Crany Creek would be near the Craney Island which a LONG time ago was part of Nansemond County and across from Norfolk. I would love to see a copy of the deeds we are discussing. Steve Stevens ----- Original Message ----- From: "macbd1" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 11:40 PM Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] location of point > George, > > You may have some or all of these...? > > http://books.google.com/books?id=kkvjktVaOsQC&pg=PA528&dq=Lewis+Williams+Nansemond+county+Virginia&hl=en&ei=GDk1TKHZLcOblge_nrHVBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Lewis%20Williams%20Nansemond%20county%20Virginia&f=false > 1707 ...Aaron Blanchard, purchased of Lewis Williams, eighty acres of > land, on Crany creek, in the upper parish of Nansemond county... > > various sources for Lewis Williams of within/near Nansemond Co. VA: > http://www.google.com/search?tbs=bks%3A1&tbo=1&q=Lewis+Williams+Nansemond+county+Virginia&btnG=Search+Books > > general sources for several Lewis Williams of which only the first 3 or 4 > listings are likely of any value: > http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGIH_enUS264US264&q=Lewis+Williams+Nansemond+county+Virginia > > Still haven't found any Katawatsky et al spellings for creeks, horns, etc > of various map sources. > > Neil McDonald > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[log in to unmask]> > To: "Research and writing about Virginia genealogy and family history." > <[log in to unmask]> > Cc: "macbd1" <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 6:34 PM > Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] location of point > > >> thank you in advance. The name was in a deed indicating where my >> ancestor Lewis Williams of Nansemond county lived. It was meant to >> distinguish properties and was variouly spelled as CatawatKey, Catawaskey >> meadow, Katawatsky.....obvioulsy all phonetic spellings of the same >> place. I appreciate any and all help you can give. George Williams > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html
