Person:John Routt (4)

Early Land Acquisition in Virginia

Acquisition of Land from Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants:

• P-11: John Rout of Frederick Co., 327 acres on Isaac Thomas's Creek a Branch of Back Creek in said County. Surv. Richard Rigg. 12 Feb. 1771. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 209].

Records in Virginia

• N-323: Richard Folley of Frederick Co., 80 acres on Punch Run and North River in said County. Surv. Peter Stevens. Adj. John Rout, Charles Buck, William Morgan. 4 Dec. 1766. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 185].

• O-195: Joseph Lupton of Frederick Co., 414 acres adj. land he bought of Beeson on Isaac Thomas's Creek of Back Creek in said County. Surv. Richard Rigg. Adj. John rout, on Stony Lick Branch. 21 Oct. 1768. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 199].

• P-124: Mr. Robert Rutherford of Frederick Co., 355 acrs on Isaac's Creek in said County. Surv. Richard Rigg. Adj. John Rout, John Griffith. 3 June 1772. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 216].

• P-294: Abraham Kendrick of Frederick Co., 542 acres in Fork of Shannandoah in said County. Surv. [by] Richard Rigg. On Punch Run adj. Joseph King, William Morgan, Richard Foley, John Rout, Thomas Foley, said Kendrick, Joseph King, John Counts. 20 Sept. 1774. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 226].

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   I would like to know who the John Routt of Stafford County and Frederick County belongs to. He was a surveyor for Samuel Earl. He married an Ann. His daughter is named Jane Earle Routt born 1754 married Henry Chrisman then John S. Williams. His son is Lewis Routt. Peter Routt is in the same area. Is he a brother?father?I would be very grateful for further suggestions.
   
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