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Hi,

I realize i did not describe the "ye old college land" sufficiently.  It
was one of the earliest Virginia settlements in Henrico near where the
Appomattox and James rivers are located.  ( South Richmond today). Very
near Martin's Hundred (?).  During the "census" of 1625, Christopher Branch
was listed along with son and wife Mary (Addie).  I believe I have located
the location of Christopher's land, but know nothing about the life and
area in general during the 1620's.  I would appreciate knowing any
information.

Thank you.

Frank

On Mon, Mar 9, 2020 at 9:34 AM Meyers, Terry L <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>
>  > Has there been anything written on the “college land”
>
> I’m not sure I understand the query, but if this is about the Nottoway
> Plantation owned and worked by William and Mary in the 18th C., we were
> able to get some information on it several years ago:
>
> https://scdbwiki.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Nottoway_plantation
>
> Also several years ago I went through the College’s Bursar’s Books and
> Faculty Minutes into the 1860’s and noted every entry having to do with
> slavery at the College and indeed every entry concerning labor at the
> College (I tired to be inclusive ant thorough, but can’t certify actual
> completeness; and the transcriptions do contain errors).
>
> Those are available at the Lemon Project Research and Resources site and
> they do include all the references I could find to the Nottoway Plantation
> (I was particularly interested in that because it is mentioned in only one
> history of the College, in 1907, I believe).   See the second and third
> entries from the bottom at
>
>
> https://www.wm.edu/sites/lemonproject/researchandresources/resourcesandresearch/index.php
>
>
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