Great search site now…
see this Online Catalog of Virginia
Below are grants of a John Phelps related to a Terrible and a Troublesome
Creek.
County formation: Prince George to Brunswick(1720) to Lunenberg(1746) to
Halifax(1752)
Here
is the land grant of 1900 acres naming Terrible creek
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URL (Click on link) |
 http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=90&last=&g_p=P39&collection=LO Patent |
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Author |
 Phelps,
John. grantee. |
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Title |
Land
grant 27 July 1770. |
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Summary |
Location: Halifax County. |
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Description: 1900
acres in the fork of Terrible Creek and adjoining Charles Jones;
Ephraim Hill &c. |
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Source: Land Office Patents No. 39, 1770-1771, p. 90
(Reel 39). |
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Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for
land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land
Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia. |
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Other Format |
Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office.
Patents 1-42, reels 1-41. |
I have been reviewing a wonderful work entitled:
Property Lines from an Old Survey Book, Halifax County, Virginia 1741-1901. I am
posting the following information in the event someone else is researching the
Phelps Family from Virginia. More to follow:
4 April 1770 John Phelps recovered by General Court decree 1900 acs on
Terrible Creek, west of Liberty, Virginia. The land was received by Thomas
Ferguson on 30 Jan 1770 and was originally purchased by William Jones in Oct
1753.
Map from
Property lines from an Old Survey Book, Haliax Co, VA 1741 - 1901
(provided by D Phelps)
Also see
PDF Maps of the Terrible Creek area in Halifax
file:///C:/Users/Doug/Documents/Webs - at
suddenlink/Southern_Phelps_Research/VirginiaPhelps/Halifax property maps0001.pdf
This property should not be confused with
that of John Phelps of Bedford at Troublesome Creek
Troublesome Creek and land grants in VA