Marty and Karla Grant

!TAXLIST:1786 Culpeper Co., VA
Whites 21+, 16-21, Slaves, Young Slaves, Horses, cattle
Benjamin Lillard 1-0-4-1-3-0;


!CENSUS:1810 Culpeper Co., VA p. 394
Benjamin Lillard age 45+ (bef 1765)
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!CENSUS:1820 Culpeper Co., VA p. 555
Benjamin Lillard (Cpt) age 45+ (bef 1775)
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Slaves=0001-0000;

On 5 Sep 1794, Elizabeth Hensley of Madison Co., VA made a deed to Benjamin Lillard for £160, 63 acres on the north side of Hughes River. Specific metes and bounds were given. Elizabeth Hensley signed the deed. Witnesses were: Augustin Bradley, Dennis Lillard, John Lillard and James Lillard. (Madison Co., VA Deed Book 1, pp. 127-128.)

Beginning at three chesnuts on a ridge corner in a patent line formerly Alexander Riders and running thence with said line S 43 W 150 polls to a large poplar on Hughes River, then down the said river S 50? E 8? Polls then S 40 E 2 polls then S 23 E 12 polls then S 40 E 20 polls then S 57 E 10 polls then S 65 E 8 polls then S 70 E 40 polls then S 69 E 8? Polls then S 59 E 8 polls, then S 66 E 20 polls then S 81 E 26 polls then S 66 E 10 polls to a sycamore & maple at the mouth of a branch then up the said Branch N 38 W 4 polls then N 80 W 8 polls then N 38 W 4polls then N 70 W 4 polls thenN 38 W 4 polls then N 56 W 4 polls then N 70 W 8 polls then N 60 W 6 polls then W 10 polls then N 55 W 2 polls then N 20 W 10 polls then N 3 E 6 polls then N 28 W 12 polls then N 15 W 10 polls then N 31 W 10 polls then N 6 W 6 polls then N 13 W 8 to a gum & ash at the fork of the said Branch then with the E fork of the branch N 34 E 4 polls then N 30 E 16 polls then N 21 E 30 polls then N 35 E 20 to two gums a chesnut & maple on the east side of the said branch then to the beginning ...

Where did the above land come from?


!CENSUS:1810 Culpeper Co., VA *

!CENSUS:1820 Culpeper Co., VA *

!CENSUS:1830 x
* Not with any of her children. The only one I didn't locate in 1830 was Nancy because I don't know who she married;

!CENSUS:1830 * Shenandoah Co., VA *


!CENSUS:1850 * Grant Co., IN *;