A Guide to Albemarle Country Land Grants 1770, 1846 Albermarle County, Virginia 11285

A Guide to Albemarle Country Land Grants 1770, 1846

A Collection in
The Special Collections Department
Accession number 11285

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

11285

Title

Albemarle County Land Grants 1770, 1846

Physical Characteristics

Two items.

Language

English

Abstract

The collection consists of a 1770 land patent from George III to Joseph Hawkins for 370 acres on both sides of Moorman's River, Albermarle County, and a 1846 land grant from Governor William Smith to Garland T. Brown for 18 acres on the north side of Buck's Elbow and Moorman's River.

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Albermarle County, Va., land grants, 1770, 1846, Accession #11285, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

These land grants were given to the Library on January 18, 1997 by Richard C. Sartor of Buckeye, Arizona, with the knowledge and consent of his mother, Viola Mortera, his brother, Gary Sartor, and sister, Cynthia Turner.

Scope and Content Information

There are two grants, 1770 and 1846, pertaining to land in Albemarle County, Virginia. There is a land patent, August 27, 1770, by which George the Third of Great Britain, France, and Ireland did grant and confirm unto Joseph Hawkins a tract or parcel of land containing three hundred and seventy acres lying and being in Albemarle County on both sides of Moorman's River and bounded by lines including those of William Shelton and William McCord. The patent is signed by Botetourt [Norborne Berkeley (1718-1770)], governor of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia. There is also a land grant, June 30, 1846, by which William Smith, governor of Virginia, did grant unto Garland T. Brown a tract or parcel of land eighteen acres on the north side of Buck's Elbow and waters of Moorman's River in Albemarle County.