Amherst County (Va.) Deeds and Land Grants, 1768-1863

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Amherst County (Va.) Deeds and Land Grants, 1768-1863

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This collection forms part of the Robert Alonzo Brock Collection at The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

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Robert Alonzo Brock

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Mecklenburg County was named, like Charlotte County, for Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, consort of George III. It was formed from Lunenburg County in 1764. From the guide to the Mecklenburg County (Va.) Land Grant to Stephen Mallett, 1785 Nov. 14, (The Library of Virginia) Albemarle County was named for William Anne Keppel, second earl of Albemarle and governor of the Virginia colony from 1737 to 1754. It was formed from Goochland County in 1744...

Amherst County, Va. Circuit Court.

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John A. Rowan, a resident of Lynchburg, Virginia, was a prominent landowner and slaveholder who had estates in Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Louisiana. He died in 1843. John Rowan's Silver Creek estate was located in Washington County, Mississippi. The account book was used as an exhibit in the chancery suit, Elizabeth Rowen and others versus Executor of John A. Rowan and others that began in the late 1840's and ended in the late 1860's. The...