A Guide to the Hanover County Land Patent Hanover County Land Patent. 3303-a

A Guide to the Hanover County Land Patent

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Special Collections Department
Accession number 3303-a


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Repository
University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept. Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA
Collection Number
3303-a
Title
Hanover County Land Patent 1734
Extent
1 item
Collector
James M. Morris
Location
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Hanover County Land Patent, Accession 3303-a, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Acquisition Information

This item was given to the Library by James M. Morris of St. Charles, Illinois on October 13, 1987.

Funding Note

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Scope and Content

This land patent, July 7, 1734, for 1750 acres on Harriss and Beaver creeks in Hanover County, Virginia , was issued to James Watson and signed by William Gooch , lieutenant governor of the Colony of Virginia under the reign of Great Britain's King George II . This document, ca. 54.5 x 36 cm., written on vellum parchment, contains the official seal of the Colony in the shape of a crown.

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