I have copied the following from  _History of the Lower Shenandoah Valley_ by
J. E. Norris.

Field notes of George Washington, who surveyed much of the land belonging to
Lord Fairfax in the Northern Neck, are herein printed. There field notes of
his surveys of a large number of tracts of land are copied from one of
Washington's "field books", entitled, "A Journal of my Journey over the
Mountains, began Friday, the 11th of March, 1747-48." The list contains only
those surveys within the bounds laid out by his work, with a few exceptions,
and many of the names will be very familiar to the residents of this region.
It will be seen the list is arranged alphabetically, and the names of those
who acted as markers, chair-carriers, and assistants are given.  Of course
the annexed surveys are not all that Washington made in this section, but
they are, possibly, all that are now known to exists.  the G.W. Fairfax
mentioned int he surveys was George William Fairfax, son of Wm. Fairfax, of
Belvoir on the Potomac nearly opposite Mount Vernon, G.W. Fairfax and G.
Washington were about the same age, and both were employed by Lord Fairfax to
survey a portion of his immense estate.

One of the men named is Thomas McClahan. It says:

Thomas McClanan, chairman in survey of land for Jeremiah Wood on the Long
Marsh, October 24, 1750.

Can anyone give me any idea where the Long Marsh would have been located?

Thanks

Gale

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