Can anyone tell me which William Carr this is. Could be William Carr/Kerr
who m. Alice or William Carr Long Hunter Or.
http://www.ls.net/~newriver/va/washsurv.htm
The Washington County Surveyors Record 1781-1797
Page 38 - James Duff...400 ac...Commissioners Certificate...on the middle
fork of Holstein River...Beginning on the west
bank of the river...to the northeast...to the southwest...corner to Adam
Kerr...corner to William Duff...by Berrys
Gap...January 14, 1782 - Francis McCurry, assignee of James McFerrin,
assignee of Andrew McFerrin...400 ac...on the
middle fork of Holstein River the place whereon he now lives, includes
improvements, actual settlement made in 1773...
August 17, 1781
Page 42 - John Berry...267 ac...Commissioners Certificate...on Holstein
River on the northwest side...Beginning on the bank
of the river corner with Samuel Montgomery...corner with William Duff &
Montgomery...corner with Berry & Duff
between two springs between Berry & Duff...corner to Adam Kerr...June 15,
1782 - John Berry, assignee of William Berry,
assignee of John Hanes...400 ac...on the north side of Holstein River,
about a mile below where the south and Middle forks
meets, include improvements, actual settlement made 1770...August 16, 1781
Page 50 - James Taylor, assignee of Archibald Mahon, assignee of John
Walker...200 ac...Commissioners Certificate...on
both sides of Mockison Creek, north branch of the north fork of Holston
River...Beginning in the head of a hollow corner to
James King Carrs land he now lives on...in a gap of a ridge...on the bank
of the Mill Pond...April 30, 1782 - John
Walker...200 ac...on Mockison adjoining James King Kerr above by a line
crossing at the ford and Christopher Huston
below, to include the place whereon he now lives, actual settlement made in
1773...August 18, 1781 - Assigned to
Archibald Mahon by purchase on April 1, 1782. Signed: John Walker. -
Assigned to James Taylor by purchase on April 20,
1782. Signed: Archibald Mahon. Witness: Robert Preston
Page 81 - James King Carr...185 ac...Commissioners Certificate...on both
sides of Mockeson Creek, north branch of the
north fork of Holstein River...Beginning on the bank of the creek on
Alexander Barnetts lower line...April 29, 1782 - James
King Carr, heir of James Kerr, assignee of John Walker...200 ac...on
Mockinson joining John Walkers below by a line
crossing at the ford of the Creek and Alexander Barnett above, includes
improvements, 98 ac surveyed on December 11,
1774 for John Walker...August 20, 1781
Page 155 - William Bays, assignee of George Eastis...124 ac...Treasury
Warrant...assignee of James Davidson, assignee of
James Kerr...on the south side of Mockison Creek, north branch of the north
fork of Holston River...Beginning at the foot of
Clynch Mountain...100 ac by warrant #1249, dated December 29, 1780 and 24
ac by Warrant #8417, dated April 4,
1782...January 22, 1783
Page 222 - William Anderson...400 ac...Commissioners Certificate...on both
sides of the Glade Spring branch, waters of
Powells River...Beginning on the east side of a branch...on William Carrs
corner...November 14, 1783
Page 230 - James Gillilan...200 ac...Commissioners Certificate...on the
waters of the Middle & South Fork of Holstein
River...Beginning corner between Adam Kerr and Gillilans land...at the
Middle Fork...on the bank of the South Fork...June
1, 1782 - James Gillilan, assignee of Adam Carr, assignee of John
Patterson...200 ac...on the north side of Holston River
adjoining the forks of the river the place where he now lives...includes
improvements, actual settlement made in
1770...August 16, 1781
Page 328 - James Hignite - 400 ac - Commissioners Certificate - on the
waters of Spring Creek, a branch of Holstein River
- corner to the land George Berry lived on - by a path - corner to James
MONTGOMERY - by a branch at the foot of the
knobs - May 5, 1786...David Carr, assignee of Samuel McChesney, assignee of
John Johnson, assignee of Elija Smith,
assignee of John Fain - 400 ac -on the waters of Spring Creek, includes
improvements, actual settlement made in 1776 -
August 25, 1781
Page 359 - William Kerr - 400 ac - in Powells Valley on the north side of
the Glade Spring creek, the waters of Powells
River and on the east side of the Rockhouse - Commissioners Certificate -
line of his adjacent survey - November 13,
1783...William Kerr - 400 ac - in Powells Valley known by the name of the
Sinking Spring about 12 miles from Martin's
Station, includes improvements, actual settlement made in 1769 - August 20,
1781
Page 359 - William Kerr - 500 ac - treasury warrant dated March 21, 1783
#15153 - on the waters of the Rock house
Creek, a north branch of Powells River - corner to a survey of Robert
Preston - corner of Kerr's settlement right -
November 13, 1783
Page 374 - James Montgomery - 400 ac - Commissioners Certificate - on the
west side of Woolf Creek, the waters of
Holstein River - beginning at the foot of the Great knobs corner to Samuel
Duff's land - by shelving rocks on the bank of
Woolf creek - corner of the tract by preemption right - near the foot of
the said knobs - August 27, 1785...James
Montgomery - 400 ac - on the south side of the Great knobs on Hunt's and
Woolf Creek, joining John Berry, James Phillips,
James Doren, Nicholas Fain, David Carr, George Berry and James McFarran,
includes his settlement - actual settlement
made in 1782 - August 14, 1781