Person:Edward Snickers (1)

Acquisition of Land in Virginia

Acquisition of Land from Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants 1742-1775, Vol. 2:

• I-133: Mr. Edward Snickers of Frederick County, 352 acres on the Top of the Blue Ridge in Loudoun County. Surv. Mr. John Hough. Adj. Mr. George Carter. 1 May 1765. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, pg. 97].

• M-44: Edward Snickers of Frederick County, 90 acres on South Branch called Gasper Lough's Bottom in Hampshire County. Surv. Mr. John Moffett. 13 Sept. 1762. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, pg. 145].

• O-44: Edward Snickers of Frederick County, 223 acres on the Lost River of Cacapehon in Hampshire County. Surv'd for James Sears. Plot returned by John Mauzy 27 May 1755, Sears did not comply with order from my Office (see Book N). 15 May 1767. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, pg. 190].

Information on Edward Snickers

Edward Snickers (born about 1735 - died 1790) purchased 624 acres of this tract in 1769. Snickers operated the Shenandoah Ferry at the Gap and kept a tavern on the river. First referred to in early legal documents as a “yeoman,” by 1772 Snickers was called a “gentleman.” At various times Snickers hauled goods and produce for sale, operated a tavern, was a builder and overseer of roads, ran a ferry, and was owner of a merchant mill, a blacksmith shop, a grist mill, and a sawmill. He made his fortune, however, by buying and selling land. He married Elizabeth Taliaferro about 1755 and they had four children.

Source: History of Bluemont, Loudoun County, Virginia website

Records of Edward Snickers

• O-137: Ralph Wormley Esq. of Middlesex County, possesses 8,007 acres on Shannondoah River in Frederick County, formerly granted Mann Page Esq. 23 Sept. 1730 and became property of his son Mann Page who sold to Wormley (records of the General Court). Resurveyed, 2 April 1765 by Mr. Thomas Rutherford shows 3,709 acres surplus. Caveat entered by Mr. John Hough of Loudoun County in behalf of Col. George Mercer who had purchased of Edward Snickers a tract surveyed for said Snickers in bounds of above tract also in behalf of Joshua Gore Jr. who had purchased from said Hough one other tract of land in bounds and had unjustly obtained a Deed for same in name of said Gore. Caveat by consent of said Wormley & Hough being left to Messrs Gabriel Jones, Peter Hogg & Thomas Bryan Martin who determined that Hough should reconvey same to Wormley (by Articles of Agreement entered into by said parties and by Award of Arbitrators and recorded in County of Frederick). 11,718 acres to Wormley. Adj. Morgan's Meadow Bridge, Messrs. Carter & now Mercer, Christopher Beeler's Spring Branch, foot of Blue Ridge, Bullskin March. 2 April 1768. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gray, pg. 195-196].

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