APPENDIX B

CHAIN OF TITLE

1949—June 11, Deed Book 694, page 400: AUGUST & ELEANOR S. NAGEL to RANSOM G. AND MARGUERITE K. AMLONG.

1946—September 1, Deed Book 515, p. 60: ARMISTEAD L. BOOTH, executor under the will of ALBERT R. HARRISON to AUGUST W. & ELEANOR S. NAGEL.

1911—April 5, Liber J, No. 7, p. 22: CLARA B. HARRISON, UNMARRIED, MARY C. HARRISON, UNMARRIED, ALBERT R. HARRISON, UNMARRIED, first part, MARGARET N. HARRISON GIBBS AND HER HUSBAND J. NORMAN GIBBS, second part. (Albert W. Harrison died intestate.)

1871—March 11, Liber O, No. 4, p. 338: NATHAN W. & SUSAN E. PIERSON to ALBERT W. HARRISON.

1868—November 21, Liber I, No. 4, p. 236: BENJAMIN KING to ALBERT W. HARRISON AND NATHAN W. PIERSON OF NEW JERSEY.

1862—June 12, Liber E, No. 4, p. 195: JOHN A. SMITH to BENJAMIN KING.

1859—December 7, Liber B, No. 4, p. 451: JOHN FRANCIS MASON AND ARTHUR PENDLETON MASON, first part, JOHN A. SMITH, second part, BENJAMIN KING, U.S. ARMY, NOW RESIDING IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, third part.

1859—November 7, Liber B, No. 4, p. 449: BETSEY C. MASON to JOHN FRANCIS MASON AND A. PENDLETON MASON, SONS OF THE SAID BETSEY C.

1859—November 7, Liber B, No. 4, p. 448: BETSEY C. MASON to JOHN FRANCIS MASON AND A. PENDLETON MASON, SONS OF THE SAID BETSEY C.

1839—February 4, Will Book T, No. 1, p. 3: "To all persons to whom the presents shall come, greetings. Know ye that the last will and testament of Thomson F. Mason of Alexandria County deceased hath been in duo form of law exhibited., proved and recorded in the Office of the Register of Wills of said County, a copy of which is to these presents annexed and administration of all the goods, chattles and credits of the deceased is hereby granted and committed unto Betsey C. Mason, the Executrix of the said will appointed...."

1839—February 18, Will Book T, No. 1, pp. 1-4: Will of THOMSON F. MASON. Will was dated December 14, 1838.

1825—Chancery Suit referenced in Liber W, No. 2, pp. 162-65: THOMSON F. MASON vs. GEORGE W. MASON, RICH C. MASON, FAYETTE BALL AND MARY HIS WIFE, GEORGE MASON AND HELLEN, JOHN, GEORGE, AND SALLY MASON HIS INFANT CHILDREN AND SAMUEL DAWSON AND EUGENIA AND MASON DAWSON HIS INFANT CHILDREN. (Suit was not located.)

1823—October 1, Liber W, No. 2, p. 199: THIS INDENTURE MADE THIS FIRST DAY OF OCTOBER IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY THREE BETWEEN GEORGE M. MASON, AND MARY HIS WIFE, RICHARD C. MASON AND LUCY B., HIS WIFE, GEORGE MASON OF GUNSTON, AND ELEANOR ANN, HIS WIFE, ALL OF THE COUNTY OF FAIRFAX AND STATE OF VIRGINIA, AND FAYETTE BALL AND MARY T. HIS WIFE AND SAMUEL DAWSON, BOTH OF THE COUNTY OF LOUDOUN AND STATE AFORESAID, all of the one part, AND THOMSON F. MASON OF THE TOWN OF ALEXANDRIA IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, of the other part.

1820—November 21, Will Book M, No. 1, p. 130: Will of THOMSON MASON OF HOLLIN HALL, dated April 15 1797. The land on which Huntley is located had come to Thomson by the will of his Father, George Mason of Gunston Hall.

1792—August 23, Will Book F, pp. 104-105: Will of George Mason of Gunston Hall granting lands to his son, Thomson Mason, which were part of the Ball patent on both sides of the North Branch of Little Hunting Creek.

1772—June 18, Deed Book K-1, p. 54: Sampson Darrell to George Mason the lower part of a tract granted to John Ball by the proprietors of the Northern Neck of Virginia in September, 1695; willed to his son George Ball August 14, 1722; sold to John Carlyle, March 17, 1742/43; sold to Sampson Darrell August 16, 1748.

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