Crooked Run Properties
These two properties appear to be adjacent to each other. The deeds were awarded 3 years apart. One mentions "Crooked Run" itself, the other two runs off of it. The later's eastern bound is described as being on "his own line", and they share a couple of features.
One question that remains, though, is whether the owner is our William Anderson. Both are called "William Anderson of Hampshire County and there is no indication that they are different people, but it is still a possibility.
The picture here shows how I believe the two abut each other. The red shape is the 1777 property. The orange is the 1780.
William Anderson, Hampshire Co, 1777
| Bounds from deed | |
|---|---|
| S 27 W | 240 poles |
| S 60 E | 36 poles |
| S 23 W | 66 poles |
| N 56 W | 130 poles |
| N 23 E | 430 poles |
| S 61 E | 115 poles |
| S 24 E | 140 poles |
Further Research
On Mary Kathryn Harris Genealogy Web site, in the research notes for the family of Moses Ashbrook and his wife Sarah, I found the following citations mentioning the Andersons:"Abstracts of the Northern Neck Warrants and Surveys Hampshire County 1750-1784"
- Feb. 18, 1775----June 9, 1775.
- William Anderson, assignee (in 1777) of Moses X Ashbrook
Being the same land for which William Anderson obtained warrant
Feb. 17, 1769 and did not execute. 412 acres on both sides of
the Waggon Road from Winchester to Romney and on Crooked Run a
drain of Little Cacapehon/Capon, Gibbins Run adjoining Lee and
land of James Anderson sold to Joseph Watson.
Chain Carriers: John Hagerty, Hugh Lewes.
Surveyor: Elias Poston. - Feb. 21, 1775----June 10, 1775
- John Hegirty of Frederick County 418 acres being same land Hegirty
got warrant for Feb. 17, 1769 on Crooked Run drain of Little
Cacapehon, Gibbon's Run both sides of Waggon Road from
Winchester to Romney adjoining Moses Ashbrook.
Chain Carriers: Patrick Keran, Hugh Lewis.
Pilot and Marker: William Anderson.
Surveyor: Elias Poston.
The first of these is clearly for this same plot of land. It raises the question of whether this William is ours because it introduces a James Anderson into the same record and we have no other evidence of an adult James Anderson at this time who is a relative of our William. He may be the James Anderson of Frederick County who was granted land on Feb 20, 1754 and Oct 12, 1754, and who may in turn may be the same (or father of) James granted land along the Frederick and Hampshire County lines in 1796.
William Anderson, Hampshire Co, 1780
| Bounds from deed | |
|---|---|
| N 88 E | 108 poles |
| N | 100 poles |
| W | 202 poles |
| S 20 W | 360 poles |
| S 72 E | 116 poles |
| N 21 E | 216 poles |
- First of all, there are the 2 chestnut oaks on his own corner mentioned
as the beginning of the survey. These would appear to be the same 2
chestnut oaks at the top of a small ridge that mark the northernmost
point of the 1777 survey.
- "His own line" running southwest from there, cited at the end of the
survey, would be the line that crosses the Waggon Road in the earlier
survey.
- Joseph Watson's line in this survey would be directly north of the
west end of Watson's line in the 1777 survey if the corner with the
2 chestnut oaks is the same in both.
- Crooked Run crosses the northern line of the 1777 survey, and two
drains of Crooked Run cross Watson's line on this survey, an area
that would be less than half a mile away if the two line up.
- John Hagerty, whose line is the south most bounds of this plot is listed as a chain carrier in the "Feb. 18, 1775 -- June 9, 1775" survey cited from "Abstracts of the Northern Neck Warrants and Surveys Hampshire County 1750-1784" on the Moses Ashbrook page.