North Branch below mouth of South River; (2) 400--1746--branch of Buffalo; (3) 400--1746--north branch of Buffalo Moore, William 80--1764--Buffalo Moore, David 95--1768--Mary Morris (Mores), Hugh 300--1765--Forks Neely, John 125--1769--James Patton, James (1) 70-1746--branches of James; (2) 150--1748-- branches of James; (3) 337--1749--James; (4) 400--1749--James; (5) 60--1749--James; (6) 61--1750--Buffalo adjoining Whitley's land; (7) 50--1750-- Buffalo; (8) 140--1750--branch of Buffalo; (9) 104--1750-- Cedar; (10) 280--1750--head of Buffalo; (11)230--1750--Broad Spring of James; (12)100--1750--Poplar Bottom; (13) 120--1750--McDowell's Meadow Run in Forks; (14) 120--1750--head of Cedar; (15) 185--1740--Broad Creek in Forks; (16) 170--1750--head branch of Mill Creek; (17) 197--1750--branch of James; (18) 400--1750--adjoining Samuel Walker in Forks; (19) 220--1750--Poage's Draft; (20) 207--1750--branch of Cedar; (21) 220--1750--north side James; (23) 100--1750--branch of Buffalo Poage, John 214--1749--Poage's farm on west branch of Cedar Poage, Robert (1) 950--1750--Mill Creek; (2) 218--1761--Cedar Poage, William 100--1763--branch of Cedar Porter, William 107--1755--south side North Branch where it runs through the mountains from the Calfpasture. Preston, William 32--1761--north side James Rhea (Rea), Elizabeth 98--1766--North Branch Stuart, David 50--1764--Halfway Creek Renick, Robert (1) 300--1749--Timber Plain onad branch of Cedar; (2) 90--1756--Puratory Creek Reynolds, Richard 300--1765--east side North Branch Robinson, Isabella 280--1769--Forks Rowland, Robert (1) 241--1755--James; (2) 113--1755--James Rusk, John 100--1751--northwest side Borden's big survey Salling, John P. (1) 400--1746 (1741?)--east side North Branch; (2) 170--1748--east side North Branch Sayers, James 100--1760--East side Buffalo Sharp, Edward 355--1760--Cedar Smiley, Walter 104--1769--James Steele, Samuel 150--1768--Halfway Creek Stephenson, John (1) 262--1748--branch of Buffalo; (2) 180--1759--Borden Creek Stuart, David 50--1764--Halfway creek Stuart, Thomas 145--1760--Forks Tarr, George Peter 150--1760--North Branch Taylor, Isaac 181--1756--James Taylor, John (1) 124--1766--south side James; (2) 75--1766--south side James; (3) 4--1769--north side James Thimble, James (1) 400--1760--Forks; (2) 95--1766--west side Camp Mountain; (3) 230--1766--Forks; (4) 188--1769--Buffalo Trimble, David 399--1765--Forks Walker, James 130--1765--adjoining Borden tract on west side. Walker, Alexander 154--1769--Broad Creek of James Whitley, Paul (1) 400--1746--branch of James; (2) 34--1763--Buffalo Whitley, Solomon 100--1759--branch of Buffalo Wiley (Willey), John (1) 170--1760--branch of Buffalo; (2) 70--1765--Buffalo Williams, Thomas (1) 400--1749--Forks; (2) 65--1749--opposite Ann Salling's hill; (3) 128--1749--Poplar Spring, a branch of North River Williamson, David 348--1754--Halfway Creek on southeast side of Borden tract and adjoining David Mitchell Wilson, George and Mathew Reed 50--1769--Forks, adjoining Edward McGee's survey Wood, James 400--1746--both sides of Buffalo Woods, Richard 200-1756--north branch of Collier Young, Robert (1) 400--1740--on a branch of Buffalo; (2) 112--1749--Forks