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CHAIN OF TITLE

1949--June 11, Deed Book 694, page 400: AUGUST & ELEANOR S. NAGEL
_to_ RANSOM G. AND MARGUERITE K. AMLONG.

1946--September 1, Deed Book 515, p. 60: ARMISTEAD L. BOOTH,
_executor under the will of_ ALBERT R. HARRISON _to_ AUGUST W. &
ELEANOR S. NAGEL.

1911--April 5, Liber J, No. 7, p. 22: CLARA B. HARRISON, UNMARRIED,
MARY C. HARRISON, UNMARRIED, ALBERT R. HARRISON, UNMARRIED, _first
part_, MARGARET N. HARRISON GIBBS AND HER HUSBAND J. NORMAN GIBBS,
_second part_. (Albert W. Harrison died intestate.)

1871--March 11, Liber O, No. 4, p. 338: NATHAN W. & SUSAN E.
PIERSON _to_ ALBERT W. HARRISON.

1868--November 21, Liber I, No. 4, p. 236: BENJAMIN KING _to_
ALBERT W. HARRISON AND NATHAN W. PIERSON OF NEW JERSEY.

1862--June 12, Liber E, No. 4, p. 195: JOHN A. SMITH _to_ BENJAMIN
KING.

1859--December 7, Liber B, No. 4, p. 451: JOHN FRANCIS MASON AND
ARTHUR PENDLETON MASON, _first part_, JOHN A. SMITH, _second part_,
BENJAMIN KING, U.S. ARMY, NOW RESIDING IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,
_third part_.

1859--November 7, Liber B, No. 4, p. 449: BETSEY C. MASON _to_ JOHN
FRANCIS MASON AND A. PENDLETON MASON, SONS OF THE SAID BETSEY C.

1859--November 7, Liber B, No. 4, p. 448: BETSEY C. MASON _to_ JOHN
FRANCIS MASON AND A. PENDLETON MASON, SONS OF THE SAID BETSEY C.

1839--February 4, Will Book T, No. 1, p. 3: "To all persons to whom
the presents shall come, greetings. Know ye that the last will and
testament of Thomson F. Mason of Alexandria County deceased hath
been in duo form of law exhibited, proved and recorded in the
Office of the Register of Wills of said County, a copy of which is
to these presents annexed and administration of all the goods,
chattles and credits of the deceased is hereby granted and
committed unto Betsey C. Mason, the Executrix of the said will
appointed...."

1839--February 18, Will Book T, No. 1, pp. 1-4: _Will of_ THOMSON
F. MASON. Will was dated December 14, 1838.

1825--Chancery Suit referenced in Liber W, No. 2, pp. 162-65:
THOMSON F. MASON _vs._ GEORGE W. MASON, RICH C. MASON, FAYETTE BALL
AND MARY HIS WIFE, GEORGE MASON AND HELLEN, JOHN, GEORGE, AND SALLY
MASON HIS INFANT CHILDREN AND SAMUEL DAWSON AND EUGENIA AND MASON
DAWSON HIS INFANT CHILDREN. (Suit was not located.)

1823--October 1, Liber W, No. 2, p. 199: THIS INDENTURE MADE THIS
FIRST DAY OF OCTOBER IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND
TWENTY THREE BETWEEN GEORGE M. MASON, AND MARY HIS WIFE, RICHARD C.
MASON AND LUCY B., HIS WIFE, GEORGE MASON OF GUNSTON, AND ELEANOR
ANN, HIS WIFE, ALL OF THE COUNTY OF FAIRFAX AND STATE OF VIRGINIA,
AND FAYETTE BALL AND MARY T. HIS WIFE AND SAMUEL DAWSON, BOTH OF
THE COUNTY OF LOUDOUN AND STATE AFORESAID, _all of the one part_,
AND THOMSON F. MASON OF THE TOWN OF ALEXANDRIA IN THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA, _of the other part_.

1820--November 21, Will Book M, No. 1, p. 130: _Will of_ THOMSON
MASON OF HOLLIN HALL, dated April 15 1797. The land on which
Huntley is located had come to Thomson by the will of his Father,
George Mason of Gunston Hall.

1792--August 23, Will Book F, pp. 104-105: Will of George Mason of
Gunston Hall granting lands to his son, Thomson Mason, which were
part of the Ball patent on both sides of the North Branch of Little
Hunting Creek.

1772--June 18, Deed Book K-1, p. 54: Sampson Darrell to George
Mason the lower part of a tract granted to John Ball by the
proprietors of the Northern Neck of Virginia in September, 1695;
willed to his son George Ball August 14, 1722; sold to John
Carlyle, March 17, 1742/43; sold to Sampson Darrell August 16,
1748.

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2, p. 199. October 1, 1823; Liber W, No. 2, pp. 162-65; Will Book
T, No. 1, February 18, 1839; Will Book T, No. 1, p. 3, February 4,
1839; Liber B, No. 4, p. 448, November 7, 1859; Liber B, No. 4, p.
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