To Lesley, No, not Mechumps Creek. Mychunk Creek is a tributary of the Rivanna River. It is the very northwest corner of Fluvanna County. Al -----Original Message----- From: Lesley Perrin [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2010 8:42 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] Dates of Land Patents Would that be Mechumps Creek in Hanover County? Lesley Perrin -----Original Message----- From: Research and writing about Virginia genealogy and family history. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Al Adams Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 6:13 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [VA-ROOTS] Dates of Land Patents I have a question about the dates of Land Patents. There are two particular Patents that puzzle me. My ancestor Robert Adams received a number of Patents. He received one dated 11 April 1732, page 431. He received another date 29 September 1733, page 124 in the next book. The patents adjoin each other. However, the property description in the 1732 Patent has as part of the bounds, the property line from the 1733 Patent. The 1733 Patent makes no reference to the property lines from the 1732 Patent. It just seems backward. Secondly Robert Adams wrote his will dated 22 Feb 1738. In the will he gives each of his children a piece of land. One of the children is given land on Mychunk Creek "joining my great tract up the creek and is a separate Patent" The "great tract" was not Patented until 22 September 1739, nineteen months AFTER the will was written. Obviously the land had to be identified and surveyed well before the Patent was written. Is the Patent just a long after-the-fact document? Thanks Al Adams 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 To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html