Template:Hoppin, Charles A. Washington Ancestry/v1p433/Chinn, Charles

Usage

Template is used to transclude a transcript of a Court Record from Hoppin, Charles A. The Washington ancestry: and records of the McClain, Johnson, and forty other colonial American families: prepared for Edward Lee McClain. (Greenfield, Ohio: Private printing by Yale University Press for Edward Lee McClain, 1932) for use on multiple werelate pages.

Text to Transclude

[Vol 1, p 433]
[...Fauquier Court Minutes for 1771, p 296 ...]
... As the official survey made in Fauquier County in June, 1771, by John Wright, Junior, ... we give the text of the survey:

FAUQUIER SC.^T At the request of Messrs. Charles Chinn on his own part and Leven Powill guardian to Rawleigh Chinn & Thomas Chinn Guardian to Christopher Chinn orphan of Elijah Chinn decd and in the preasents of Thos Marshel and John Moffett Gent of Fauquier and William Bronaugh and Charles West Gent of Lowdoun the Commissioners mentioned in an order of the worshipfull Court of Fauquier dated June Court one thousand seven hundred and seventy one I proseeded to survey and divide the Land mentioned in the Sd order acording to the above plot Beginning at a white oak near a branch on the so. side corner to Elijah Chinn Extending thence So 61d Et 375 pole to a white oak, thence So 43d Wt 220 pole to a stone in a glade corner to Charles Chinn now Hails Land [ * ] thence with his Line No 58d Wt 458 pole to whit oak in a pasture field thence No 59dr Et 280 pole to the beginning containing 528 acres. WILLIAM STROTHER, JOHN MURREY, Chainmen sworn.

[ * cos1776 note: could "Hails Land" = Halls Land? And, if so, which Hall is it? Needs further investigation.]