[I apologize for the time taken in discussing the warrants and surveys but I find them both interesting and instructive.]
John Grissum/Gresham, no warrant, surveyed 31 Aug 1757; 27 a. on Banks Mt.; adj. Thomas Farmer (now the Dutch Glebe Land). CC: Riginal Burdyne & James Shearer. Surv. Richard Young. [Poor Reginald Burdyne; no one could get his given name correct. In the Culpeper Classes he is Oreginal. At the "Dutch" church he was called Richard once. Notice how the German Lutheran Church is referred to, as the "Dutch" church. No wonder so many of our ancestors came from Holland! Oh yes, Reginald was the brother-in-law of John Gresham. The Burdynes are a Germanna family as the patriarch of the family, Richard Burdyne, married Catherine Tanner (Gerber) and therefore all Burdynes have a Germanna ancestor.]
Two years later, Reginall Burdyne also served again as a chain carrier for John Gresham.
Henry Huffman/Hoffman, 10 Sep 1766 10 Oct 1766; 369 a. to include his patent[ etc., etc.]. CC: Herman & Joseph Huffman. Pilot: Frederick Fishback. Surv. Richard Young. [This is the Little Fork Huffman, not to be confused with John Henry Hoffman in the Robinson River Valley. It would not be much of a stretch of the imagination to believe the chain carriers were related to the grantee.]John Huffman [the 1714 immigrant, now living in the Robinson River Valley], no warrant, 22 Apr 1752; 3,525 a., a tract whereon he lives on mouth of Deep Run and Robinson R. CC: William Lobb and William Jones. Surv. Philip Clayton. [With ten sons, why John Huffman had to get two other people to be chain carriers is a mystery. Another mystery is the note on the back side of the survey, "to be drawn and sent to Jacob Holtzclaw."]
William Huffman & Paul Huffman, 10 Jun 1766 17 Jun 1766; 58 a. in the Great Fork of Rappa. R.; adj. Frederick P(B)amgarner, Joseph James, John Snider, Kirtley's Road. CC: Charles Cox & Adam Smith. Surv. Richard Young. [Paul and William were sons of 1714er John Huffman, and were born in 1735 and 1737, respectively. Again, it is a mystery why they couldn't get some of their brothers to do the work. It is interesting to find Adam Smith as a chain carrier. He was the son of Michael Smith and Anna Magdalena Thomas. Adam was married twice, his first wife is totally unknown and his second wife is known only as Elizabeth. Adam was born at about the same time as the two Huffman men. The wife of Paul is unknown, the wife of William is Catherine.]
These examples show why the Warrants and Surveys are interesting.
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