Person:Bryant Breeding (1)

Bryant Breeding was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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Early Land Acquisition in Virginia

Acquisitions:

• October 27, 1746, Bryant Breeding, planter, of Prince William County, purchased from Samuel Earle, gentleman, now of Frederick County, his 200-acre plantation adjoining Bryant on branches of Deep Run. The price was 5 pounds, current money.

• 1749/50 - Bryant Breeding went to Frederick County himself, and arranged for permission to apply for a claim. He had the chosen land surveyed and submitted papers showing an area of 418 acres. It is presumed that at that time he moved his family there.

Dispositions:

• 1773 - Bryant Breeding sold his land on Deep Run [now in Fauquier County] to James Thompson.

Estate Records

• Bryant Breeding died in 1778, and on August 28th, his widow Sarah, Joseph Breeding, and two others, appeared at Court, where Sarah was named Executor of his estate. [Shenandoah County, VA Records]

Records in Virginia

• 1735 - Bryant Breeding voted in an election in Prince William County, VA.

• 1741 - Bryant Breeding voted in an election in Prince William County, VA.

• Northern Neck Warrant - John Wood of Prince William Co., 30 Mar. 1750 - 31 Jan. 1749 (?); 330 acres on Pass run; adj. his own survey, Christopher Coffman (survey shows widow Kofman's line), John Breeding, Geo. Yearick, Ralph Hues. Chain Carriers - John Breeding & Bryant Breeding. Surv. George Hume. From front of survey - John Wood of Stafford Co. Paid by (or to ?) Josh Noble. [Abstracts of Virginia's Northern Neck Warrants & Surveys, Orange & Augusta Counties, with Tithables, Delinquents, Petitioners, 1730-1754, Volume One, Peggy Smomo Joyner, pg. 34].

• G-398: Thomas Conway of Prince William County, 1,007 acres in Augusta County. Surv. Mr. George Hume. On Dry run of Hawk's Bill. Adj. David Coffman (Koffman), James Murray, Widow Coffman, Bryan Breeding, Peter Ruffner, John Houldiman. 2 Aug. 1750. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 43].

1754: Landholders of Prince William County, Virginia:

• Breeding, Bryan, 400 acres
• Breeding, John, 200 acres, 4 years arrears of non-payment.

• K-336: Maj. Peter Wagener of Fairfax Co., 862 acres on South Fork of Shannandoah in Frederick Co. Surv. George Hume. On Hawksbill, adj. Postin Frederick, Peter Rufner, Bryant Breeding, George Widich, John Bumgarner, John Landrum. 23 Sept. 1761. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 129].

• K-337: Maj. Peter Wagener of Fairfax Co., 400 acres on Pass Run in Frederick Co. Surv. George Hume. Adj. John Wosdin Hoffman, John Breeding, George Widich, Maj. Peter Wagener, Bryant Breeding. 24. Sept. 1761. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 129].

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