| 1706 | Grant from the Proprietors, LADY MARGARET CULPEPER, THOMAS (5th) LORD
FAIRFAX and CATHERINE his wife, to JOHN WEST, WILLIAM HARRISON, THOMAS
PEARSON and THOMAS HARRISON. For 4,639 acres on Great Hunting Creek and Indian
Branch. |
| Northern Neck Grants 3, December 23, 1706, p. 153. |
| 1739 | Survey by John Warner for GEORGE HARRISON and JOHN SUMMERS ordered by William
Fairfax, Agent for THOMAS (6th) LORD FAIRFAX for about 500 acres of waste land
joining on West, Pearson and Harrison’s land and Summers’ land. |
| Northern Neck Grants Book E, November 21, 1739, p. 72. |
| 1740 | Grant from the PROPRIETOR’S OFFICE to GEORGE HARRISON and JOHN SUMMERS,
of 834 acres surveyed by John Warner, located on Indian and Turkey Cock Runs. (George
Harrison was the brother-in-law of Hugh West, the elder.) |
| Northern Neck Grants Book E, May 10, 1740, p. 216. |
| 1777 | Conveyance from JOHN WEST (son of Hugh West, the elder) deceased, to HUGH WEST
(his son and grandson of Hugh West, the elder), of about 400 acres adjoining John Summers. |
| Fairfax County Will Book D, February 7, 1777, p. 4. |
| Deed from DANIEL and REBECCA SUMMERS to JOHN MOSS, a parcel of land for 300
pounds. (Two pages have been torn out of the deed book here.) |
| Fairfax County Deed Book M, September 11, 1777, p. 324. |
| 1788 | Deed from BALDWIN and CATHERINE DADE to JOHN MOSS for 310 pounds current
money of Virginia, for part of the Turkey Cock tract on Indian and Turkey Cock Branches,
being the land Baldwin Dade purchased from a certain Hugh West relation. (Note: George
Harrison, uncle of John West, willed all his property to John after the decease of his wife
Martha.) |
| Fairfax County Deed Book R, October 20, 1788, p. 256. |
| 1789 | Lease from BRYAN FAIRFAX to JOHN MOSS for 7,000 acres on the west side of Difficult
Run, and Towlston. |
| Fairfax County Deed Book R, April 2, 1789, p. 397. |
| 1794 | Deed from WILLIAM HENRY and AMELIA TERRETT and MARGARET WEST to JOHN
MOSS for 180 acres, 1 road and 14 perches for 421 pounds 10 pence, current money of
Virginia. Property on both sides of the Turnpike road, abutting Summers, Norris, Scott, and
West, Pearson and Harrison. |
| Fairfax County Deed Book Y, December 2, 1794, p. 198. |
| 1795 | Survey by John Moss, 3 acres on Indian Branch, involved in a dispute over boundary line
with neighbor Hepborn. |
| Fairfax County Deed Book X, April 24, 1795, p. 488. |
| 1809 | Conveyance of will from JOHN MOSS: to sons WILLIAM and THOMAS the residue of the
lands purchased from Summers and Dade to be divided between them; to son JOHN the
plantation whereon he lived which was leased by John Moss from the late Bryan Fairfax; to
daughters PATTY, MARY and ANNE, all of the lands he bought from William H. Terrett and
houses; the last third of his property to be divided by sons ROBERT, WILLIAM and
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Thomas after the decease of his wife ANN. Also mentioned in his will are his daughter
FRANCES MIDDLETON and grandchildren GIDION and ELIZABETH. (See appendix C.) |
| Fairfax County Superior Court Will Book I, p. 1, October 25, 1809. |
| Gift by JOHN MOSS to WILLIAM MOSS and ROBERT MOSS, sons, of 1/3 of two tracts
purchased from Baldwin Dade and Daniel Summers. |
| Fairfax County Deed Book J-2, April 14, 1809, p. 272. |
| 1835 | Public sale for infant heirs of WILLIAM MOSS, deceased. Advertised in Alexandria Gazette,
June 12, 1835. Inventory and sale account. |
| Fairfax County Will Book R, March Court, 1835, p. 353; Will Book S, pp. 7, 298. |
| 1843 | Sale by THOMAS R. LOVE and ALFRED MOSS, parties of the one part, to THOMAS
SHERIFF, party of the other part, formerly of Barbados but now of Fairfax County, 341
acres, one road and 25 poles. From estate of Thomas Moss who died intestate; Final 62,
Chancery Court Proceedings. (See figure 2.) |
| Fairfax County Deed Book H-3, p. 226, May 28, 1843. |
| 1855 | H. W. Thomas, Commissioner, gives grants, bargains and sells as a settlement on an unpaid
debt land owned by JAMES SHERIFF known as Green Spring purchased by Thomas Sheriff
from Thomas Love and Alfred Moss in 1843, to JAMES BENTON to have and to hold in
trust for sole and separate use of HANNAH O’BRIEN, of Baltimore, free from debts,
liabilities and control of husband Matthew O’Brien and power on her part to dispose of same
by deed or will as though she were a femme sole. |
| Fairfax County Deed Book W-3, p. 424, September 10, 1855. |
| 1878 | Sale by H. O. Claughton, Commissioner, for SARAH GREEN and L. M. SAUNDERS, parties
of the first part, and FOUNTAIN BEATTIE, party of the second part, of the land formerly
owned by Hannah O’Brien concerned in a Chancery Court case. (See Suspended File 10,
with O’Brien plaintiff and Green, defendant.) Acreage—339. (See figure 3.) |
| Fairfax County Deed Book W-4, p. 271, June 25, 1878. |
| 1917 | Sale by CAPTAIN FOUNTAIN BEATTIE, widower, to GEORGE SIMS of Florida, 339 acres. |
| Fairfax County Deed Book C-8, p. 446, January 23, 1917. |
| 1922 | Sale of 339 acres by GEORGE R. SIMS and WALTER KAHN to JAMES M. DUNCAN of
Alexandria. |
| Fairfax County Deed Book Y-8, p. 50, June 12, 1922. (See figure 3.) |
| 1924 | Sale of 332 acres divided into 48 parcels by MARY V. DUNCAN and CARROLL PIERCE to
FREDERICK SEGESSERMAN. |
| Fairfax County Deed Book J-9, p. 23, June 23, 1924. |
| 1931 | Sale of 28 acres “on State Highway 6, a new concrete road from Alexandria to Virginia” by
CAROLINE and FREDERICK SEGESSERMAN to MINNIE WHITESELL. |
| 1942 | Sale of 33.128 acres by MINNIE WHITESELL to MICHAEL and BELINDA STRAIGHT.
(See figure 8.) |
| Fairfax County Deed Book P-15, p. 147. |