Ed,
Been there, tried that, no luck. Long Branch is there, but the elusive Reedy Branch appears at best guess to be the unnamed creek running N and then W off of Potomac Creek.
Also, thanks for the index as that will save time, but same story. Unnamed creeks with no locator names from the patent don't get me to above 50% certainty. what I'm working from in a 1709 patent. Unfortunately, DeedMapper does't have it (well, there's NOVA with vast gaps in the platting but not my area unless I've missed it).
a step farther into the knowledge base, but not to the specific stream.
Lyle
On May 12, 2014, at 2:10 PM, "Redmond, Edward James" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Lyle:
>
> Try zooming in to the area between Potomac and Accokeek Creeks on these two 1863 maps from the Gilmer Collection at VHS - http://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00350/ and
> http://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00377/
>
> Also, USGS TopoView shows several unnamed streams between Accokeek and Potomac Creek:
> http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/ht-bin/HT_grid.pl?nlat=38.43750000000006&slat=38.43750000000006&wlong=-77.31249999999994&elong=-77.31249999999994
> (This very useful site can be accessed directly via http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/maps/TopoView/ It brings together digitized images of all topographic maps produced by the USGS.)
>
> Quite a bit past your date but many unnamed streams. Perhaps the topography/contours will allow you to narrow down a site.
>
> Ed Redmond
> Reference Specialist,
> The Library of Congress
> Geography and Map Division
> Washington, DC 20540
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lyle E. Browning
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> Subject: [VA-HIST] Reedy Branch, Potomac Creek
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to narrow down the location of Reedy Branch of Potomac Creek that is mentioned in a 1709 patent to James Harvey. It is between Potomac and Accokeek Creeks. The USGS doesn't help, nor does VGNIS. There are several candidates just to complicate the issue. In theory the area is west of I-95 due to the absence of larger creeks coming off Potomac Creek. Stafford isn't in the DeedMapper Data Pool unfortunately.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Lyle Browning
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