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Collection of 3 land patents from the 1740's [Decimalized .01-.03]

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GLC#
GLC00496.117-View header record
Type
Header Record
Date
1741-1748
Title
Collection of 3 land patents from the 1740's [Decimalized .01-.03]
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
3 items
Primary time period
Colonization and Settlement, 1585-1763
Sub-Era
The Thirteen Colonies
Land Transaction

Showing 3 of 3 records

GLC00496.117.01
Collection Item
Document signed

[Land patent for Thomas Gregg]

March 21, 1742

Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Lord, 1692-1782

Includes detailed boundary and rent information. Fairfax was Lord Proprietor of the Northern Neck of Virginia.

GLC00496.117.01

GLC00496.117.02
Collection Item
Document signed

[Land patent for Jacob Holtzclaw]

2 June 1748

Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Lord, 1692-1782

Signed on verso on 7 August 1758 by Jacob "Spilmon" and Johann [illegible], with a note about later ownership of the land. Fairfax was Lord Proprietor of the Northern Neck of Virginia and the only resident Lord Proprietor in America.

GLC00496.117.02

GLC00496.117.03
Collection Item
Document signed

[Land patent for John Mead]

January 27, 1741

Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Lord, 1692-1782

Includes detailed boundary and rent information. Fairfax was Lord Proprietor of the Northern Neck of Virginia. Later ink note in left margin reads, "R.J. Taylor, 18 May 1809."

GLC00496.117.03

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