Deed, Dogue Creek, Hon. Catherine Lady Fairfax to Sampson Darrell

Containers:
Box 1, Folder 1717.11.26
Creator:
Fairfax, Catherine Culpeper, Baroness, -1719
Extent:
1 Sheets
Scope and content:

Sampson Darrell deed for Dogue Creek land, George Washington's copy. Virginia deed for land described as located in Stafford County [Fairfax County], granted to Sampson Darrell for 162 acres by the Right Hon. Catherine Lady Fairfax, sole proprietor of the Northern neck of Virginia. Dated November 26, 1717 with a separate docket in the handwriting of George Washington relating to the 1717 deed that came into his possession after he purchased the land in his expansion of the Mount Vernon plantation in the late 1750's. This grant to Sampson Darrell in the Northern Neck was originally for 200 acres but was corrected and regranted to Lady Catherine Culpeper in 1717 in the amount of 162 acres which George Washington later acquired. 1 sheet with fragment.

Language:
English .
Custodial history:

George Washington Masonic National Memorial Catalog No. 1967.01.02

Physical facet:
1 page, 2 pages with text
Dimensions:
42 x 25 cm

Access and use

Location of collection:
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
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