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. 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