Sources :
1) Virginia Land Office Grants H, 1782 - 1783, p. 468
2) Washington County Surveyors Record 1781 - 1797, pages 3 and 4, microfilm reel #34, Library of Virginia

Abstract of grant with additions from survey

Granted to Aaron Lewis on September 1, 1783

400 acres in Washington County, VA on a creek called Dry Branch the waters of the middle fork of Holston River

Certificate in Right of Settlement [copy of certificate not included in survey record]

Survey Date: May 9, 1782

Beginning at
Aron Horns corner [spelled "Aaron Horn's" in survey]
Spanish oak and 3 white oaks
thence on and with said line thence
S 62° E 89 poles [matches Aaron Lewis 121 acre tract line]
to 4 white oaks
by Dalany's road [spelled "Delany's" in survey]
S 83° E 116 poles [ matches Aaron Lewis 121 acre tract line]
to near Walkers line
at 2 buckeyes and walnut
thence with said line
N 30° W 64 poles [matches Conrod Henneger's line S 30° E 64 poles
to 2 buckeyes and a walnut in a rich hollow thence leaving Lewis's lines]
to 3 white oaks
above the head of a spring
N 56° W 15 poles [matches Conrod Henneger's line S 56° E 15 poles
to 2 white oak on the east side of a spring]
to a large white oak
the old corner
and with said line
N 30° E 123 poles [matches Conrod Henneger's line]
to a black oak
the old corner
N 15° E 68 poles [this line is not shared with any adjacent tract as far as I know]
to a black oak
being Conrod Carlocks corner [spelled "Karlock's" in survey]
and with his line
N 60° W 40 poles [matches Conrod Karlock's line]
to a white oak and 2 poplars
N 5° W 44 poles [angle matches Conrod Karlock's line, his line continues north after the Lewis line ends, for a total length of 117 poles]
to 2 black oaks
N 86° W 180 poles [I have not found a description for any adjacent tract sharing this line]
to Edward Jamesons corner [spelled "Jamison" in survey]
at 2 white oaks
S 31° W 195 poles [I have not found a description for any adjacent tract sharing this line]
to a white oak
on Jacob Hice's line [as drawn on my map, the end of the line does not touch Jacob Hice's (Thomas Bates) line, but comes close. This is the result of the accumulation of errors due to inaccuracies in the surveys]
S 60° E 84 poles [this line is not shared with any adjacent tract as far as I know]
to 3 white oaks
S 10° E 73 poles [matches Aaron Lewis 121 acre tract line]
to the beginning

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

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