Deed to Edward McGuire : manuscript, 1766 Aug. 9.

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Deed to Edward McGuire : manuscript, 1766 Aug. 9.

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Document signed. Deed to Edward McGuire for 1,070 acres of land in Hampshire County, Virginia.

1 item (1 p.) : vellum ; 26 x 29 cm., folded to 26 x 15 cm.

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McGuire, Edward, fl. 1766.

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Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Lord, 1692-1782

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This land grant was issued in 1741 by Thomas, 6th Lord Fairfax, Baron of Cameron, to Richard Brown (d. 1745), descendent of Quaker minister William Brown. The grant was one of five that Richard Brown had received in Virginia's Northern Neck; at the time of his death, he owned a total of 2,774 acres in Loudoun County. Furthermore, his extensive plantation included a house, malthouse, mill, millhouse, saw, sawmill, brewhouse, outhouses of all sorts, and sundry accessories. The 634-acre tract of la...