Chapter V: Part 5

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HENRY HENDRICKS } _C C_
JOHN URTON }
ISAAC PENINGTON _M^r_

Oct^r 23^d Then Surveyd for Patrick Rice a tract of waste L^d on y^e head of Long Marsh beg at 2 white Oaks on y^e N^o Side of Long Marsh & run thence S^o 22 W^t 154 po to 2 red Oak Saplins Nath^l Daughilys C^r on a knowl th N^o 68 W^t 320 po to 3 red Oaks in Rocky Limestone Ground thence N^o 22 E^t 200 po to 2 red Oaks & one white O. Saplins near a stooping white Oak in Limestones th S^o 68 E^t 320 po to 2 hick^{ys} from thence to y^e Beg Cont^g 400 Acres

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HENRY HENDRICKS
JOHN URTON _C C_
PATRICK RICE _M^r_

N. B. this plat I have made
to begin at y^e two red Oaks
on y^e S^o side Long Marsh

Oct^r 24. Survey'd for John Madden a tract at Joes Hole beg at a white Oak _about_ on y^e Fairfax Road & Run thence S^o E^t 200 near 3 Small Locust in y^e M^h thence S^o W^t 320 po ab^t 1 pole from a hic^y on a Limestone Ridge thence N^o W^t 200 po to a Limestone Rock 4 M near two small mark'd Red Oak Saplins in Very Rocky Ground th N^o E^t 320 po to y^e Beg Cont^g 400 Acres @@whitespace@@ Plat drawn

THOMAS HAMPTON } _C C_
JEREMIAH WOOD }
JOHN LINDSEY--_Mark^r_

Oct^r 24^{th} Survey'd for Jeremiah Wood a certain Tract of Waste L^d Begin Carters Line & Sam^l Isaac's C^r 5 red Oaks and Run thence with his Line N^o 31½ E^t 206 po to 3 Small Locusts another of Isaac's C^r thence N^o 60 W^t 216 po to a Dead hickory & live red Oak & white Oak Saplins in y^e Barains th S^o 31½ W^t 244 po to a red Oak in Mess^{rs} Corners Line thence with his S^o 73½ E^t 100 th N^o 60 E^t 12 po to 2 white Oaks & a hick^y Carters Corner y^e Course which is S^o 89 E^t 110 to be drawn straight th to y^e beg. S^o 56 E^t 112 poles Cont^g 292 Acres

SAM^L ISAAC
THO^S M^{C}CLAHAN
JER^H WOOD

Oct^r 27^{th} then Surveyd for Rob^t Ashby Beg at 2 white Oak in Carters Line & run thence N^o 11 W^t 192 po to a forked red Oak near a Glade th N^o 81 E^t 333 po to white Oak Saplins & one red Oak 320 po to Fairfax Road th S^o 11 E^t 56 po to a red Oak on a Ridge thence S^o 30 W^t 76 po to a red Oak white Oak & Locust thence S^o 11 E^t 55 po to 3 small hic^y Saplins in Mess^{rs} Carters Line th to y^e Beg. S^o 77 W^t 283 poles Con^g 346 Acres

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JOHN URTON
STEP^H SOUTHERD
ROB^T ASHBY _M^r_

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Oct^r 29^{th} Survey'd for Hannah Southerd late Widow to Peter Camperlin & Jacob & Sam^l Camperlin a cert^n Tract of Waste L^d Beg. at a fork'd red Oak near a Glade & run thence with his Line N^o 81° E^t 333 po xing Fairfax Road to 2 white Oak Saplins & one red Oak D^o thence N^o 05 W^t 182 po to red Oak in Col^o G Fairfax's Line thence with his Line N^o 75 W^t 144 po to a red Oak Fx Col^o Fx C^r also C^r to Johnstons patent th with his Line South 160 po. to a Locust Stake in a Corn Field th N^o 60 W^t 52 po to Johnstons C^r 2 white Oaks then went to y^e white Oak Rob^t Ashbys C^r and extend^d th N^o 11 W--51 poles to a red O. white O. & locust in Vances Line th: with Vances Line N^o E^t 31 poles N^o 26½ E^t 70 poles to W. Jumps Line th: to y^e tother C^r Con^g 311 Acres

JOHN URTON
JOHN SHEELY
STEPHEN SOUTHERD

this plat is made to beg^n
in Widow Jumps Line
Vance c^r & to run first
with Vances Line

Oct^r 29th Survey'd for Rob^t Fox a Tract Beg. at 2 white Oaks Rob^t Ashbys C^r in Carters Line R A & run thence with Ashbys Line N^o 55 W^t 192 to Ashbys C^r 243 po to a red Oak a hick^y & Locust in Vances Line thence with his Line S^o W^t 168 po to Vances C^r 3 red Oaks on a knowl also C^r to John Anderson thence with Andersons Line S^o 82 poles to a a hickory & red Oak anoth^r of Andersons C^{rs} thence S^o 54 W^t 114 po to White Oaks in Carters Line thence with his Line S^o 56 E^t 36 po to a a white Oak & hick^y in y^e Turn of Carters Line thence with his Line N^o 79 E^t 237 poles to y^e Beg Con^g 1216 Acres

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JOHN URTON } _C C_
JOHN SHEELY }
ROB^T FOX

Oct^r 30^{th} 1750

Surveyd for Capt^n George Neavil a Tract beg at a Walnut Morris's patent C^r & run thence N^o W^t 200 po to a Spanish Oak on a Ridge of Rocks thence S^o W^t 321 po two red Oak Saplins on y^e N^o Side Fairfax Road thence S^o E^t 200 po to 3 red Oak Saplins th N 50 E^t 52 po to a red Oak C^r to Morris's Patent thence to y^e Beg Containing 400 Acres @@whitespace@@ plat drawn

THOMAS HAMPTON
RICH^D HAMPTON 52
FRANCIS CARNEY 92
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N. B I have made the above L^d a parrallelogram

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Then Surveyd for Capt^n Marquis Calmes Beg on y^e S^o Side Bullskin & in Capt^n G. Johnstons Line 3 white Oak & run th. with his Line N^o 20 po to a stake in y^e Center spring of head of Bullskin Johnstone C^r th down y^e Water Course S^o 5½ E^t 12 po & to a stake in y^e stream another of Johnston's C^{rs} thence leaving y^e Water & run thence N^o 5 E^t 148 po to a red Oak th N^o 48 E^t 19 pole to a red Oak in D^r M^{c}Cormick's Line th with his Line N^o 24 po to a hick^y & red Oak M^{c}Cormicks C^r the true C^r is N^o 35 E^t--126 to a double red Oak y^e pat^t mentions a hic^y at 256 po: N^o 258 Pole to a red Oak Walnut & Locust in a rich spot of Ground th S^o 80 W^t 192 po to 3 White Oaks on a Stoney Ridge th N^o 60 W^t 148 po. to 3 red Oaks on a Stony Ridge th S^o 30 W^t 380 po to 2 small hickorys near two white Oaks thence S^o 52 E^t 428 poles to a white Oak & two red Oaks thence N^o 85 E^t 40 po to y^e Beg Cont^g 1170 Acres

ROERT WORTHINGTON } _C C_
JAMES M^{C}CORMICK }
CAPT^N MARQUIS CALMES _Marker_

Beg at a red Oak and hick^y Davis's & Stephensons C^r & run thence S^o 42--15 W^t 220 po to y^e Marsh 240 po to a small white Oak in Stephensons Line 294 po to a stake near a markt white Oak thence S^o 30 E^t 20 poles to a white Oak Col^o G Fx's Corner thence to y^e beg y^e above was an addition made to Mr Fairfaxs Tract[90]

[Footnote 90: The survey of November 3^d, 1750 for Captain Marquis Calmes has several pencil lines drawn across it, with the memorandum also in pencil and in Washington's handwriting:--"Get y^e last Surveys returnd to y^e Office----".]

INDEX.

Academy attended, 11.

Academy in Westmoreland, 11.

Agent of Lord Fairfax, 68.

Ague and fever, 66.

Alexandria, charter for, 53.

Alexandria, course of river front, 56.

Alleghany mountains, 12, 25, 29, 32.

Ambler. Edward, 18, 60.

Anderson. Barthalamore, 73.

Anderson. John, 124, 125, 129.

Antietam creek, 31.

Appalachian range, 21.

Arlington. Lord, 77.

Arnold. Jonathan, 107, 108.

Arnold. Josiah, 102.

Arnold. Richard, Sr., 71, 98, 99, 100.

Arnold. Richard, Jr., 98, 99, 113.

Ash tree, 44, 48, 88.

Ashby. Capt., 21.

Ashby. Henry, 28, 39, 55.

Ashby. Robert, 28, 55, 128, 129.

Ashby. Genl. T. W., 22.

Ashby's Bent, 52.

Ashby's Ferry, 47.

Ashby's Gap, 19.

Assembly of Va., 26, 68.

Augusta Co., Va., 20, 25, 40, 80, 81, 82, 83, 104, 105, 106.

Augusta Co., Va., boundary, 55.

Augusta Co., Va., formed, 79.

Baggage came, 28.

Baker. Samuel, 86, 87.

Baker. William, 86.

Baltimore. Lord, 32.

Barbadoes, island of, 30, 54.

Barnes, Richard, Gent., 76, 77, 78, 80.

Baronies or manors, 39.

Barony of Cameron, 24.

Barwick. Thomas, 29.

Bath, England, 19.

Bath Warm Springs, Va., 29, 30.

Battle between Delawares and Catawbas, 37.

Beards, full, not in fashion, 69.

Beaumont and Fletcher, 36.

Beautifully kept copy book, 10.

Bed-rooms rarely heated, 70.

Beds, poor, 26.

Belvoir, books at, 67, 68.

Belvoir estate described, 17.

Belvoir in view from Mt. Vernon, 15.

Belvoir mansion burnt, 18, 19.

Belvoir, the home of the Fairfaxes, 15.

"Bent," a large river bottom, 52.

Berkeley Co., Va., 18, 50.

Berkeley. Governor, 77.

Beverley manor, 40.

Beverley Mills, now Stanton, 79.

Big Kettle, 32.

Big Shawnee Spring, 25.

Big Spoon, 32.

Black oak, 81.

Black smith, 48.

Black walnut, 28, 47, 48.

Blackburn. Col., 28.

Bladen. Col. Martin, 68.

Bladen. Gov. Thomas, 31.

Blair. John, 68.

"Blaze," a surveyor's term, 47.

"Blazed" trees, 47.

Blue ridge, 12, 20, 21, 51.

Born a leader, 9.

Braddock. General, 20, 31.

Bradshaw. Henry, 119.

Brentville, 21.

Brother Austin, 67.

Brother Lawrence, 52, 66, 67.

Brown. Samuel, 95.

Buffalo paths and Indian trails, 52.

Bull Run, 21.

Bullskin creek, 115, 121.

Burch trees, 85, 86, 87.

Burroughs. Ann, 20.

Burwell's Island, 21.

Butler. Jane, first wife of A. W., 52.

Cacapehon mountain, 40.

Cacapehon river, 73, 79, 80, 81, 85, 86, 88, 89, 91, 92, 93, 95, 96,
101, 102, 103, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 112.

Calmes. Captain Marquis, 130.

Camp at Mr. Stumps, 41, 42.

Campbell. Maj., 29.

Camperlin. Jacob, 128.

Camperlin. Peter, 128.

Camperlin. Samuel, 128.

Canoe, crossed Potomac to Md., 30.

Canoe, recrossed to Virginia, 34.

Carlyle. John, 53, 68.

Carney. Francis, 129.

Carney. Thomas, 120.

Carter's line, 124, 125, 127, 129.

Carthegenia expedition, 53.

Cary. Anna, 60.

Cary. Elizabeth, 60.

Cary. Mary, 18, 59, 60.

Cary. Sarah, 18, 60.

Cary. Wilson, 18, 59.

Cary. Wilson Miles, 60.

Cassey. Peter, 49, 50.

Catawba Indians, 36.

Cates' marsh, 25, 26, 27, 56.

Caudy. James, 99.

Caudy's Castle, 99.

Cellars. Elias, 42.

Chainmen on surveys, 28, 39, 55, 78, 79, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94,
95, 96, 97, 101, 109, 117, 120, 122, 123, 124, 126, 127.

Charles II, 77.

Charlottesburg, now Cumberland, 65.

Chartier's creek, Pa., 20.

Chartier's creek, town projected at, 65.

Chestnut trees, 75, 81.

Chestnut oak, 42, 44, 48, 87.

Chinese table furniture, 36.

Chips for plates, 51.

Clay Lick Run, 39, 40.

Clark. Deborah, 68.

Clean shaved faces, 69.

Clearfield Co., Pa., 50.

Coddy's on Great Cacapehon, 51.

Coburns early settlers in valley, 38.

Cohongoruton or Potomac, 29.

Colchester, Fairfax Co. charter, 53.

Colins. John, 51.

Collector of customs, 68.

Collins. Luke, 85, 103.

Colston, Raleigh, Esq., 24.

Colston. Thomas, 123.

Columbia, Pa., 30.

Commission of plantations, 77.

Constant. John, 108, 109.

Continental Army, 46.

Contraction of first names, 67.

Cooked their own meats, 51.

Corder. Edward, 78, 79, 95.

Corner trees blaze, 47.

Coryate. Thomas, 35.

Council with Indians, 64.

Course of river at Alexandria, 56.

Court, November, in Frederick Co., 70.

Cox. Friend, 111.

Cozine. John, 27.

Cozine's. John, house, 122, 123.

Craig. Major Isaac, 21.

Crawford. William, 116, 117, 118, 120, 124.

Cresap. Col. Thomas, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 64.

Cresap. Daniel, 32.

Cresap. Michael, 32.

Cresap's map, 32.

Croft. Ralph, 124, 125.

Culpeper. Catherine, 23, 77.

Culpeper, Lord Gov. of Va., 77.

Culpeper, Lord Thomas, 23, 77.

Culpeper, widow of lord, 77.

Culpeper Co., History of, 76, 77.

Culpeper Co. "Minute Men," 77.

Culpeper Co., surveyor of, 79.

Culpeper Court-House, 78.

Cumberland, Md., 32, 34.

Daughily. Nathaniel, 126.

"Daughter of the Stars," 22.

Davids Run, Frederick Co., 89.

Davis. William, 115, 117.

Davis. Worthington, 116.

Dawson. Isaac, 109, 110.

"Dear Friend John," 57.

Deer, wild, in Fairfax Co., 39.

Delaware Indians, 36, 37.

Denny, Lord Fairfax, 24.

Denton. Robert, 71, 80, 104, 105.

Dilouza. James, 96, 97, 106.

Dinner with wine, etc., 28.

Dinwiddie. Gov., 64.

Discrete in use of liquors, 29.

Dishes, had none, 51.

Dividing line, 32.

Dogwood trees, 81.

Double dating, 15.

Doubloon a day, 63.

Draft of letter to Lord Fairfax, 73.

Draft of letter to sister-in-law, 66.

Dulany, Mr., of Maryland, 31.

Dumfries, 21.

Dunbar. Ann, 71, 82, 83, 104.

Dunbar. John, 82, 104.

Duncan. William, 39.

Dunmore's Indian War, 20.

Dutch, speaking no English, 45.

Early maps of Va., 52.

Edwards. David, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 96, 97.

Edwards. Joseph, 88, 98, 99.

Edwards. Thomas, 88, 98.

Elm trees, 87.

Elizabeth City, Co., Va., 59.

Ellswick. John, 83.

Ellswick. John, Sr., 72.

Employment, first, 9.

England and the calendar, 15.

Enoch. Henry, 108, 112.

Episcopal Church, 26.

Everett, 60.

Expert in surveying, 11.

Fairfax. Anne, 53, 68.

Fairfax. Rev. Bryan, 19, 24, 60, 68.

Fairfax. Catherine, 77.

Fairfax. Ferdinand, 19.

Fairfax. George William, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 27, 45, 49, 51, 52,
54, 59, 60, 68, 72, 73, 115, 121, 122, 123.

Fairfax. Hannah, 69.

Fairfax. Henry, 23, 67.

Fairfax. Robert, 24.

Fairfax. Sarah, 68.

Fairfax. Capt. Thomas, 68.

Fairfax. Lord Thomas, 11, 12, 15, 20, 22, 26, 37, 53, 68.

Fairfax. Hon. William, 11, 15, 18, 23, 67, 69.

Fairfax, Hon. Wm., Trustee, 53.

Fairfax. Wm. Henry, 69.

Fairfax Co., its formation, 52, 117.

Fairfax land office, 13.

Fairfax manor, 40.

Fauntleroy. Betty, 61.

Feather bed, 29.

Federal Constitution, 37.

Field book of surveys, 75, 76.

Field notes of surveys, 12, 13, 74.

Fifteen Mile creek, 63.

Filial reverence, 10.

First road over the Alleghanies, 31.

Flag of "Culpeper Minute Men," 77.

Fleas and other vermin, 26.

Flesh fork, 35.

Fork of S. Branch, 38, 40.

Forked sticks for spits, 51.

Fort Ashby, 22, 34.

Fort Loudoun, 26.

Fort Wolf, 47.

Forts in Frederick Co., 26.

Forts, to build, on Ohio, 65.

Forts, to garrison, against Indians, 64.

Foster. Isaac, 124, 126.

Fox. Robert, 129.

Foxes, wild, near Washington, 39.

Frankfort on Patterson creek, 22.

Franklin. Ben., 65.

Frederick county, 20, 24, 25, 26, 34, 45, 50, 54, 55, 85, 87, 88, 89,
91, 95, 100, 101, 102, 106, 107, 108, 114, 121, 122.

Fredericksburg, Va., 19, 61.

French and English on Ohio, 31.

French, early adopt knife and fork, 35.

Friend. John, 111.

Friend. Nicholas, 111.

Frontier cabins, 27.

Fry and Jefferson's map, 20.

"Game," a fictitious term, 28.

Genn. James, 21, 51, 55, 56.

German emigrants, 45.

German Protestants, 45.

German regiments, 46.

Germans in Shenandoah Valley, 45, 47.

Gist. Christopher, 64.

Glade. "Smith's," 120.

Gooch, Governor, of Va., 25, 37.

Good humor, 28.

Goony Run manor, 39.

Great bend in Shenandoah, 52.

Great Cacapehon, 63.

Great Valley of Virginia, 13.

Greathouse, 32.

Greeks did not have table forks, 35.

Greenway Court, 18, 22.

Greenway Court, library at, 67.

Greenway Court manor, 39.

Gregorian chronology, 15.

Grubb's line, 121.

Grymes. Miss Lucy, 60.

Gum trees, 90, 93.

Half brother--Lawrence, 10, 12, 66.

Hamilton. James, 80.

Hamilton, James, Jr., 72.

Hampshire Co., Va., 34, 39.

Hampton. George, 123.

Hampton. Joseph, 123.

Hampton. Richard, 129.

Hampton. Thomas, 124, 127, 129.

Hanbury. John, 64.

Hancock, Maryland, 63.

Hardy Co., Va., 20, 22, 37, 39, 40, 73.

Harris. Henry, 47.

Harrison. Ann, 23.

Havre-de-Grace, Md., 30.

Hay, stack of, 50.

Haynes. Joshua, 121.

Hedges. Solomon, 34.

Hedgman creek, 80.

Hemp and tobacco, 24.

Hendricks. Henry, 126.

Henry. Patrick, 70.

Hogan. Edward, 78, 79, 80, 81, 105.

Hickory trees, 28, 41, 46, 48, 55.

Historical year, 15.

Hite. Capt. Joist, 24, 25, 51.

Horner. George, 72.

Horse jockey, 37.

House of Burgesses, 53.

How. Josh., 83, 84.

Howard's early settlers, 38.

Howt. Jos., from N. E., 72.

Hughes. Elias, 93.

Hughes. Hugh, 92, 93.

Hughes. Thomas, 91, 92.

Hughes. William, Jr., 92, 93, 94.

Hughes. William, Sr., 92, 93.

Humphras. Mrs., 70.

Hunting creek plantation, 53.

Hunting lodge, 22.

Hyatt. George, 89.

Illinois formed from Va., 55.

Indian dance, 33.

Indian scalp, 33.

Indian trails lead through the mountain passes, 52.

Indiana formed from Va., 55.

Indians returning from war, 33.

Indians, trading with, 31.

Introduction, 9.

Introduction of table forks, 35.

Inventory of articles bought at Fairfax sale, 16, 17.

Irving, 60.

Isaacs. Samuel, 125, 126, 127.

Italy, use of knife and fork, 35.

Jamestown, Va., 60.

Jefferson Co., Va., 50.

Jefferson. Thomas, 32.

"Jesuit Bird," 38.

Jet. Francis, 75, 76.

"Joe's Hole," 126.

Johnston, 122, 128.

Johnston. Abram, 34.

Johnston. Capt. George, 120, 130.

Johnston. John, 121.

Johnston. Thomas, 54, 55.

Johnston. Miss, marries T. Cresap, 30.

Johnstones. William, 28.

Jones. Thomas, 121.

Journal, a literal transcript of, 13.

Journal, a private memorandum, 14.

Journal mutilated, 56.

Journal of my journey over the mountains, 12.

Journal of voyage to Barbadoes, 12.

Judas tree, 47.

Jump. Isabella, 123.

Jump. Widow, 124, 128.

Justice of the peace, 34.

Juvenile letters, 54.

Kanawha river, 64.

Keith. John, 108, 109.

Kentucky formed from Va., 55.

Kercheval's History of the Valley, 22, 25, 36.

Keys. T., 116, 117, 120.

King. George, 65.

King George Co., Va., 21.

King of Hungary, 35.

Kinnison. Edward, Jr., 95.

Kinsman. Samuel, 72.

Kinson. James, 71.

Kittatinny mountain, 21.

Knife and fork at table, 34.

Lafayette. General, 21.

Land office, 12.

Land rights, 40.

Land surveying profitable, 11.

Land title, 37.

Land warrants, form of, 72.

Lane. Richard, 112.

Lee. Arthur, 54.

Lee. George, 54.

Lee. Genl. Henry, 24, 60.

Lee. Richard Henry, 54, 64.

Lee. Thomas, 64.

Leeds Castle, England, 24, 77.

Letters, a study for, 57, 58, 62.

Letters, drafts of, 57, 58.

Lieutenant of Frederick Co., 23.

Limestone rocks, 28.

Lindsay. John, 127.

Lindsay. Robert, 107.

Lindsay. William, 28, 55.

Liquor given Indians, 33.

List of clothes, 69.

Little Cacapehon, 63, 111.

Liveron. Michael Calb, 44.

Lizenby. Daniel, 104, 105.

Locust trees, 49, 55.

Loftan. Thomas, 121, 122, 123.

Loftan. Thomas, Jr., 123.

Logan, friend of the whites, 32.

Logan, Indian chief, 32.

Lonem. John, 78, 79, 88, 89, 90, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100,
101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113.

Long Marsh, 26, 27, 31, 54, 55, 56, 122, 126.

Lord Baltimore, 32.

Lordship's quarters, 22.

Lost his father, 9.

Lost River, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 87, 103, 105.

Lost the road, 52.

"Lots," a surveyor's term, 36, 37.

Loudoun Co., Va., 52.

"Low Land Beauty," 59, 60.

Lowther's College, 68.

Lutheran Church, 46.

Lynch. Barnaby, 100.

Lynn trees, 81, 84, 85, 86, 103.

McBride. Francis, 81, 82, 104.

McBride. William, 82.

McCarty. Timothy, 120.

McCay. James, 113, 114.

McClahan. Thomas, 127.

McCormick. Dr. James, 121, 130.

McHandry. Barnaby, 85.

McKannary. Barnaby, 71.

McKeaver and son, 97.

McKeaver. Darby, Jr., 95, 96, 113.

McKeaver. Darby the elder, 72, 96.

McKleduff. Daniel, 116, 117.

McKoy. James, 71.

Madden. John, 126.

Manor lines, 39, 46, 49.

Manor of Leads, 39.

Manorial grants in Va., 39.

Manors in N. Y. or Patroons, 40.

Markers on surveys, 28, 39, 55, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 85, 86, 87, 90,
91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 101, 109, 115, 120, 122, 123, 124,
126, 127.

Mason. George, 31, 64.

Mason, George, trustee, 53.

Mathematics, his aptitude in, 10.

Matthews. Patrick, 121.

Maple trees, 84, 85.

Marshall. Chief Justice, 24.

Martin, Rev. Denny, name changed, 24.

Maryland house wife, 66.

Matured early in life, 14.

Mead. Bishop, 60.

Mecklenburg, Va., 46.

Memorandum for a coat, 62.

Memorandum of clothes, 69.

Mercer. George, 65.

Miller. John, 124, 125.

Miller, Wm., horse jockey, 105.

Minute Men's flag, 77.

Monongahela river, 61.

Monroe. John, 74.

Moor. Philip, 47, 48.

Morefield, Va., 40.

Morgan Co., Va., 30.

Morgan. Gen. Daniel, 21.

Morris's patent, 125, 129.

Morton. Rev. Andrew, 18.

Mother of G. Washington, 9.

Mount Vernon, 10, 18, 52, 53, 68.

Mouth of S. Branch, 45.

Muhlenberg. Rev. Maj. Gen., 46.

Musgrove. Edward, 114, 115.

Musgrove. John, 15.

Music by Indians, 33.

My journey over the mountains, 15.

N. B., 56.

Namacolin, an Indian chief, 31.

Nassau, New Providence, 68.

National road, 31.

Nave. Leonard, 44.

Neck of land, 110.

Neighbors supply provisions, 51.

Neville. Amelia, 21.

Neville. George, 15, 19, 129.

Neville. Brig. Genl. John, 20.

Neville. Col. Joseph, 20.

Neville. Presley, 21.

Neville's ordinary, 20.

New Providence, 65.

Newton. John, 108.

Nicholas. Robert Carter, 60.

Nickson. George, 101.

Night caps, 69.

No idle boy life, 14.

Norman's ford, 78.

Norman's line, 78.

North American Indians, 52.

North branch, 32.

North mountain, 26, 32.

North river of Cacapehon, 106.

Northern neck of Va., 11, 23, 72, 77.

Note book of memoranda, 54.

Occoquan river, 19, 21.

Old fields, 49, 50.

Old Town, 31, 64.

Oldham. Winifred, 20.

Ohio company, 53, 63, 64, 65.

Ohio river, head of, 25, 31.

Ohio, State of, founded, 55.

Opequon river, 25, 45.

Orange Co., Va., 25.

Oratory of Indians, 32.

Osborne. Jeremiah, 48.

Owen. Thomas, 122.

Parke. John, Jr., 89, 90.

Parke. John, Sr., 98, 113.

Parke. Roger, 113.

Parker. John, 112.

Parker. Thomas, Sr., 100.

Patroons, barons of manor lands in N. Y., 40.

Patterson creek manor, 39.

Patterson's creek, 22, 34.

Peach bottom, 30.

Peaks of Otter, 21.

Pendleton Co., W. Va., 32, 37, 40.

Pennington. Capt. Isaac, 24, 121, 125, 126.

Pennsylvania, 25.

People follow the surveyors, 45, 48, 49.

Pernicious weeds, 27.

Persimon trees, 75.

Picture of a war dance, 34.

Pilot in surveying, 28, 55.

Pine trees, 42.

Pinson. Aaron, 42.

Plat of early surveys, 11.

Plat of "Hell Hole," 11.

Plat of survey, 79.

Plat of turnip field, 11.

Plats drawn, 81, 82, 83, 85, 86, 88, 89, 90, 92, 93, 95, 98, 100,
101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 111, 114, 115,
118, 119, 120, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130.

Plumb. Samuel, 111.

Prince William Co., 19.

Point Lookout, 29.

Poisoned fields, 27, 28.

Polk, Charles, of Md., 30.

Pope's creek, Westmoreland Co., 52.

Poplar trees, 81.

Portrait of Major Washington, 54.

Potomac, head spring of, 80.

Potomac river, 21, 23, 31, 109.

Potomac river, high water, 29.

Powell. Joseph, 90, 91, 92, 93.

Pownall. S., 65.

Pownall's, Gov. map, 20.

President of Council, 68.

Prince William Co., 15, 21, 52.

Proprietary rights, 77.

Provisions exhausted, 51.

Pugh. Evan, 90, 91, 92.

Pugh. Evan, Jr., 91, 93, 100.

Pugh. Jacob, 90, 91, 92.

Pugh. Jacob, Jr., 90, 100.

Pulmonary trouble, 54.

Quebec, storming of, 69.

Ramsay, William, trustee of Alexander, 53.

Randolph. Senator, 77.

Rankon. Hugh, 120.

Rappahannock river, 19, 23.

Rattle snake, 52.

Raynal. Abbe, 32.

Razor in toilet outfit, 69.

Red bud trees, 46.

Red oak trees, 28, 44.

Redstone creek storehouse, 65.

Reed. Peter, 41.

Regar. Anthony, 42.

Reward for man scalps, 33, 34.

Rice. Patrick, 126.

Rich barons, 124.

Rich lands, 24.

Road made over the Alleghany, 31, 65.

Roberts. John, 78.

Robinson. Nicholas, 93, 94, 95.

Roe. Richard, 75.

Rogers. Gov. Wood, 68.

Romans without knives and forks, 35.

Royal charter, 32.

"Rules of civility," 26, 35.

Russell, J. A., Esq., 72.

Rutherford. Capt. Reuben, 115, 119.

Rutledge. James, 37, 38, 39.

Sale at Belvoir, 16, 19.

Salem, Massachusetts, 68.

Salt Lick, 40.

Scalps of Indians, rewards for, 33, 34.

School-house, 75.

Schools attended, 10.

Scott. James, 83, 84, 103.

Sebastian. Stephen, 123.

Sheely. John, 128, 129.

Sheets, clean, on beds, 29.

Shenandoah Co., Va., 39.

Shenandoah river, 21, 22, 26, 47, 52, 114.

Shenandoah valley, 20, 25.

Shepherdstown, Va., 37, 46.

Sheplar. Henry, 48.

Sheriff of Frederick Co., 20.

Sherley. Walter, 120.

Shoker. Harmon, 42.

Silver four-pronged forks, 36.

Simson. James, 46.

Sinclair. John, 15.

Six Nations, 29.

Six pistoles a day, 63.

Skilled director of surveys, 51.

Skipton, England, 30, 31.

Slaughter. Francis, 78.

Sleeping in the open air, 63.

Sleeping on cabin floors, 27.

Smith. George, 122, 123.

Smith. James, 102, 103, 106.

Smith. Silvenus, 71, 88, 98, 99, 112, 113.

Smith's Glade, 120.

South branch manor, 39.

South branch Potomac, 30, 32, 36.

South mountain, 21.

South Potomac, 68.

Southerd. Hannah, 128.

Southerd. Stephen, 128.

Spanish oak, 41, 44, 46, 49.

Spark's Washington, 79.

Spectator, reading, 67.

Spring branch, 46, 48.

Spruce trees, 115.

"Squire" (G. W. Fairfax), 36.

St. John's wort, 27.

Stackhouse. John, 72, 103, 106, 107, 108.

Stafford Co., Va., 21.

Stephenson. Richard, 115, 116.

Stone house built by Cresap, 30.

Stone house built by Hite, 25.

Stone lodge, 23.

Stony creek, 47.

Storehouse at Red stone, 65.

Storehouse at Will's creek, 64.

Strasburg, Va., 46.

Straw house, 49.

Studied surveying, 11.

Stump. Andrew, 103.

Stump. Michael, 38, 40, 41, 44.

Sugar trees, 22.

Surveying in Shenandoah valley, 12.

Surveyor's art, 9, 28.

Surveyors set to work, 51.

Swam horses over Potomac, 30, 34.

Sycamore trees, 45, 48, 111.

Table cloth, 34.

Table knife, history of, 34, 35.

Tarred cotton cap, 70.

Taylor. Richard, 28, 39, 55.

Tent carried off by wind, 45.

Tent pitched, 50.

Thomas. James, 100, 105.

Thomas. Lewis, 116, 117, 118.

Thomas. Nathan, 120.

Thornton's, 69.

Timberless tracts of land, 50.

Titled patron, 12.

Tomahawk blaze, 43.

Tomahawk claims, 43.

"Toner Collection," 77.

Towlston Hall, 24.

Town creek, 63.

Treeless prairies, 50.

Through a narrow pass, 50.

Trout run, 90.

Trustees of Alexandria, 53.

Turkeys become wild, 38.

Undressed for bed, 26.

"Upper Tract," Va., 32.

Urton. John, 126, 128, 129.

"Vacant," a surveyor's term, 43, 46.

Valley of Virginia, 36.

Vance. Alexander, 124, 129.

Vance. John, 123, 124, 125, 126, 128.

Van Meter. Henry, 36, 49, 50.

Van Meter. Isaac, 25, 37.

Van Meter. John, 25, 36, 37.

Van Meter's Marsh, 37.

Van Meters, sketch of, 36.

Vermin in beds, 26.

Vernon. Admiral, 53.

Verses, 54, 70, 71.

Vestall. William, 114.

Vincy. Andrew, 71, 84, 85, 103.

Walker, Major, of Nassau, 68.

Walker. Samuel, 117.

Walker's pioneers in valley, 38.

Walnut bottoms, 31.

Walnut trees, 47.

Walpole grant, 65.

Walpole. Thomas, 65.

Wappotomaka or South branch, 32, 40.

War dance, 34.

Warden. James, 103, 106.

Warden. William, 87, 104.

Warm spring, 29.

Washington and the Ohio Co., 31.

Washington cottage at Bath, 30.

Washington county, Md., 30.

Washington, his reading, 67, 73.

Washington licensed a surveyor, 78.

Washington made Major, 26.

Washington. Anne, 54.

Washington, Augustine, Jr., and Ohio Co., 33, 34.

Washington. Augustine, Sr., 52, 53.

Washington. Mrs. Aug., 66.

Washington. Col., 18.

Washington, George, begins life, 15.

Washington, George, "S C C.", 78.

Washington, George, to leave school, 10.

Washington. Capt. Henry, 67, 75.

Washington, Col. John, the emigrant, 52.

Washington. John Augustine, 116.

Washington. Lawrence, 64, 68, 116, 118, 119, 121.

Washington. Major Lawrence, 10, 12.

Washington, Lawrence, at Bath, 30.

Washington, Lawrence, and Ohio Co., 31.

Washington, Lawrence, half-brother to George, 52.

Washington, Lawrence, married, 53.

Washington, Lawrence, portrait of, 54.

Washington. Mary, 9.

Washington. Richard, 67.

Washington. Sarah, 54.

Washington. Warner, 69.

Washington's diaries, 18, 20.

Washington's purchases at sale, 16, 17.

Watts. John, 74.

Wearing apparel, 69.

Welton. John, 94.

Welton. Henry, 94.

West Indies, 54, 68.

West, William, of Fairfax Co., 52.

Westmoreland Co., 68.

Wharton. Samuel, 65.

White oak trees, 41, 55.

White pine trees, 80, 84.

White walnut trees, 48, 81, 93, 94.

White wood tree, 45, 46.

Wiggans. Thomas, 72, 109, 111.

Wiggans. William, 109, 111.

Wigs worn, 70.

Wild cherry trees, 85.

Wild meadows, 50.

Wild turkey eggs taken to Turkey, 38.

Wild turkey, its name, 38.

Wild turkey killed, 49.

Wild turkey, native of America, 38.

Wild turkeys, 41, 45, 49.

William and Mary College, 78.

Williams' Academy, 11, 66.

Williams' gap, 52.

Williams. Thomas, 110, 111.

Williamsburg, Va., 67.

Willis, Francis, Jr., 18.

Will's creek, 31, 65.

Wilton. John, 71.

Winchester, Frederick Co., 19, 22, 25, 52, 80, 96.

Wine and rum punch, 28.

Wood. Daniel, 106.

Wood. David, 106, 107.

Wood. James, 25, 26.

Wood. Jeremiah, 127.

Woodfin. John, 94, 114.

Woodfin. Samuel, 94.

Woodsman, 26.

Woodstock, Va., 45, 46, 47.

Worthington. Robert, 116, 118, 119, 120, 121, 130.

Wolf. Widow, 47, 48.

Wolf's fort, 47.

Wolf's marsh, 47.

Wright's ferry, 30.

Wirthlington Church, England, 19.

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE

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Footnote A is referenced from the prior Footnote 58, not from
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Footnotes 73 and 74 have anchors in the original text and refer to
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editor's Footnotes and to the Index:

Footnotes:
Pg 20 Footnote 4, 'son of Geerge' replaced by 'son of George'.
Pg 25 Footnote 11, 'Opequan creek' replaced by 'Opequon creek'.
and 'on the Opecquan' replaced by 'on the Opequon'.

Index:
'Anderson. Bartholamore' replaced by 'Anderson. Barthalamore'.
'Charlottsburg' replaced by 'Charlottesburg'.
'Coady's' replaced by 'Coddy's'.
'Coryat. Thomas' replaced by 'Coryate. Thomas'.
'Daughely. Nathaniel' replaced by 'Daughily. Nathaniel'.
'Hedgman's creek' replaced by 'Hedgman creek'.
'Howt. Jno.' replaced by 'Howt. Jos.'.
'Nevill. Amelia' replaced by 'Neville. Amelia'.
'Opequan river' replaced by 'Opequon river'.
'Toulston Hall' replaced by 'Towlston Hall'.
'Walpool grant' replaced by 'Walpole grant'.
'Walpool. Thomas' replaced by 'Walpole. Thomas'.