Person:Godfrey Schwing (1)

Godfrey Swing was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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Early Land Acquisition in Augusta County, VA

Acquisition of Land in Virginia:

• Page 49 - Godfrey Swing, 146 acres, on some branch of Cub Run. Adjoining George Carpenter, John Grabill. December 8, 1785. [Abstract of Land Grant Surveys, 1761-1791, Augusta & Rockingham Counties, Virginia, by Peter Cline Kaylor, pg. 114].

• Page 61 - Godfrey Swing, 50 acres, Drafts of Cub Run. Adjoining George Keesell, Joacham Fanferson, Sheets, Robert Elliott, Robert Retherford. April 10, 1786. [Abstract of Land Grant Surveys, 1761-1791, Augusta & Rockingham Counties, Virginia, by Peter Cline Kaylor, pg. 118].

• Page 85 - Godfrey Schwing, 270 acres, Drafts of Mill Creek and Cub run. Adjoining Taylor, Retherford, Vanvarson, (The Dutch Lord), Robert Eliot. March 19, 1787. [Abstract of Land Grant Surveys, 1761-1791, Augusta & Rockingham Counties, Virginia, by Peter Cline Kaylor, pg. 126].

Records in Virginia

• 1817 - Monroe County, Virginia, Deed from Sheriff to Nimrod Tackett, for 73, 80, & 180 acres owed back taxes by Godfrey Swing. [Monroe County Deed Book E, pages 271-273].

• 1817 - Monroe County, Virginia, Tackett, Nimrod, taxed on 175, 150, 177, 52, & 83 acres, same as 1816, plus added: 98 acres as assignee of Isahah Callaway by Sheriff; 295 acres as assignee of Benjamin Griffith by Sheriff; 73, 180, and 80 acres as assignee of Godfrey Swing by Sheriff.