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Map of Beverly Patent Landowners in Augusta County, Virginia (opens in a new tab)
The Privy Council granted Robert Beverley and three other men 118,491 acres in September 1736. Most of the land was located in what is now Augusta County. Beverly purchased the other three men’s shares making him the sole proprietor of the “Manour of Beverley.” The first sale of a tract from this grant was recorded in February 1738.1Daphne S. Gentry, compiler, revised and enlarged by John S. Salmon, Virginia Land Office Inventory (3d ed. (Richmond, Virginia State Library and Archives, 1981), xvi.
The original map showing names and individual parcels was researched and compiled by J. Raymond Hildebrand in 1954. Hildebrand, a cartographer who resided in Roanoke, created historical maps of the counties of Augusta, Bedford, Botetourt, Fincastle, Franklin, Montgomery, Roanoke, Rockbridge, and Wythe as well as the Beverley Patent and the Borden Grant. His maps are located in the Virginia Room at the Library of Virginia in Richmond.2Alice Carol Tuckwiller, “The Roanoke Public Library’s Virginia Room,” The Virginia Genealogical Society Newsletter 22 (January-February 1996): 2.
The grid overlay and related list of grantees were created by Marty Hiatt and Les Querry in 2021. A few of the names and dates have been updated, but no attempt was made to verify all information presented on the 1954 map. Descriptions of the parcels can be found in the deed books of Orange County before 1746 and Augusta County after 1746.
Copyright 2021. The grid overlay and index to the Beverly Patent Landowners Map were created by Marty Hiatt and Les Querry. It is provided here as an aid to genealogical and historical researchers as long as credit is given to the creators and VGS. It may not be copied or repurposed for commercial use.
Map of Borden Land Grant in Rockbridge County, Virginia (opens in a new tab)
The Privy Council granted Benjamin Borden 92,000 acres in November 1739. Borden promised to settle one family for each 1,000 acres. Most of this grant is in what is now Rockbridge County. The first deeds for this land were recorded in 1741.3Daphne S. Gentry, compiler, revised and enlarged by John S. Salmon, Virginia Land Office Inventory (3d ed. (Richmond, Virginia State Library and Archives, 1981), xvi.
The base of this map was researched and compiled by J. Raymond Hildebrand in 1964 for the Historical Society of Western Virginia. The grid overlay and list of purchasers were created by Marty Hiatt and Les Querry in 2021. A few of the names and dates have been updated, but no attempt was made to verify all information presented on the 1964 map. Descriptions of the parcels can be found in the deed books of Orange County before 1746 and Augusta County before 1778 when Rockbridge County was established.
Copyright 2021. This map is provided here as an aid to genealogical and historical researchers as long as credit is given to the creators and VGS. It may not be copied or repurposed for commercial use. A copy of the enhanced map has been donated to the Historical Society of Western Virginia with permission to reproduce it for support of the Society.
References
- 1Daphne S. Gentry, compiler, revised and enlarged by John S. Salmon, Virginia Land Office Inventory (3d ed. (Richmond, Virginia State Library and Archives, 1981), xvi.
- 2Alice Carol Tuckwiller, “The Roanoke Public Library’s Virginia Room,” The Virginia Genealogical Society Newsletter 22 (January-February 1996): 2.
- 3Daphne S. Gentry, compiler, revised and enlarged by John S. Salmon, Virginia Land Office Inventory (3d ed. (Richmond, Virginia State Library and Archives, 1981), xvi.