Elizabeth Shown Mills wrote: > Shirley, > > Despite the destruction of the deeds, you may well be able to run back this > property to ca. 1782 via thorough study of the tax rolls and the land survey > books that have also survived. > > Both of these were extremely valuable to me in discovering kinships, > marriages, and heirships among the interrelated Couches and Andersons of > Buckingham, in that same time period. > > Elizabeth > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, FASG > Tennessee > > -----Original Message----- > From: Research and writing about Virginia genealogy and family history. > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Shirley > Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 1:34 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [VA-ROOTS] Clover Forest Road, Buckingham County, VA > > Hello all, > > I'm back to researching my paternal line: Mathew Cox and Rachel Watkins, his > wife, of Buckingham County, VA. Would someone know how I can find, on a > map, the following: > > "12-4-1802 between Alexander LeGrand, Senr. of Prince Edward, and John Cox > of Buckingham Co., For 198 pounds, tract in Buckingham Co. containing 132 > acres,"being the three lots of land that fell to Henry, John and Edward Cox > from their father as numbered in the report made by the Commissioners to > the court of Buckingham and bounded by Phebe Stith's land, Thomas Cox, > Nickoless Robertson, Francis Walthall, Alesander LeGrand's old tract known > by the name of Gannaway's old tract, Rachael Cox, Mathew Cox, and the Clover > Forrest Road." > Witnesses: John K. Binford, Joseph Binford, Jane LeGrand. > Acknowledged 4-1-1803" > > I am trying to research this land "backwards"..There are other tracts > besides this one...With the Buckingham Co. CH being burned down, I am at a > loss with this re: land titles/patents. > > Thank you in advance > > Best, > Shirley Cox Schroeder > > 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 > > Shirley, Here is a book that might help you. /Buckingham County, Virginia surveyor's plat book 1762-1858/ by Eric Grundset. There are 81 copies held by libraries on World Cat so you should be able to locate one near you and/or ILL ti through your public library. Marilyn To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html