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Hi Steve-o,
I agree that there probably wouldn’t be a connection to the others. I went back the the geographic names database and put in Fort Hill and it came up with 67 across the U.S.
I am still curious as to why Fort Christanna was called Fort Hill.
Stacey
Hi Carla,
Check out the thread “Land Patents Issued for Moving Saponi Indians to Fort Christanna.” Here is the link for it…
http://www.saponitown.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1874
It mentions some of the patents that were issued. I have seen other names that aren’t listed. I will look and see if I see if I can find them again.
Stacey
Stacey,
You probably already looked at this – but Carlson’s dissertation states (p. 95) “In the meantime, because the Saponi had technically severed their official ties with Virginia by moving out of the colony and off the lands reserved for them at Christanna, the Virginia Council interpreted the situation to mean that the treaty obligations between them and the Saponi were now null and void. By the winter of 1730, the Virginia Council had decided to sell off the reservation ‘formerly assigned for the settlement of the Saponey Indians.’ While mention is made that the members of the old Virginia Indian Company were to be compensated for their improvemenst at the Fort, no mention is made of any compensations for the Saponi.”
He references for this the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 37: 120-121. December 10, 1730. Virginia Council Journals-Council Orders.
That may be available online for someone associated with a university.
Not likely online. Most of the things through the university are recent. However, I just heard that there was a national movement to get local resources digitized for everyone to access online, so someday, it may be available.
Techteach
Yeah, you’re right – I looked at the Cornell online catalogue and they have the latest volumes online, but not that one (turns out to be 1929).
But I was in town, so I went up to the Cornell library and looked at the paper copy.
This is the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 37, pages 120-121.
At a Council at the Capitol the 10th day of December 1730
Present: The Governor, James Blair, Willm Byrd, Cole Digges, John Robinson, John Carter, John Grymes, Wm Dandridge, John Custis and Willm Randolph Esq
The land lately possessed by the Sapony Indians granted to sevl petitioners. Whereas Several Petitions this day were presented to the Board and read for grants of the Land formerly Assign’d for the Settlement of the Saponie Indians who have now deserted the Same Vizt a Petition of Henry Harrison Gent. for Six thousand Acres on the North side of Maherin River beginning on the lower line of the said Indian Land. A Petition of Thos Cock gent. for Twelve hundred Acres on the North side of the said River Maherin Joining on the Upper line of the Same Tract. A petition of Thos Ravenscraft gent. for Two thousand Acres beginning on the lower line of the said Tract and on the South side of the said River. A petition of John Allen & Joseph Allen Gent for Twelve Thousand Acres beginning on the lower line of the said Tract and on the South side of the said River. And a Petition of Benjamin Edwards Gent. for Two thousand Acres on both sides the said River including the Land formerly assign’d for the Use of the Captain & Garrison of the fort of Christanna.
And Whereas it was represented to the board in behalf of the Members of the late Virginia Indian Company that during their Incorporation they had laid out Considerable Sums of Money in Buildings and Improvements on that part of the said Tract of Land where ffort Christanna stood which by reason of the Sudden Repeal of the Act of Assembly whereby the said Company were Constituted became of no use to them neither had they ever any recompence for the same This Board having taken the said Representation and the Several Petitions above mentioned into Consideration and Judging it reasonable that those who have been at the Expence of Improvements on the said Land should be preferd to a grant of such proportion thereof as may be a Sufficient recompence for their Trouble and Charges: Have thought fitt to Order as it is hereby Ordered That One Thousand Acres of Land on the South side of Maherin River and extending up & down the said River and back into the woods equi-distant from the Centre of the ffort of Christanna And One thousand acres on the North side the said River Maherin running Parallel to the said former Tract be laid off and Assign’d for the benefit of the Persons Interested in the said late Virginia Indian Company And that a Patent for the same be granted in the Name of such Person as the Survivors of them shall Direct And it is further Ordered that the residue of the Twenty Three thousand and Forty Acres of Land Assigned for the said Saponie Indians be by the Surveyor of Brunswick County laid out for the several Petitioners in proportion to the Quantitys desired by them at the Several places mentioned in their respective Petitions and that if any Land remain on either side the River not included in the Entrys of Mr. Ravenscraft and Mr. Cock and the Two Thousand Acres set apart for the late Virginia Indian Company the same be Surveyed and Assigned to Mr. Edwards in proportion to the Quantity Desired by him in his said Petition.
There are footnotes for the words I’ve put in bold above, but the footnotes don’t follow the article – they are spread out over other volumes. The footnote for Sapony Indians says “The Saponey had left their Virginia reservation and joined the Catawba. For notes of them see text of Council Journals in several preceding volumes of this Magazine and notes , Vol XXXII, 4,5; XXXIII, 163, 164, 183, 299. Footnote for Henry Harrison: “Henry Harrison, of Surry county, member of the Council. See this Magazine XXXII, 199, 200. Foot note for Thomas Cock runs from page 230 to 241 and then 323 to 326, and is various Cock family genealogy data. The rest of the footnotes were in later volumes and I didn’t look them up. Could do so if anyone is particularly interested in someone.
Thanks Barbara for sharing that. I hadn’t seen the full version that you posted, just a summary.
I did find a patent for a John Gibbs, but I posted it over in the Land Patent thread.
Stacey
The following was ran in The Petersburg Index (Petersburg, Virginia) newspaper and was dated Tuesday Morning, November 3, 1868. It was also ran again on Thursday Morning, November 12, 1868.
Fort Hill for Sale
WILL BE SOLD THE THE HIGH-est bidder at Lawrenceville, in the county of Brunswick, on WEDNESDAY. the 18th day of November. the TRACT OF LAND, known as “FORT HILL.” belonging to the estate of James H. M. Neblett, bankrupt. containing 2,419 acres, and lying on Meherrin River, about 12 miles from Ryland’s Depot. on the Petersburg Railroad, and immediately on the line of the Norfolk and Great Wester Railroad.
This is regarded as one of the most productive Farms in the county. A large portion of it being very valuable Low Grounds. The buildings consist of a very large new Dwelling House and Necessary out houses.
TERMS – Cash.
E. R. TURNBULL. Assignee.
nov3-tds GEORGE CLAIBORNE Auct’r.
Stacey
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