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m. Abt 1715
  1. Ambrose Downs1716 - 1813
  2. Elizabeth DownsAbt 1719 -
  3. Henry Downs, Jr.Abt 1724 - 1798
  4. William DownsAbt 1725 - 1803
  5. Richard DownsAbt 1730 -
  6. Jonathan Downs1732 - 1818
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Name Richard Downs
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1730 Orange County, Virginia

Early Land Acquisition in Virginia

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


  • H-495: Rich'd Downs of Orange County, 243 acres in said County. Surv. Will'm Green. On Stanton River, Pelhams Mt. adjoining Benj'n Smith, David Jones, other land of Rich'd Downs. 21 Oct. 1754. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, pg. 77].


Records of Richard Downs in Virginia

  • H-153: Isaac Smith of Culpeper County, 350 acres in said County. Surv. Mr. George Hume. On Stanton River adj. Richard Downs. 2 April 1752. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, pg. 59].
  • O-14: Benjamin Smith of Culpepper County, 367 acres on Stanton & Robinson Rivers in said County. Surv. by George Hume. 12 December 1751 and forfeited by Advertisement issued from Office and recorded in Book N. Deed to Smith. Adjoining said Smith, Richard Downs, Isaac Smith, Major Philip Root. 22 Sept. 1770. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, pg. 206].