Field Notes, 1749.

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Field Notes, 1749.

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These records of field notes and plats of tracts in the New Creek, Warm Springs, and Sleepy Creek areas of Frederick, now Hampshire, County surveyed by Guy Broadwater in 1749. Descriptions of the quality of the land are frequently given, together with information about the persons for whom the land was surveyed. Research in the Northern Neck Land Office records has located grants for most of these tracts, and this identification has been included.

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Broadwater, Guy

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Virginia. Land Office

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After the conclusion of the French and Indian War, the British government issued a proclamation designed to prevent clashes between the settlers and Indians. This proclamation of 1763 forbid settlement west of the Alleghany mountains. From the description of List of complete military warrants under the Proclamation of 1763 from the Virginia Land Office,. (Library of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 318646134 The act which established the Land Office passed the General Assembly...

Northern Neck Land Office.

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