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Facts and Events
Early Land Acquisition in Virginia
Acquisition of Land from Northern Neck Warrants & Surveys:
- Samuel Kennerley, 9 Dec. 1747 - 6 Jan. 1747/48; 400 acres on North side of Rush River near Kennerley's Mt.; adj. Mr. Fra. Thornton, Mr. Covington, John Strother's 800 acree tract, Wm. Thornton. CC - James Kennerley & James Ludley. Marker - John Baylis. Surv. James Genn. [Abstracts of Virginia's Northern Neck Warrants & Surveys, Orange & Augusta Counties, with Tithables, Delinquents, Petitioners, 1730-1754, Volume One, Peggy Smomo Joyner, pg. 9].
Will of Samuel Kennerly
- 27 September 174[8] – WILL: Samuel Kennerly, St. Mark’s Parish, Culpeper County, to wife Ellender, 400 acres adjoining Thornton and Covington, for her life and thereafter to her children Thomas and James Kennerly, Elizabeth Coleman and “Cattron” Strother. Wit: James Wade, John Strother, Anthony Strother. [Culpeper County Will Book A, p. 2-3]
- 18 January 1749 – PROBATE: Samuel Kennerly’s will was admitted to probate on the motion of “Elianor Kennerly”. [Culpeper County Will Book A, p. 2-3]
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