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Lorenz Gaar
b.29 Nov 1716
Facts and Events
Lorenz (Lawrence) Gaar was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia
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Acquisition of Land in Culpeper County, VA
Acquisition of Land from Northern Neck Warrants & Surveys:
- Lawrence Garr of Culpeper, 4 Jan. 1749/50 - 3 Feb. 1750; 290 acres on South Ford of Shannondoah adj. Matthias Selser. Chain Carriers - Tivall & Zacharias Blancumbaker. Surv. George Hume. [Abstracts of Virginia's Northern Neck Warrants & Surveys, Orange & Augusta Counties, with Tithables, Delinquents, Petitioners, 1730-1754, Volume One, Peggy Smomo Joyner, pg. 13].
Acquisition of Land from Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants 1742-1775, Vol. 2:
- G-169: Lawrence Gaar of ______, 400 acres in Culpeper County. Surv. Mr. George Hume for James Maxwell. In Great Fork of Rappahannock River, on Hugh's River, on Ragged Mountain adjoining Capt. Robert Green, Landrum's Run. 11 June 1749. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, pg. 30].
- G-484: Lawrence Garr of Culpeper Co., 290 acres in Augusta Co. Surv. Mr. George Hume. On South River of Shannondoah, adj. Mathias Selser. 10 Apr. 1751. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, pg. 47].
Will Abstract
- Larance Gar, will 1753, proven 1754
- Wife: Dorothea [nee Blankenbecker of Orange]
- Children: John, Andrew, Elizabeth Gar, Eve Gar
- Wife & brother Adam Gar Executors
- [Culpeper County, Virginia, Will Abstracts, Familysearch.org]
Records in Virginia
- Zachary Blankenbaker/Blankenbeeker, 4 Jan. 1749/50 - 2 Feb. 1749/50; 440 acres on Line run neigh Shannandoah River, South side thereof; adj. Phillip Long. CC - Nicholas Long & Lawrence Gar (Garr). Surv. George Hume. [Abstracts of Virginia's Northern Neck Warrants & Surveys, Orange & Augusta Counties, with Tithables, Delinquents, Petitioners, 1730-1754, Volume One, Peggy Smomo Joyner, pg. 19]. (Note: Zacharias Blankenbaker was Lawrence Garr's brother-in-law).
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