CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS

Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants

Edited by Dennis Ray Hudgins

Published by the Virginia Genealogical Society

Volume VII

1762-1776

p. 13. Patent bk. 35, p. 139. Adam Sims, 202 acs. Brunswick Co. on a road & up the Rockey Run; adj. Hunt, Sissum & LANIER. 23 May 1763. £1.

p. 22. Patent bk. 35, p. 237. Richard Ricks, 135 acs. Southampton Co. on the N side of Nottoway River, adj. the Glebe Land & the said Ricks, 7 July 1763. 15 Shill. [For the Nottoway Parish Glebe Land, see PB 10, p. 201 to Richard Washington, 200 acs. Of 1240 acs conveyed to the Vestry in March 1734/35 by SAMPSON LANIER, then conveyed by the Vestry to Richard Ricks in July 1763.]

p. 103. Patent bk. 36, p. 1015. William Raney Junior, 312 acs. Brunswick Co. on the N side of Little Creek [of the three creeks] & by the Road; adj. Cock, LANIER & Sims. 22 Sept 1766.

p. 144. Patent bk. 37, p. 390. THOMAS LANIER, 838 acs. Lunenburgh Co. on both sides of Mitchells Creek, adj. Thomas Eastland & William Hill, 20 Sept. 1768. 5 Shill. 380 acs. Part gtd. Said THOMAS LANIER by patent 1 Jan 1747/48 [Brunswick Co. PB 26, p. 155], 415 acs. Other part granted said LANIER by patent 16 June 1756 [PB 33, p. 20 a regrant of NICHOLAS SHEPARD LANIER’S Brunswick Co. PB 28, p. 235 dated 1 Oct 1747] and 43 acs the residue never before granted.

p. 176. Patent bk. 38, p.745. Benjamin Harrison, 15 acs. Brunswick Co., adj. his own line, Harwell & LANIER. 5 Shill. [S of Sturgeon Run]. 14 July 1769.

p. 267. Patent bk. 40, p.742. Thomas Eastland, 1039 acs. Mecklenburg Co. on the N side of Roanoak & on both sides of Mitchells Cr. In the fork of the road; adj. Hill, his own old lines, THOMAS LANIER & Robertson. 20 June 1772. £2.

p. 348 Patent bk. 42, p.651. Ebenezer McHarg, 332 acs. Mecklenburg Co. on the N side of Roan Oak Riv. And both sides of Taylor’s Ferry Road; adj. James Sparrow, Durham, Robertson, Peterson, John Davis & LANIER. 5 July 1774.

p. 354. Patent bk. 42, p. 733. James Tune, 45 acs. Mecklenburg Co. on the N side of Roanoak, adj. His own land, Eastland, LANIER & Hatsell; 5 July 1774.

p. 363. Patent bk. 42, p. 821. James Sparrow, 400 acs. Mecklenburg Co. on both sides little Mine Cr., on a ridge; adj. Durham, Francis Clark & LANIER; 7 Dec. 1774.