John Blankenbaker's Germanna History Notes

Note 1428

The application procedure for land in the Northern Neck often disclosed a complicated process by which the land ended in the hands of the final grant holder.  (On the lands of the Crown, we do not have this history.)  Take this grant:

• “Christopher Crigler, assignee (in 1765) of George Rootes;
• 6 July 1763 - resurveyed 22 Aug 1763;
• 422 acres formerly granted to Thomas Dimack 13 Oct 1727, which appears to have been lapsed by the General Court of this Colony in 1732
  [failure to make the necessary improvements or to settle people on the land].
• Application was made by John Stubblefield who sold before he obtained a patent to Mr. Philip Rootes, deceased.
• Rootes devised it by will to his son George Rootes, the now petitioner;
• adj. Thomas Phillips (now Roote’s), Benjamin Smith, a line reported to be Henry Down’s but no line or corner found, Lewis Fisher (now Adam Fisher’s).
• CC - William Chapman & Christopher Crigler.
• Surv. Richard Young.”

I have cited the followed one before because of the names in it, which, so far as I know, occur hardly anywhere else in the Robinson River Valley.

• “Deobald Cristler, assignee of Christian Tivall;
• 12 May 1752 - 17 mar 1752/53;
• 62 acres on branches of Robinson R.;
• adj. his own land, Michael Smith, Andrew Gar.
• CC - Lawrence Gar & Henry Tivall.
• Surv. George Hume.”

Nothing complicated, but who are these Tivalls?  Another one reads,

• “Henry Ealer [Aylor surely], 26 Feb 1776 - resurveyed 10 Apr 1776;
• 422 acres on Deep Run in the Great Fork of Rappa. being the same land granted to Joseph Bloodworth by King’s Pat[ent];
• adj. James Newman & said Ealer.
• CC - Thomas Chissel & Tivolt Fife.
• Surveyor George Hume.
• NB - This land first taken up by Joseph Bloodworth who conveyed to Roan who conveyed to Thomas Newman & Thomas Porter who conveyed to Ealer.”

For a few, it is not so obvious what they are saying,

• “Adam Fisher, assignee of Lewis Fisher;
• no warrant, date from survey, 4 June 1763 - resurveyed 30 Nov 1764;
• 238 a. - the remainder of a former survey made for Lewis Fisher excluding a patent granted to Thomas Dimmack in 1727 for 500 a. in Spotsylvania (now Culpeper) & by Lewis Fisher’s request is now returned in his son Adam Fisher’s name;
• on N. side of Round Hill Ridge;
• adj. Paul Planeanpetler (now Lewis Fisher’s), Dimmick.
• CC - Michael Planeanpetler & Adam Fisher.
• Surveyor Richard Young.”

  [Adam Fisher’s mother was Anna Barbara Blankenbaker.]