Land Grant Abstracts, "N" Surnames - Wayne Co. WV N-P WAYNE LAND GRANTS: Napier, Nelson, Newman, Nixon,Noe submitted by June White juja@inetone.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAPIER GRANTS Edmund Napier 1 Jul 1850 Wayne County 9 a. On waters of Big Lynn and Brush Creek Grants No. 103, p. 227 Edmund Napier 1 Jan 1855 Wayne County 75 a. On waters of Brush Creek of Left fork of Twelve Pole Grants No. 110, p. 800 Moses Napier 1 Jul 1836 Cabell County 10 a. On South of Left fork of Twelve Pole Creek, beginning above said Napier's house Grants No. 86, p. 105 Moses F. Napier 31 Aug 1843 Cabell County 18 a. At the head of the Flat Hollow of Lick Creek beginning about 20 poles from the mouth of said hollow to near the head of said hollow Grants No. 95, p. 642 Moses F. Napier 31 Aug 1848 Wayne County 30 a. On lick Creek of the Left hand fork of Twelve Pole Grants No. 100, p. 493 Patrick Napier 31 Jul 1845 Wayne County 65 a. On the waters of Big Lynn, a branch of the Left hand fork of Twelve Pole, beginning at the second hollow above Jackson Watt's house and c. to near the head of the left hand fork of said creek Grants No. 96, p. 614 Patrick Napier, 30 Jun 1846 Assignee of Adam Napier Wayne County 160 a. On the waters of Brush and Big Lynn Creeks of the Left hand fork of Twelve Pole, beginning on a West side hill near the left hand fork of Big Lynn & c. to near the waters of Brush Creek and to a hillside near the Stone Cole (sic) fork of Brush Creek Grants No. 97, p. 533 Patrick Napier 30 Jun 1847 Wayne County 45 a. On the Left hand fork of Big Lynn, beginning on a hillside near the Left hand fork of Big Lynn & c. on a hill side near a drain running up to Patrick Napier's house and with his old line Grants No. 98, p. 623 Patrick Napier 1 Mar 1853 Wayne County 70 a. On ridge between Stone Coal fork and Bill Napier fork of Brush Creek Grants No. 108, p. 283 Robert Napier 31 Mar 1847 Wayne County 180 a. On the waters of Big Lynn of the Left hand fork of Twelve Pole, beginning on a corner to an old survey above said Napier's house on a drain running into Lynn & c. near an old line to a corner to Patrick Napier's survey and to the foot of a hill near the forks of Big Lynn near Aaron Asbury's corner Grants No. 98, p. 565 Thomas F. Napier 31 Jul 1845 Wayne County 60 a. On waters of Big Lynn, beginning near the line made for William Buffington and John Ferguson to the Right hand fork of Big Lynn near Hanford Watt's house & c. on the dividing ridge between said creek and Drift branch near Watt's corner Grants No. 96, p. 615 Thomas F. Napier 30 Jun 1846 and Milton Ferguson Wayne County 500 a. On the waters of Big Lynn and Brush Creeks of the Left hand fork of Twelve Pole, on the head waters of Billy branch, Drift branch, and Sycamore branch and on the ridges between said water courses Grants No. 97, p. 522 William Napier 31 Aug 1848 Wayne County 25 a. On a ridge at the head of the Beech branch and Rich Creek of the Left hand fork of Twelve Pole, beginning on a hill side on a survey line made for John Smith Grants No. 100, p. 494 William Napier 1 Nov 1853 Wayne County 300 a. On waters of Big Lynn of the Left hand fork of Twelve Pole Creek, beginning on a hill side about 20 poles SW of a horse mill, corner to a survey made for Patrick Napier and on the line of survey for William Buffington Grants No. 109, p. 249 Library of Virginia http://198.17.62.51/collections/LO.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NELSON GRANTS Isaac Nelson 30 Aug 1848 Wayne County 125 a. On a small branch of Hezekiah's Creek of the Left hand fork of Twelve Pole, beginning at the first branch below the Trough fork Grants No. 97, p. 16 Isaac Nelson 1 Jul 1851 and Stephen Bartrum Wayne County 50 a. On the west side of Hezekiah's Creek of the Left fork of Twelve Pole, beginning on a hill side about 10 poles from said fork, corner to D. Witcher's Survey Grants No. 105, p. 567 Isaac Nelson, Senior 1 Jan 1851 Wayne County 70 a. On waters of Hezekiah's Creek, beginning on a hillside below the mouth of the first branch below the mouth of Trough fork & continuing above the mouth of Big Laurel, above William Nelson's Mill Grants No. 104, p. 638 Samuel Nelson 1 Nov 1856 Wayne County 15 a. On waters of Big Laurel of Hezekiah's fork of Left hand fork of Twelve Pole beginning on a point between two branches of Big Laurel & corner to Pack's land Grants No. 113, p. 218 William Nelson 30 Jun 1846 Wayne County 25 a. On the Laurel fork of Hezekiah's fork, beginning on a hill side below his house, near Nelson's branch & c. on a hillside above his house and on a hillside near a small drain Grants No. 97, p. 532 William Nelson 1 Jun 1852 Wayne County 60 a. On Laurel Creek of Hezekiah's fork of Left fork of Twelve Pole, beginning near a small branch of Laurel Grants No. 107, p. 227 Library of Virginia http://198.17.62.51/collections/LO.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWMAN GRANTS Payton Newman 2 Mar 1818 Cabell County 75 a. Beginning at a corner to William Walker's and Payton Newman's land on Sandy Grants No. 67, p. 160 Paylon (sic) Newman 24 Jul 1810 Kanawha County 100 a. On Big Sandy River, beginning 70 poles above the mouth of Price's Mill Creek Grants No. 60, p. 560 William Newman 5 Feb 1820 Cabell County 50 a. On Big Sandy River, beginning & c. on the bank of said river, upper corner of a survey made for William Walker and Robert Rutherford Grants No. 69, p. 89 Library of Virginia http://198.17.62.51/collections/LO.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NIXON GRANTS William Nixon 1 Jan 1852 Wayne County 33 a. On Right hand fork of Camp Creek of Left hand fork of Twelve Pole Grants No. 106, p. 729 William Nixon 1 Jun 1861 Wayne County 230 a. On a ridge between Right and Left hand forks of Camp Creek NOT SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR Grants No. 117, p. 803 Library of Virginia http://198.17.62.51/collections/LO.html --------------------------------------------------------------- NOE GRANTS William Noe 30 Nov 1849 Assignee of John Penson Wayne County 40 a. On East side of Right hand fork of Twelve Pole Grants No. 101, p. 481 William Noe Nov 1856 Wayne County 300 a. On east side of Right hand fork of Twelve Pole Beginning near the head of a hollow of said fork & c. to a corner to Jacob Noe's lands and thence to Penson's branch Grants No. 113, p. 217 Submitted by June White View scanned documents online at the Library of Virginia Website **************************************************************** 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. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. ****************************************************************