Wednesday 30th This Morning began our Intended Business of Laying of Lots we began at ye Boundary Line of ye Northern 10 Miles above Stumps & run of two Lots & returnd to Stumps
The Courses & Distances of ye Several Lots lay'd of on ye So Fork of Wappacomo[33] Began March 30th. 1748
[33] "Wappacomo," also spelled "Wappatomaka," was the Indian name for the South Branch of the Potomac. This stream courses through a fine valley from its head-springs in Pendleton county, and has many considerable branches rising among the spurs of the Alleghany mountains on the one side and the North or Cacapehon (Capon) mountain on the other, the latter separating it from the valley of Virginia on the east. The great or most noted fork of the South Branch is at Morefield in Hardy county. Washington surveyed much of the land in that section. The young farmers seeking good lands had come in taken up considerable tracts and built improvements before surveys were made or any effort to prove rights from either Lord Fairfax or the governor of Virginia.
Lot ye 1st Peter Reeds Begins at a Box Oak & Hickory F in y. Boundary line about 20 po. above a Large Spring on ye West side ye Fork in a Hollow of ye Mountains and extending thence No 65° Et 320 Po. to a White O: and Hickory on ye Mountain side thence So 60° Et 300 Po: Crossing ye Fork at 106 P: to 2 Spanish Oaks and W: O on ye Top of a Hill thence So 65 Wt 96 to a White Oak on ye Top of a Hill thence So 45 Wt 114 po. to a W: O on a Run thence So 13 Wt 148 to a Pine thence S 45° Wt 28 po. to 2 R == O: bushes in ye Boundary line thence along y. same to ye Beginning
Lot the 2d Begins at a W: O & Hickory on a Mountain side Corner to Lot ye 1st extending ye Line So 60° Et 300 po. to 2 Spanish Oaks and W: O on a Hill thence No 30′ Et 214 po to 2 W: O near a Branch thence No 60° Wt 244 po to y. So Fork 300 po. to a Ledge of Rocks on a Mountain side thence So 30 Wt 214 to ye Beginning.
Thursday 31st Early this Morning one of our Men went out with ye Gun & soon Returnd with two Wild Turkies we then went to our Business run of three Lots & returnd to our Camping place at Stumps
March 31st
Lot the 3d Begins at Ledge of Rocks corner to Lot 2d extendth thence along ye sd line So 60 Et 300 po to 2 W: O near a Branch thence No 30 Et 214 po to a Pine on a Hillside near a Run thence No 60° Wt 78 to y. Bottom Ground 202 po. to ye River and 244 po. to a Pine by a Rock on y. Mountain side thence to ye Beginning S. 30 Wt 224 P.
Lot 4th this Lot survey'd myself Beginning at a Pine by a Rock on a mountain side Corner to Lot 3d & Running the sd line So 60° 244 Poles to a Pine on a Hill side near a Run thence No 30° Et 262 Po to 2 Chesnut Oaks and a Pine thence No 60° Wt 98 Pole to ye Low Grounds 164 to ye Fork and 244 P. to a R: O on a Rock thence So 30 Wt 262 Po to y. Beginning