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Sasser, Ray R. Royal Land Patents and Commonwealth Land Grants of Greensville County, Virginia. Emporia, VA: Ray R. Sasser, Jr., 1998.
pages 21 – 22
The third type of patent issued for land in Greensville County involves former Indian land. These patents were issued “By Order of Council” between 1717 and 1723 to individuals who had assisted in removing the Saponi Indians to Fort Christanna in present-day Brunswick County. Typical of these patents is that awarded to John Peterson, dated November 19, 1720, for one-hundred acres:
In consideration of divers services performed towards making a New Settlement for the Saponi Indians at Christanna, pursuant to a treaty with [that] Nation. Being part of the land whereon sd Indians lately dwelt & which they have surrendered to us in exchange for a like quantity which we have assigned them at sd Christanna. [Virginia Patent Book 11: 48.]
Seven such patents for land in Greensville County were awarded expressly for services rendered in moving the Saponi Indians to Fort Christanna. These patents were issued to John Baptis Curtis (1717), John Wall (1717), Edward Brantley (1717/18), Martin Middleton (1717/18), Richard Smith (1719/20), John Peterson (1720), and Francis Mirach (1722/23). [For an analysis of these and other patents for Indian land in Greensville County and neighboring Southampton County, see Ray R. Sasser and Dennis Hudgins, Colonial Land Patents and the Search for the Saponi Old Fort and Unote, Archeological Society of Virginia Quarterly Bulletin, 50 (June 1995): 19-25.]
Stacey
For additional surnames mentioned in the above book, refer to this webpage:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~vagreens/sasser2.htm
Stacey
Hudgins, Dennis. Virginia Land Patent Book 33. Magazine of Virginia Genealogy; Volume XXXII, number 4 (01-Nov-1994). Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly.
page 345
ROBERT LUNDAY, 283 acs. Brunswick Co. on the S side of Maherrin Riv., Beg. at Burwell Brown’s in the Lowgrounds of sd Riv.; adj. Axem [Exum?], Foster Rives & Burrill [sic] Brown; 29 May 1760, p. 780. 20 Shill. 100 acs. part formerly Gtd. John Wall by Pat. 17 Dec 1717 [Saponie Indian Land in PB 10 p. 344] (the Right and Title whereof is since become vested in the sd Robert Lunday) and 183 acs. the Residue never before Gtd.
Stacey
Stacey
Some of the Poythress researchers believe that this John Wall is the husband of Anne Poythress. She (Anne) witnessed the will of Robert Hicks, cpt of the garrison. John Wall is also related to Joshua Wynn, killed by the Saponi for the murder of one of our Great men by Wynn’s servant.
Hi Crystal,
That’s interesting.
Awhile back Bill had asked me if any Wilburn/Winborn’s married into my Joneses. I have one that did (Millard Samuel Wilburn married Ollie Marie Jones), but it wasn’t until much later in time (early 1930’s). Anyway, I finally traced some of his family back to his great-grandparents and an online tree had his direct line going back to Poythress’ and Bolling’s.
Stacey
This is great information. John Wall is a name a have found associated with 2 branches of my family tree more than once. There is a lengthy article about the Wall/Poythress family on-line, but I have lost the url. Also, I see Chapman in the Greenville Land Patents. I will have to process this info. My belief is that the mother of my ggg grandfather, Robert Chapman (b. 1800), was a Saponi or closely related. He and my ggg grandmother bore 2 children together, but were never married despite his involvement with them throughout their lives. Family lore (kept under close wraps) is that he was “a dark, handsome man, like an Indian.”
Thanks again.
Carla
Here is another one…
Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly; Volume 32; Number 2; page 50
JOHN GIBB, 1, 195 acs. Brunswick Co., down the Wolfpit Br. & the little Cr.; adj. Ravenscroft, Samuel Wright, Allen, Hay’s; 16 Jun 1756, p. 17. L6. [this survey is south of Ravenscroft’s Patent which included part of the Sappony Indian 6-Mile square tract at Fort Christanna]
I will look and see what Chapmans are in the book tomorrow.
Stacey
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