Sources:
1) Virginia Land Office Grants No. 28, 1792 - 1793, p. 378
2) Washington County Surveyors Record 1781 - 1797, page 296, microfilm reel #34, Library of Virginia

Abstract of grant with additions from survey

Granted to Aaron Lewis on June 13, 1793

[In "Geographical Sketch of the Meek Neighborhood, 1772-1839" p. 23, publication Series II, No. 10 and 11, September 1973, The Historical Society of Washington County, VA, the tract sketch is labeled with the following: Lt. Col. Aaron Lewis, 121A - 1785]

121 acres in Washington County, VA on the waters of Dry Run adjoining his settlement tract

Land Office Treasury Warrant #1960

Survey Date: June 10, 1785

Beginning at 2 buckeyes and a white walnut
a corner to Abraham Lefevers land
and also a corner to said Lewis's former tract
W 28 poles [matches Abraham Lefever's line]
to a poplar sapling
said Lefevers corner
and with his line
S 60° W 106 poles [matches Abraham Lefever's line]
to 2 white oaks and one black oak sapling
N 38 ° W 20 poles [matches Abraham Lefever's line]
3 black saplings
S 83° W 66 poles [matches Abraham Lefever's line]
to 2 white oaks and a Spanish oak
S 50° W 26 poles [matches Abraham Lefever's line]
to a white oak sapling
in a glade
Heis's corner [spelled "Hice's" in survey record]
N 49° W 13 poles [matches Cunningham's line, note Cunningham acquired land from George Hice]
with said Heis's line [spelled "Hice's" in survey record]
to 3 white oak saplings
S 73° W 81 poles [angle matches Cunningham's line, Cunningham's line 100 poles; remaining 19 poles of Cunningham's line matches Kirk's line ]
to a parcel of white oak saplings
Kirks corner
N 24° E 38 poles [matches Kirk's line]
to a red oak
on a ridge
running with said Kirks line
N 31° E 64 poles [matches Kirk's line] [the text of the survey record is S 31° E 64 poles but on drafted tract the line is labeled N 31° E 64 poles, S 31° E 64 poles apparently an error]
to a red oak and white oak
S 81° E 50 poles [matches Kirk's line]
to 2 red oaks
N 12° E 117 poles [angle matches Kirks line, his line 75 poles, the excess 42 poles of Lewis's line is north of Kirk's tract, but is apparently not shared with another tract]
to 3 white oaks
a corner to said Lewis's former survey
and with the lines thereof
S 10° E 73 poles [matches Aaron Lewis 400 acre tract line]
to a Spanish oak and 3 white oaks
S 62° E 89 poles [matches Aaron Lewis 400 acre tract line]
to 4 white oaks
S 83° E 116 poles [angle matches Aaron Lewis 400 acre tract line, but 400 acre tract line is 106 poles long]
to the beginning

[text in brackets added by J. La Favre, 2008 and 2009]

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