I am not sure.....but very good questions. Craney Creek, Wiccocon Creek and several others seem to be holdings in northern Nansemond, VA whereas ?Mt. Pleasant , Chatawaskey, Katherines Creek join Chowan precinct of Albemarle county to go to NC. Thanks for the encouragement. George
---- Janice <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> It might make a difference as to the status of NC at that time, and if
> the NC areas mentioned were within the disputed VA/NC boundary.
>
> You would think that the 'of Nansemond County' would be followed by
> Virginia at some point if the land were in another state at that time.
>
> The fact that the grants are recorded in NC is interesting. Is your
> grant/deed found in the Virginia deedbooks? Could it be recorded in
> both states, I wonder?
>
> Janice
>
>
>
> On Jul 7, 2010, at 8:17 PM, George A Williams <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > Thank you for the clarification on several points. The dearth of
> > vital information due to the several burnings of records has made
> > ancestor hunting a very difficult undertaking. Thank goodness for
> > land records tho they are of a later date than I first sought.
> > George A. Williams
> > ---- Steve Stevens <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >> Nansemond County was first established as Upper Norfolk County in
> >> 1637 from
> >> the western part of New Norfolk County. The name change to Nansemond
> >> (Nansimum) occurred in 1646. The county's name derived from the
> >> Nansemond
> >> Indians, who lived in the area in the seventeenth century. In 1769
> >> the first
> >> of two transfers of territory from Nansemond to Isle of Wight
> >> County took
> >> place when all lands west of Chuckatuck Creek went to the latter.
> >> In 1772
> >> the territory known as Rascow's Neck was also transferred to Isle
> >> of Wight
> >> administration. In 1785 the portion of the county south of the
> >> Blackwater
> >> and Nottoway rivers went to Southampton County. Nansemond County was
> >> abolished as a county in July 1972 when it became the independent
> >> city of
> >> Nansemond. Two years later, in 1974, Nansemond City merged with the
> >> independent city of Suffolk and took the name of the latter.
> >> Nansemond's
> >> records have suffered from multiple destructions. The first
> >> occurred in
> >> April 1734 , when a fire at the home of the county clerk destroyed
> >> most of
> >> the records stored there. Some deeds and wills were rerecorded, but
> >> the
> >> records again were destroyed when British infantry burned the
> >> entire town of
> >> Suffolk, including the clerk's office, on 13 May 1779. What
> >> survived this
> >> disaster faced a fire of unknown origin which swept through the
> >> clerk's
> >> office on 7 Feb. 1866. The remaining few records are now housed
> >> with those
> >> of the City of Suffolk.
> >>
> >> Perhaps if you contact someone at this link they may help you:
> >>
> >> http://www.nansemond.org/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41&Itemid=2
> >>
> >> Steve Stevens
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "macbd1" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 6:09 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] location of point
> >>
> >>
> >>> Along with a mutual friend, Sara Patton (if you are indeed the
> >>> person I
> >>> suspect), you once helped me so I have tried to return the favor
> >>> -- but to
> >>> no avail with your exact spelling. Various search engines keep
> >>> trying to
> >>> change the name to Chataway, of no help, even though I try to limit
> >>> searches to colonial times. If this place-name is from a court
> >>> record can
> >>> you relate the source, person's name and particulars as possible
> >>> help?
> >>> Are you trying to identify a property location? If so, maybe
> >>> there are
> >>> other leads?
> >>>
> >>> Neil McDonald
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "George A Williams" <[log in to unmask]>
> >>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >>> Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2010 11:15 PM
> >>> Subject: [VA-ROOTS] location of point
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Do you know of a place called Chatawatksy point or lake? I
> >>>> appears to
> >>>> have been in lower Nansemond county SW in 1650-1700. Thanks,
> >>>> George A.
> >>>> Williams
> >>>>
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