In trying to find that still elusive pre-1800 plat of Richard Adams Mill Valley, I'm still working on the title chain for a city block north of Broad in Shockoe Valley. Typically and serendipitously, one notices things that have nothing to do with the project at hand. In the Land Tax Records, in the teens and twenties of the 19th century, there is a notation at the end of each year about a set of properties set aside by William Jones where he willed land for his "Negroes". In the one year I counted, there were 32 parcels, ranging in size from 9.5 to 32 acres. Each person had a first name early on but no last name. Later, it appears that all took the surname Jones. Have any of you any information about where Jonesville, as it was called in one tabulation, was located and what happened to the people and lands, if anything? Lyle Browning, RPA ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html