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Facts and Events
Mathias Kersh 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 3 - Mathias Scarse, 130 acres between Shenandoh River and Peaked Mountain. Mentioned Switzers Meadows. May 3, 1762. [Abstract of Land Grant Surveys, 1761-1791, Augusta & Rockingham Counties, Virginia, by Peter Cline Kaylor, pg. 1-2].
- Page 169 - Mathias Keish, 180 acres, between the Peaked Mountain and the Shenandoah. Adjoining Sellers and his own land. November 24, 1770. [Abstract of Land Grant Surveys, 1761-1791, Augusta & Rockingham Counties, Virginia, by Peter Cline Kaylor, pg. 61].
- Page 214 - Mathias Scarce, 65 acres, Shenandoah River. Adjoining his own land, Henry Monger. March 11, 1773. [Abstract of Land Grant Surveys, 1761-1791, Augusta & Rockingham Counties, Virginia, by Peter Cline Kaylor, pg. 77].
- Page 43 - Mathis Kirsh, 80 acres, between his own land and Gasper Hain. May 25, 1785. [Abstract of Land Grant Surveys, 1761-1791, Augusta & Rockingham Counties, Virginia, by Peter Cline Kaylor, pg. 77].
Records in Augusta County, VA
From Chalkley’s Augusta County Records:
- Land Grant Survey: Page 168 - Samuel Thornhill, 145 acres, between the Peaked Mountain and the Shenandoah. Adjoining Kersh. April 20, 1770. [Abstract of Land Grant Surveys, 1761-1791, Augusta & Rockingham Counties, Virginia, by Peter Cline Kaylor, pg. 61].
- Land Grant Survey: Page 205 - Adam Sellers, 542 acres, Shenandoah River. Adjoining John Miller, Samuel Thornhill, Mathias Scarce, Henry Sellers, Peter Sellers. [Abt. April/May 1773] [Abstract of Land Grant Surveys, 1761-1791, Augusta & Rockingham Counties, Virginia, by Peter Cline Kaylor, pg. 74].
- Land Grant Survey: Page 43 - Gasper Hain, 77 acres. Adjoining Mathias Kirsh, Adam Seller. May 25, 1785. [Abstract of Land Grant Surveys, 1761-1791, Augusta & Rockingham Counties, Virginia, by Peter Cline Kaylor, pg. 112].
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