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The Virginia Almanack for the Year of our Lord God 1774(1774)


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Printed by Purdie and Dixon.
Land deed extracts.

Entries include extracts from deeds of land in “Petso” (Petsworth) Parish, Gloucester County, VA (1686–1688). Land owners include Augustine Warner, John Mann, Mathew Page, Conquest Wyatt, Robert Elliot, Robert Carter, Mary Keble, Henry Fox, William Anderson, and William Lynes. Also mentions Lawrence Smith, surveyor, and the “Cheesecake” (Chiskiac) Indians.