This thread is beginning to get a little long but I want to share a few
things with those of you who have been kind enough to write.

Frederick Co, VA was founded in 1743; prior to that it was part of Orange
Co. and Orange had been cut out of Spotsylvania in 1734.  We are dealing
with very early records.  Same land with the possibility the records could
be in any of the three counties.

T. K. Cartmell wrote a book:  Shenandoah Pioneers and Their Descendants
...published in 1909.  In it he states "within 4 miles west of Winchester we
find what is locally known as Chambers Mountain, so called as being a
section of mountain land granted to John Chambers by the Governor and
Council."

I have not found this grant. All I have for John:
1.   Will Book I: "John Chambers, John Frost Adm. of will, 8 Jun 1748.  With
Richard Morgan and Robert Worthington witnesses.
2.  Book 3, p. 44 - his appraisal dated 26 Mar  1762  valued by his
neighbors
3.  Book 3, p. 114 - his settlement date 1762 - 2 Mar  1763 admin. by Wm.
Chambers who later received Fairfax land grants for about 600 acres
beginning in 1735/36 on Little North Mountain, essentially the same land
area as John's.

I am also intrigued that with the listing of only thirteen items for John in
his inventory, one was what appears to be 3/4 yd of scarlet cloth.  Does
this have any significance to anyone.....scarlet cloth among the powder
horn, tomhawk, cage, chest, and other primitive items?

Thanks for listening.
M.



On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 4:03 PM, Janice <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Just a thought, Madaline.
>
> Were the papers (recorded 14 years after the first set) located in the
same
> file/case number as the will?
>
> It was my experience that anything to do with the estate of the deceased
was
> bundled together in one folder, so to speak. It might be that someone
> familiar with the methods of filing used by the county back then could
> comment here. There could have been plenty of documents destroyed, too, as
> these would have been parish records just before the revolution. I could
> understand how it could take that long just to find where everyone went to
> after they scrambled to get out of the way. I'm under the impression
> everyone who was a legatee had to be accounted for before settlement could
> take place. If you didn't prove if brother Herbert was alive or dead there
> must have been a petition uou could put to the court to cover the
situation,
> assuming the estate had enough
> money in it to cover the expenses.
>
> You wouldn't be asking this if a second John Chambers had popped up in the
> same county.
>
> Janice
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