While recently researching the Joshua Fry-Peter Jefferson map of 1751-55, I
was given the following info concerning Northern Neck land research at
Library of Virginia: (I have no further info except my postscripts below.)
The Northern Neck Proprietary Patents are available for patron research
through the Library's online Virginia Land Office Patents and
Grants/Northern Neck Grants and Surveys database. Not only can you search
by surname you can search by river name, county name, etc., for patents
related to your area of research. Several surveys for the Northern Neck
Proprietary are extant and microfilm copies are available for patron
research in the Library's reading rooms, only. Patrons may order copies of
Northern Neck surveys by sending in the Library's Archives Records Request
form. Patents can be viewed online through a patent's catalog record.
The Library's personal papers collection includes two collections that may
be of interest to you. The Fairfax Family Proprietary Papers, 1688-1810,
Accession 24062, are available for patron research in the Library's Archives
and Manuscripts Reading Room, only. A finding aid is available for patron
use through the collection's catalog record and as you peruse through the
finding aid you'll see several references to surveys, Hampshire County,
etc... Copies of a specific record may be ordered by using the Archives
Record Request Form. The link to this printable form is found below. Please
complete and return this form with prepayment of the appropriate
nonrefundable service fee for each request. Please allow 4 to 6 weeks for
processing upon receipt of payment.
http://www.lva.virginia.gov/whatwehave/ARSform.pdf
The second collection that may be of interest to you is the microfilmed
Northern Neck Proprietary Papers, 1675-1843, Accession 41008, Miscellaneous
Reels 4617-4624. The original records are a part of the Robert Alonzo Brock
Collection housed at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Although we are unable to makes copies from this collection for patrons, we
do have microfilm copies available for patron research through the
interlibrary loan program of public libraries. To review the catalog
descriptions for each record please use the Library's online Archives and
Manuscripts catalog.
Please visit our web site at http://www.lva.virginia.gov and use the online
catalogs and image databases to investigate our holdings. If you need
further assistance, please contact ... Archives Research Services at
804-692-3888. Our normal business hours are Monday through Saturday, 9 AM to
5 PM, except holidays.
Hope this helps a little,
Neil McDonald
PS - Byron, your included hyperlink would not work for me, error (HTTP 501
Not Implemented or HTTP 505 Version Not Supported) means that the website
you are visiting doesn't currently have the ability to display the webpage,
or support the HTTP version used to request the page.
PSS - The above LofVA (lva) info seems to primarily address the
'proprietary' (Lord Fairfax's) land patents. Virginia's colonial government
also made land grants within the huge Fairfax Tract, some were very large
with these grantees in turn selling/granting small plots to settlers. It
seems this government also made direct grants to individual settlers as
early as 1730+/-. Beyond this were the independent settlers who obtained
their lands via 'squatters' rights' that were honored years later in some
cases, with such lands sometimes changing hands during the lengthy
process -- a confusing mess that Lord Fairfax did not settle during his
lifetime. See the following for more:
http://web.mac.com/charness1/Michael_Ernst_Harness,_Sr./Lord_Fairfax.html
Or possibly Dr. Bergstrom will be so kind as to make any helpful corrections
and elaborations....?
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Re:
Is the gap an omission or are there no records for Northern Neck Grants
made between 1732 and 1736?
Best Regards,
Byron Bowman
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