Records of Jost Hite in Augusta County, VA

Records of Jost Hite in Augusta County, VA

From Orange County, Virginia Road Orders, 1734-1749:

• 22 October 1737, O.S. p. 234 - On the petition of Just Hite Gent in behalf of himself and Several others of the Inhabitants of Sharundo to have a road cleared from a Gap in the Mountains in this County which is about five miles below Chesters ferry Its ordered that Robt: Green Henry ffields & Robt Eastham Gent or any two of them View the said road and make return of their proceedings to the next Court And it is further ordered that the tithables belonging to Chesters road be exempted from working on that road till this order be executed.

• 24 November 1737, O.S. p. 243 - The Viewers report of Hites road is continued to be returned.

• 27 April 1738, O.S. p. 293 - The petition of Just Hite to keep Ordnary at his own house is granted he having with Thomas Postgate his Security entered into bond as ye Law directs.

• 25 September 1741, O.S. p. 8 - Ordered that a Road be viewed marked laid of and cleared from Alexr Ross’s to Just Hites Mill & its ordered that all the tithables under Isaac Perkins & Robert Wilson who hereby are appointed Overseers of ye Same, clear ye sd Road and cause bridges to be made where they Shall be wanting & after cleared keep the same in repair according to Law.

• 26 February 1741, O.S. p. 105 - On the order for viewing and laying off a road petitioned for by Hobson & Others Morgan Bryan John ffrost and Arthur Buchannan the persons orderd to lay of ye sd road made their return as followeth In pursuance of an order of Court We have viewed and laid off a road from Evan Watkins fferry by a Course of Marked trees to the head of ye ffaling Spring thence to Roger Turners thence to Edward Beasons over the Taskerora Branch thence to Joseph Evans Spring head thence to the Middle Creek thence to New Chappell Thence by the head of Evan Thomas Spring head thence to a Corner White oak between the lands of John Littler and John ffrost thence along the said Line to ye Corner South Eastward thence to Secorns Licks thence to Opecken Creek & Crossing the Same just above John Neils Mill Branch thence to the Spout run by Edges Cabbin thence to the Kings road that leads from Just Hites to Shennindo & to fall into the Same by John Kerseys plantation near Shennendoford We also recommend Thomas Thornberry & John Shearer to order the Clearing the said road from Evan Watkins to the Chappell & George Hobson & John Littler from thence to conclude the Same whch return being redd to the Court Its ordered that the said road be cleared according to the Viewers report & that all the tithables from Potomack between Opecken & the little Mountain that lyes on this Side the little Cape Capon and thence Southward as far as it includes James Wrights near the Mountains and Joseph Carters on Opecken And for over Opecken & Between & Shennando all Such as Shall not exceed three Miles from the said laid out road work thereon Under the afd Thomas Thornberry John Shearer /: from Evan Watts’s to the Chappell:/ & Under George Hobson & John Littler /: from thence to the end of ye sd Road /: who are hereby appointed Overseers of the sd road And its further ordered that the sd Overseers with ye sd Tithables clear the said road & make bridges where they Shall be wanting & keep ye sd Road when cleared in repair according to Law.

• 26 August 1742, O.S. p. 198 - George Hollingsworth is hereby appointed Overseer of ye road from Littlers to Hollingsworths Mill and Robert Wilson is hereby appointed Overseer from the said Mill to Just Hites Mill & its further orderd that all the tithables between Opecken & the North Mountain clear ye said Road under their Said Overseers & keep the same in repair according to Law.

• 24 February 1742 [1743?], O.S. p. 348 - Ordered that George Bowman John Hite & Robert Warth view and Lay of a road from ffunks Mill to Hites Mill and Make report of their proceedings to the next Court.

From Chalkley's:

• Vol. 1 - MAY 12, 1746. - (45) Jost Hite vs. Thomas Linville.

• Page 143.--15th August, 1746. William Linwell and Elenor, his wife, to George Bowman, of County Frederick, £100 Pennsylvania currency; 500 acres purchased of Jost Hite & Co. on Linwell's Creek; line of Joseph Bryan (in his possession) ; Wm. Linwell's mark ( ); Elinor Linwell's mark ( ). Witnesses, Gabriel Jones and Benj. Johnston. Acknowledged, 20th August, 1746.

• Page 152.--20th August, 1746. William Linwell to Thomas Linwell, £12; 500 acres on Linwell's Creek, part of 1,500 acres granted to William by McCay & Co. (including Jost Hite); land in possession of Joseph Bryant. William ( ) Linwell. Acknowledged by William, and Eleanor releases dower, 20th August, 1746.

• Page 135.--20th August, 1746. William Linwell to Joseph Bryan, £12; 500 acres on Linwell's Creek between William, and land in possession of Thomas Linwell, part of 1,500 acres granted by McCay & Co. (including Jost Hite) Acknowledged, and dower released by Eleanor, 20th August 1746.

• Vol. 1 - SEPTEMBER, 1746. - Jost Hite vs. Thomas Linville.--Breach contract. Agreement for rental of a mill by plaintiff to defendant. Dated 23d March, 1742-3.

• Page 435.--7th October, 1746. Robert McKay, Sr.'s, Will--Daughter, Margaret; wife of Joshua Job, tract called Joshua's Bottom; sons, Robert, James, Zachary, Moses. (Tract given to Margaret is part of Order Council for 100,000 to testator and Jost Hite, first, and afterwards renewed by testator, Hite, Green, and Duff). Daughter, Hannah, wife of George Hollingsworth; daughter, Leah, wife of Wm. Taylor. Daughter, Mary, wife of George Robinson, of Penna. Daughter, Elizabeth. Son, Zachary plantation known as Nathan Calbreath's Bottom. Executors, Robert, James, and Moses. Teste: Gabriel Jones, David Vance, Abraham Hite, 7th October 1746.--Codicil, wife. Proved 19th August, 1752, by Jones and Vancc. Zacharay McCoy refuses to execute, and other executors qualify (Jones makes oath, but Moses and Robert are Quakers) with sureties, Moses McCoy, David Vance, Chas. Burk.

• Page 165.--14th November, 1746. Thomas Linwell and Hannah, his wife, to Jacob Christman, of Frederick County, £100 currency; 500 acres. part of 1,500 acres purchased of Jost Hite on Linwell's Creek. Witnesses, Wat Ellice, G. Jones. Acknowledged, 20th November, 1746.

• Page 234.--11th February, 1746-7. Robert McCay to John James and Moses Green, £100; 500 acres on Linwell's Creek being lot No. 5, part of tract of 7,009 acres patented, 26th March, 1736, to Jost Hite & Co. and conveyed to Robert by Hite & Co., 24th June, 1744. Teste: W. Russell, James Porteus, Jno. Newport, Gab Jones. Proved, 21st May, 1747, by all but Newport.

• Vol. 2 - NOVEMBER, 1747 (A). - Robert McCoy, Jost Hite, Robert Green, Robert Green, being executor of William Duff, deceased, vs. William Linwell, Thomas Linwell and Morgan Bryan.--Debt on bond dated 18th June, 1746. Writ dated 24th August, 1747. Returned not found as to W. and T. Linwell.

• Page 262.--22d August, 1749. John Hopes (Hays?) (Hope?) of Frederick, and Mary to Patrick Quin. On Naked Creek. Corner Jost Hite, Robert McKay, William Duff, Robert Green's line. 200 acres, patented to said John Hopes, 12th January, 1746. Teste: David Logan, John Homes.

• Page 259.--11th March, 1751. David Johnson, farmer, and Rebeccah, to Michael Warren, 400 acres, bought of Morgan Briant, on Linville's Creek adjoining Just Hite. Teste: Thomas Moor, Wm. Carryl.

• Vol. 1 - NOVEMBER, 1755. - John Green vs. Green.--John Green, of Orange, gent., orator, complains: Some time in 1746, orator's late father, Robert Green, of Orange, purchased of Robert McCoy, late of Augusta, land on Linville's Creek which Robert intended for John and his two brothers, James and Moses Green (they as well as orator, infants). In 1746--February (1747)--McCoy conveyed the land to John, James and Moses. Robert also owned other tracts jointly with Jost Hite and Robert McCoy (s/b McKay). Orator has long since come of age, and is in want of part of the lands, but James and Moses are not of age. Bill for partition filed, 1754. Answer of James and Moses by Eleanor Green, their guardian.

• Page 289.--3d March, 1756. Paul Froman, of Frederick, to George Speece, £50, 500 acres being lot No. 6 on Linnvell's Creek, conveyed to Paul by Jost Hite, 4th October, 1749. Delivered: Jos. How by order Speace, March, 1758.

• Page 158.--17th February, 1761. Jeremiah (Jere) Harrison and Catherine ( ) to Samuel Semple, £22, 270 acres patented, __ _____, 1760, on head waters of Linvel's Creek, whereon Samuel now dwells, joining Jost Hite, Samuel Stewart, Thomas Harrison.

Note: Samuel Stewart lived next to my ancestors (Robert and Sarah Patterson) in Sussex Co., Delaware (on the Broadkill River) during the 1720s and 30s. Between 1738 and the early 1740s, both the Pattersons and the Stewarts (plus other families such as Harrison, Black, Cravens, Hood, Semple/Sample, etc.) moved to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia (on headwaters of Linville Creek) near modern day Harrisonburg (Rockingham Co.). In 1748, Samuel’s oldest son David left Va for the Yadkin River valley of North Carolina. Soon thereafter, Samuel, his wife Lydia, and the rest of their family followed David. In the late 1750s, my ancestors (the Pattersons, Blacks, and other families like the Harrisons, Cravens, Ponders, etc.) moved from Va to the border region of North and South Carolina around Kings Mountain, on Clarks Fork of Bullocks Creek (modern day York Co., SC).

Source: Wes Patterson

• Page 131.--18th November, 1761. John, James and Moses Green, of Culpeper, to John Miller, £180, two tracts, 500 acres each, on Linvell's Creek known as lots No. 4 and 5, lot No. 4 conveyed to grantors by Jose Hite, et als, 5th February, 1746; lot 5 conveyed to Robert McCay, 11th February, 1746, both part of 7,009 acres patented to Hite, et als, MDCCXLXXXIX.

• Page 135.--17th November, 1761. Same to William Ewing, £140, 708 acres on easternmost branch of Linvel's Creek, conveyed by Hite, et als, 3d October, 1746. Delivered: Andrew Ewin, October, 1769.

• Page 553.--14th November, 1764. Daniel Harrison and Sarah to Daniel and Jesse Harrison, his grandchildren, sons of Jesse Harrison, £20, 400 acres on head Linville's Creek, Jos. Hite's line. Delivered: Benj. Bowman, by order of Jesse Harrison, 18th February, 179.

• Page 460.--1st May, 1770. John Hite, of Frederick County, eldest son, &c., of Jost Hite to George Speers, £20, 35 acres on Linvell's Creek, patented to Hite et als.; corner said Speer; corner widow Smith. Delivered: Doctor Michael Archdeacon, November, 1771.

• Vol. 1 - CIRCUIT COURT CAUSES ENDED--OLD STYLE. - No. 5. - Browning vs. Swearingen.--In year 1736 John Browning purchased of Jorst Hite 1,200 acres on the Potomac. John died testate, devising the lands to sons, George and Nicholas. George died testate and devised to Joshua Browning. Nicholas died testate, devising to John Wrightson Browning. Oratrix Rosamon married Wm. Keating. Anthony Turner deposes: That he came into this State, now Berkeley County, with his father, Anthony Turner, deceased, on May, 1740. He was then eight years old. He lived there until fall of 1752, when he removed to New Castle County; removed from there August, 1762, to Carolina; made frequent removes but returned to Berkeley County in December, 1773. John Van Unter (Nuter) deposes: He was born in Berkeley County and on 6 March, 1798, was in sixty-second year of age.

• Vol. 2 - Hite vs. Snapp-O. S. 21; N. S. 7--Filed 20th September, 1796. Isaac Hite, executor of Isaac Hite, deceased, Jonathan Clerk, Isaac H. Williams, John C. Williams, Nimrod Long and Eleanor, his wife, devisees under the will of Isaac Hite, deceased; Abraham Hite, devisee and executor of Abraham Hite, deceased; Mary Hite, Theodorick Lee and Catherine, his wife; Alexander Pitt Buckhannon and Sarah, his wife (said Mary, Catherine and Sarah), are daughters and co-heirs of John Hite, deceased (who was eldest son and heir of Jacob Hite, deceased); John Hite, executor and devisee of John Hite, deceased; John Hite, Jr.; William Hite, Thomas Cartmill and Ann, his wife (which said John, William and Ann are children and devisees of Joseph Hite, deceased); which said John, Isaac, Jacob, Abraham and Joseph are children and devisees of Jost Hite, deceased; Andrew McKay, eldest son and heir of Robert McKay, deceased, who was son and heir of Robert McKay, Sr.; James and Zackeriah McKay, who are sons and devisees of Robert McKay, Sr.; Isaac McKay, son and heir of Isaac McKay, who was son and heir of Moses McKay, a son and devisee of Robert McKay, Sr.; Leah Leith (?), daughter and devisee of Robert McKay, Sr.; Enoch Job, eldest son and heir of Margaret Job, a daughter and devisee of Robert McKay, Sr.; George Hollingsworth, son and heir of Abraham Hollingsworth, who was son and heir of Hannah Hollingsworth, a daughter and devisee of Robert McKay, Sr.; George Robinson, son and heir of George Robinson, who was son and heir of Mary Robinson, a daughter and devisee of Robert McKay, Sr.; Moses Green, executor and devisee of John Green, deceased; James Green, James Williams, William, James and Sarah Williams, children of James and Eleanor Williams, who was only daughter of Moses Green, deceased, which said John, James and Moses Green were devisees of William Duff, deceased; Robert Green, assignee and devisee of Eleanor Green, widow of Robert Green, deceased; Robert Green, Moses Green, executor and devisee of John Green; James Green, Robert Green, Jr, heir of Nicholas Green, deceased; James Williams, William, James and Sarah Williams, children and heirs of Eleanor Williams, deceased, who was only daughter and heiress of Moses Green, deceased, by James Williams, their next friend, which said Eleanor, Robert, John, James, Nicholas and Moses Green were devisees of Robert Green, Sr., vs. Lawrence Snapp.

• Vol. 2 - Boydstone vs. Sheppard--O. S. 69; N. S. 23. In 1757 Thomas Caton took up 196 acres on the Potomac and obtained patent from Fairfax. Caton sold to William Stork, who sold to Thomas Boydstone, orator, in 1767. In 1755 Vachael Metcalf obtained patent for a tract adjoining above which he conveyed to his brother, George Metcalf, from whom it descended to Allen Metcalf, heir of George. George's wife died 1803. Early in the 18th century the upper parts of Virginia were unknown and unsettled and many adventurers settled there, although the bounds of the Northern Neck were unknown whence arose dispute between Fairfax and the King, which was settled in 1745 and carried out by the Act of 1748, by which all persons were secured in their grants obtained from the Crown. Among the adventurers was the company of which Jest Hite (s/b Jost Hite) was the head. They had obtained orders of Council for large tracts on condition of settling a certain number of persons thereon in a given time which, however, was frequently extended. On 12th June, 1734, a final order of Council was entered, giving the company until 25th December, 1735, to comply with terms of all former orders. Surveys were accordingly made, but no patents issued on account of caveats enter by Fairfax on his arrival in 1736. By the compromise between Fairfax and the King, Hite's Company were left entirely at the mercy of Fairfax for all lands for which patents had not been obtained, and in 1750 suit was brought by Hite's Company against Fairfax, in which in 1769 an interlocutory order was entered, in pursuance of which Thomas Marshall, and also Commissioners, made a report of the lands surveyed for Hite and of the persons by whom they were held. Copy deed dated 6th February, 1792, Thomas Boydstone of Berkley County to Joshua and John Writson Browning and Roseman Keating, all of Maryland. Recorded in Berkeley 21st February, 1792. Recites that John Browning, deceased, in his life time bought from Jost Hite 1,200 acres on Potomac in present Berkeley, then Orange, by title bond dated 6th November, 1736, which grantees are entitled to by several mesne devises under and from sd. John Browning. Anthony Turner deposes 13th February, 1798, that he came to Berkeley with his father, Anthony Turner, deceased, in 1740, when he was between eight and nine. He lived there until 1752, when he moved to New Castle, and made several moves before August, 1762, when he went to Carolina, remained there two years, returned to Virginia and in August, 1765, removed to North and South Carolina, made several other moves and is now living in Berkeley. In 1741-1742 Jeremiah Yorke was living on the land in controversy. John Hite, aged 43, deposes at same time as above. He is grandson of Jost Hite. Nicholas McIntire deposes 6th September, 1797, in Berkley: He has known the land (Terrapin Neck) upwards of 50 years. Jeremiah York and Van Swearingen were the first settlers. Presley Boydston, brother of Thomas and Benjamin Boydston, deposes. David Osborn deposes September, 1797: He was on the land first in 1766-67. Joseph Foreman deposes, that he knows the land since 1761. John Van Meter says he was born in Berkeley in the neighborhood of the land. John Welch, brother-in-law of Benj. Bordstone, deposes: He married a sister of Benjamin's wife. Thomas Boydstone is very old, without either wife or children. Jacob Bellar, born in 1736, moved with his father in 1742 on land adjoining Terrapin Neck. Defendants in this suit are, viz: Abraham Shepherd; Joshua and John Writson Browning; William Keating, Jr.; Thomas Sappington and Mary, his wife, late Keating; Richard Johnston and Sarah, late Keating; John and Mary and Sarah Williams, daughters and heirs of Rachel Williams, deceased, late Keating; heirs and representatives of Rozamond Keating, deceased, late Browning--also Benjamin Biggs and Priscilla Israel, his wife, late Priscilla Israel Metcalf; Benjamin Beaths and Margery, his wife, late Metcalf; George, John, Alien, Andrew, Thomas Metcalf. David Owens is son and heir of Lucy Owens, deceased, late Metcalf. Heirs, representatives and devisees of Allen Metcalf, deceased. Spa. addressed to Jefferson.

• Vol. 2 - Hite vs. Ready--O. S. 118; N. S. 40--Deed 24th November, 1772. Jacob Bordon and Mary, his wife, of Frederick County, to George Adam Bowman, of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Recorded in Dunmore County Court, 24th November, 1772. Deed 23d March, 1797. Augustine Reedy and Minna of Shenandoah County to Philip Ready. Proved in Shenandoah County 11th April, 1797. George Mummah, who married Elisibed (Allice) Boughman, late of Lancaster County, deceased, one of daughters and heirs of John Boughman of Hempfield Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, yeoman, deceased. Nicholas Bower, who married Maria Boughman, deceased, another of daughters and heirs of above. Sebastian Wiedman, who married Anna Boughman, another of the daughters, &c. Joseph Charle, who is intermarried with Elizabeth Bowman, another of daughters, &c. All above, viz: George, Nicholas, Sebastian, and Joseph, are of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and Nicholas Young, of York County, Pennsylvania, and Christina, his wife; also one of daughters and heirs, &c. Above heirs release their interest as heirs to John in tract sold by Jost Hite to John in 1739; to Benjamin Leyman (Lehman), who married Barbara, another daughter of John, by release dated 13th August, 1770. John Boughman died intestate leaving above issue. Copy of survey November 22, 1751, for John Boughman of Pennsylvania, of 500 acres. Copy of release by above heirs to Benj. Lehman, dated 2d June, 1763. Recorded in Virginia Land Office. Copy dated 21st September, 1799. Copy of grant by Fairfax to George Keller, 1762. Copy of deed 8th April, 1796. George Adam Bowman and Mary, his wife, of Shenandoah County, to Augustine Ready. Recorded in Shenandoah 13th April, 1796.

• Vol. 2 - Sites vs. Rader--O. S. 193; N. S. 68--Bill, 1811. Orator Christian Sites in 1803 bought from John Gum a tract in Rockingham. There is an interlock of 23-1/2 acres claimed by Michael Lincoln under Jost Hite and 53 acres formerly owned by Philip Rymel, who held under Hite. Gum claimed under a patent to Timothy Coe in 1756, who sold to John's father Jacob Gum. Timothy died and his interest was supposed to be vested in his son and heir-at-law Timothy Coe. John Gum had a brother Jacob. Timothy was not Timothy's eldest son and heir, but the eldest son and heir was John Coe, who long since removed out of Virginia. The patent to Timothy Coe was founded on a survey in 1794 for William Mark (?) for 190 acres. John Gum has moved to Kentucky, where he died intestate, and his administrator, Sheppard Gum, assigned the bonds to John Rader. Tuliver Whitehurst (Whitehouse) deposes in Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio. Comfort Whitehurst, sister of Gum, deposes as above. Jacob Whitehurst, nephew of Gum, deposes as above. John Vance deposes as above; formerly owned land in Rockingham; (Sites?) had a son-in-law Henry Mays. Oden Whitehouse deposes in Rockingham; nephew of Gum. George Sites, son of Christian, deposes in Rockingham, 1812. Peter Sites deposes he and Jacob Showalter were brothers-in-law. Peter and Christian were brothers. Deed dated 18th July, 1797, by Philip Ryemil and Catheren, his wife, of Rockingham to Christian Sites. Lot No. 8 of Hites' grant. Record in Rockingham, July, 1797. Copy of survey, 1749, for Wm. Marks, 190 acres on Linvell's Creek. Copy of the grant courses now in dispute. Agreement 18th March, 1803, between John Gum and Christian Seyth, 100 acres in Rockingham.

• Vol. 2 - Tipton vs. Werner--O. S. 302; N. S. 108--Copy of record from Shenandoah. Bill filed 1804 by John Tipton. Defendants are, viz: Henry Keller, Michael Copp, administrators of Philip Werner; Barbara Werner, widow of Philip, and Philip's children, viz: Philip, Sophia, Elizabeth, Catharine, Peter, Sarah. Philip was in 1796 resident in Berks County, Penna. Deed, 25th August, 1797, by Jonathan Clarke, Philip Williams and Andrew McKay, Commissioners to John Tipton. Sale under Act of Assembly, 4th December, 1795, to sell certain lands of Jost Hite, Robert Green, William Duff and Robert McKay, 400 acres on Tom's Brook adjoining Augustine Borden, Jacob Keller et al. Recorded in Shenandoah, 12th December, 1797. Deed, 12th September, 1797, by John Tipton and wife Elizabeth to Werner's heirs. Recorded.

• Vol. 2 - Paul vs. Hite--O. S. 310; N. S. 110--Bill, 81st January, 1794, by Margaret Paul of Pennsylvania. Many years ago Joist Hite sold to Thos. Hart land in now Berkeley County. Hart sold a part to John Miles of Pennsylvania. On 2d April, 1747, Miles made his will and devised the land "intail" to oratrix, his only child, an infant. She married _____ Paul, now deceased. Oratrix and father always lived in Pennsylvania. Fairfax claimed the land, was sued by Hite and lands decreed to Hite, but the Hite heirs refuse to give it up. Jacob Miller, Abraham Neil, Robt. Lowry, Philip Ingle, Godwin Swift, William Dark petition that they, with Giles Cook, are in possession of a tract of land on Elk Branch in Berkeley County, 1,300 acres, part was sold by Jost Hite to Thos. Hart and by him conveyed to petitioners. 17th June, 1803, Peter Martin, Sr., aged 73, 4 or 5 years ago, he was shown a tree that formerly stood in Cavalier Martin's yard by Thos. Hart. 17th June, 1803, Thos. Hart, Sr., aged nearly 80 years, deposes, he was with the surveyor and his father when they surveyed Jost Hite's 1,100 acres. 27th April, 1795, Ann Thomas, aged 78, deposes at Spread Eagle Tavern, kept by John Dunwoody in Philadelphia (285 High St.), she was married to John Miles in 1739 or 1740, that by him she had a son, Griffith Miles, who died when an infant, and Margaret, the plaintiff. 27th April, 1795, John Cart, aged 69 years, deposes, same place. 5th September, 1795, Edward Lucas, son of Edward Lucas, deposes. 19th March, 1787, Thos. Rutherford deposes, in 1752 as surveyor for Fairfax he made survey for Thos. Hart and an adjoining one for Miles Hart, son of Thomas. Joseph Darke owned adjoining land. In 1740 deponent saw a log house covered with clap board or shingle and nailed roof on north side of Elk Branch on land now in dispute. The house was said to be the property of John Miles, who had purchased from Thos. Harte, Sr. 5th September, 1795, John Wright, aged 70, deposes, he came to Virginia in 1747 or 1748 and was shown the land by James Glenn, Sr., who said John Miles claimed the land. A shingled house was uncommon. 17th February, 1795, Wm. Darke deposes, he was ordered out with the militia against the insurgents (in September) which prevented him from attending taking depositions in Philadelphia. Bond, 29th March, 1735, by Thomas Hart of Warminister in County Bucks, Penna., husbandman to Jost Hite of Orange County, Va. Gentleman title bond for 2 tracts, 1,000 acres on Elk Branch on the Waggon Road from Potomack to Opeckon, 500 acres northward from above. 27th September, 1794, Thos. Hart, aged 71 years, about 60 years ago his father, Thomas Hart, purchased 1,500 acres. In 1754 Thomas, Sr., was about to remove to Carolina.

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