Ms. Scholz -

In your example, Thomas Sharp is the assignee.  That means George Parks
received the original warrant for the land (13 Apr. 1751) and assigned
(conveyed) it to Thomas Sharp for whom it was surveyed 3 weeks later (7
May 1751).  Apparently the transfer was not officially signed until 20
Dec. 1760, when George Park [sic?] of Roann [Rowan] Co., N.C., sold it
to Thos. Sharp.  [Peggy S. Joyner, Abstracts of Virginia's Northern Neck
Warrants and Surveys, vol. 2, Frederick County (Portsmouth, Va.: Author,
1985), p. 139]

Donald L. Wilson, Virginiana Librarian,
Ruth E. Lloyd Information Center
  for Genealogy and Local History (RELIC),
Prince William Public Library System,
Bull Run Regional Library,
8051 Ashton Avenue, Manassas, VA  20110-2892
703-792-4540   www.pwcgov.org/library/relic


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Date:    Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:29:15 -0500
From:    Jeanine Scholz <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: What is an Assignee?

I know this is going to sound really stupid, but I am not clear exactly
what it means when I see the following:

Abstracts of Virginia's Northern Neck Warrents and Surveys, on 13 April,
1751 - 7 May 1751, Thomas Sharp is designated as assignee of George
Parks for purchase of 143 acres on East side of Back Creek in Frederick
County; adjoining William Baldwin and David Miller. Chain Carriers -
Thomas Sharp and Matthew Allison. Surv. John Mauzy.

Does this mean that Thomas Sharp purchased the land warrant for George
Parks or owned the land and was tranferring the rights to George Parks?

Jeanine Scholz

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