Thank you again for much good information and insight. Thanks also for a good read. I never knew of the difficulties in settling "the line".. I can imagine that "ole Lewis" never knew where he lived, but he did settle his kids south with large tracts of acreage. George Williams ---- macbd1 <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I wondered whether the headwaters of NC's Cutawhiskie (et al) Creek were > possibly located across the boundary line in Virginia, which would place it > in old Nansemond Co. VA. But no, its headwaters are just east of the town > of Woodland so this creek runs primarily west to east and lies entirely in > Hertford Co. NC......unless the NC-VA boundary line dispute or beliefs > affected this during colonial times: > > http://www.virginiaplaces.org/boundaries/ncboundary.html > > http://www.surveyhistory.org/va_&_nc_bounary_line.htm > > Neil McDonald > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joy King" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 7:51 AM > Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] location of point > > > George, > > In this time period there are numerous NC references (with variants) to the > present Cutawhiskie Creek in present Hertford Co., NC. > > The variants include (among others): Catawaskee, Catasasky, Catawatskee > Meadow; Catawatsker Meadow, Catawitskee Meadow, Catawitsky Meadow. > > See Margaret M. Hofmann's Province of North Carolina 1663-1729 Abstracts of > Land Patents. > > Lewis/Luis WILLIAMS entries: > #226, 487, 585, 586, 658, 659, 660, 689, 927, 2202, 2503, 2930, 3104, 3114, > 3190, 3249. > > Joy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: George A Williams > To: [log in to unmask] > Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 7:34 PM > Subject: Re: location of point > > > It was meant to distinguish properties and was variouly spelled as > CatawatKey, Catawaskey meadow, Katawatsky.....obvioulsy all phonetic > spellings of the same place. I appreciate any and all help you can give. > > 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