Nel,

 

If I remember right/don't hold me to this... there was a boundary dispute
between PA and VA in this area. There were certificates in right of
settlement given by the Commissioners for the Adjusting Titles to Unpatented
Lands  in the District of Monongahela, Yohogania & Ohio (maybe West Augusta
also).

 

I had the same thing on William Williams land on Buffalo creek in Ohio
County and it meant that he had claimed/squatted on x acres, built a
dwelling and was living on the land and then when it was surveyed (probably
needed due to an increasing encroaching population) he was granted
additional land surrounding, protecting and including his original
settlement.

 

Bill Good

 

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Subject: [VA-ROOTS] An explanation, please

 

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When confronted by a difficult problem, you can solve it more easily by
reducing it to the question,  "How would the Lone Ranger have handled this?"
- Unknown

 

This is from a Northern Neck Land Grant.

 

Zane, Jonathan.

15 May 1784.

Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Grants A-Z, 1-124, reels
42-190; Virginia State Land Office. Grants 125- , reels 369-.

Location: Ohio County.

Description: 140 acres on the River Ohio and Wheeling Creek including his
settlement made in 1776.

 

What does "including his settlement made in 1776" mean?

 

Thanks!

Nel Hatcher

 

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