Note 158:A — Chapter XV
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The following is found in the early records:—
The Corporation of Henrico.
On the northerly ridge of James River, from the falls down to Henrico, containing ten miles in length, are the public lands, surveyed and laid out; whereof, ten thousand acres for the university lands, three thousand acres for the company's lands, with other lands belonging to the college. The common land for that corporation, fifteen hundred acres.
On the southerly side, beginning from the falls, there are there patented, viz.:—
Acres. Acres.
John Petterson 100 Peter Nemenart 110
Anthony Edwards 100 William Perry 100
Nathaniel Norton 100 John Plower 100
John Proctor 200 Surveyed for the use of the iron-work.
Thomas Tracy 100 Edward Hudson 100
John Vithard 100 Thomas Morgan 150
Francis Weston 300 Thomas Sheffield 150
Phettiplace Close 100
John Price 150
Cosendale, within the Corporation of Henrico:—
Acres. Acres.
Lieut. Edward Barckley 112 Peter Nemenart 40
Richard Poulton 100 Thomas Tindall 100
Robert Analand 200 Thomas Reed 100
John Griffin 50 John Laydon 200