A Guide to the Hanover County Land Patent
A Collection in the
Special Collections Department
Accession number 3303-a
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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.
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Beaver
- Hanover County, Virginia
- Harriss
- Virginia