Journal of my journey over the mountains / while surveying for Lord Thomas Fairfax, baron of Cameron, in the northern neck of Virginia, beyond the Blue Ridge, in 1747-8.

by George Washington

November 2^d 1749 Then Surveyd for Robert Denton a certain Tract of ungranted Land Situate in Augusta County and on the Lost River of Cacapehon and Bounded as followeth Beginning at two white Pines and a Pitch and running thence S^o 62 E^t Three Hundred Poles to a Chesnut, Pine and Spanish Oak on a Mountain Side thence N^o 28° E^t Two hundred & Six poles to two white Oakes and a Hick. thence leaving the Mountain N^o 62 W^t Three hun^d poles to two Pines and a white Oak on a steep Hill thence to the Beginning

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Robert Denton, Marker

November 2^d 1749[80] Then Survey'd for James Hamilton a certain Tract of Waste Land lying on Cacapehon and bounded as followeth Beginning at three Pines on a Mountain Side Corner to Edward Hogan and running thence along his Line N^o 68 W^t Two Hundred and Eighty Poles to three white Oaks another of his Corner's thence along the Mountain Side N^o 27 E^t Two hundred Poles to a Poplar a Lynn & white Walnut Trees standing on the Creek thence crossing the Creek S. 68 E^t Two hundred and Eighty Poles to a Large Black Oak and two Chesnut Trees growing from one Root thence to the Beginning along the side of an Inaccessable Mountain

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Hogan Marker

[80] This entry is in a new book of the same dimensions as the one described; first pages of it are blank—page 7 is the first written upon; pages 8 and 9 gone; page 10 blank.

Survey'd for Francis M^cBride Three hundred and Eighty Six Acres and a Quarter of Waste and Ungranted Land Situate Lying and being in the County of Augusta and on the Lost River or Cacapehon and Bounded as followeth Beginning at three Pines on very Hilly Ground and on the West Side the River and Runs thence S^o 62° E^t Three hundred Poles to three white Oaks on the brake of the Mountains thence S^o 28° W^t Two hundred and Six Poles to two Black Oaks & a Dogwood thence N^o 62° W^t Three hundred Poles to two white Oaks and a Hickory Saplins on the Side of very Hilly Ground thence N^o 28° E Two hundred and Six Poles to the Beginning this third Day of November 1749

November 3 7^th 1749 Then Survey'd for William M^cBride a certain Tract of Waste and ungranted Land Scituate in Augusta County and on the Lost River of Cacapehon and Bounded as followeth Beginning at three pines Francis M^cBrides Corner and runs thence with his Lines S^o 62° E^t Three hundred poles to three white Oaks another of his Corners thence N^o 28° E^t Two hundred and Six Pole to three white Oakes thence N^o 62 W^t Three hundred poles to two pines & a red Oak On a steep Hill from thence to the Begining

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John Donbarr M:

November 4^th 1749 Then Survey'd for Ann Dunbarr a certain Tract of Waste Land Scituate in Augusta County and on the Lost River of Cacapehon and bounded as followeth Beginning at a Pine and white Oak pretty High up a Mountain Side and running thence S^o 65° E^t Three hundred Poles to a white Oak Chesnut Oak and Maple on the Mountain Side near a Drain thence N^o 25° E^t with the Mountain Two hundred and twenty Poles to three white Oak Saplins by a Runside thence N^o 65° W^t Two hundred and twenty Poles to a red Oak and Pine on the Creek Side thence up the Mountain Side far enough to make out three hund'd Poles from thence to the Beginning