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1780, Jan 22 - Greathouse Land Entries

Greathouse of Yohogania County, VA, entered claims for land they settled between 1773 and 1776, before the Commissioners for Adjusting Claims to Unpatented Lands in Monongalia, Yohogania and Ohio Counties, Virginia, on 22 Jan 1780.

Photograph by Ed Meskens of a painting completed in 1883 by Newbold Hough Trotter (1827-1898), painting is in the State Museum of Pennsylvania. "Conestoga Wagon".

January 22d, [1780]

No. 84 [View @ Footnote]

Harman Greathouse produced a Certific from the Comsr for adjusting Claims getting Titles to Land in the Counties of Yohogania Monongalia & Ohio for four hundred Acres Land in this County on Harmon's Run to included his settm. made in the year 1773, which Entry I have certd J. C. [James Chew, Clerk]

Margin Notes: Surveyd & Returnd

No. 85 [View @ Footnote]

Harman Greathouse produced a Certific from the Comsr for adjusting Claims getting Titles to Land in the Counties of Yohogania Monongalia & Ohio for four hundred Acres Land in this County on Harmon's Run to include his settm. made in the year 1773, which Entry I have certifd J. C. [James Chew, Clerk]

Margin Notes: Surveyd & Returnd

1) 1783 - Survey: Harmon Greathouse, Harmons Creek

2) 1785 - Land: Harmon Greathouse, Harmons Creek

No. 86 [View @ Footnote]

John Greathouse produced a Certific from the Comsr. for adjusting Claims getting Titles to Land in the Counties of Yohogania Monongalia & Ohio for four hundred Acres Land in this County on Harmon's Run to include his Settlement made in the year 1774, which Entry I have certified on the Said Certificate J. C. [James Chew, Clerk]

Margin Notes: Assignd by Jn to Wm Greathouse Disputed by Jno Sappington

January 22d, [1780]

No. 87 [View @ Footnote]

John Greathouse produced a Certic from the Comsr. for adjusting Claims getting Titles to Land in the Counties of Yohogania Monongalia & Ohio for four hundred Acres Land in this County on the waters of Cross Creek to include his Settm. made in the year 1773, Which Entry I have certd. J. C. [James Chew, Clerk]

No. 88 [View @ Footnote]

William Greathouse produced a Certific. from the Comr. for adjusting Claims & in the Counties Yohogania Monongalia & Ohio for four hundred Acres Land in this County on harmon Run to include his settlement made in the year 1773, Which Entry I have Certd. J. C. [James Chew, Clerk]

Margin Notes: N2 This is Preemption rights not to him, Entd here With Land was Claimd from the River In [No 89]

1) For preemption rights obtained by William Greathouse as assignee for Gabriel Greathouse, the son of Daniel Greathouse, deceased, whose death was recorded by the court of Yohogania County, VA, when the court appointed John Greathouse as the administrator of the estate of Daniel Greathouse, deceased, on 25 Mar 1778.

2) Preemption Treasury Warrant Certificate No. 2614 was issued on 24 Aug 1784, by Patrick Henry Esq., Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, to Gabriel Greathouse, assignee of William Greathouse, for this tract of land.

3) On 3 Oct 1799, Gabriel Greathouse deposed before the District Court at Paris, Bourbon County, KY, that, "in the Month of January in the year 1798 your Orator became of the full and Lawful Age of 21" [born sometime Jan 1777]. Gabriel Greathouse, born sometime in Jan 1777, would have been age 3 in Jan 1780 and age 7 in Aug 1784.

No. 89 [View @ Footnote]

William Greathouse produced a Certific. from the Comsr. for adjusting Claims & in the Counties Yohogania Monongalia & Ohio for four hundred Acres Land on the waters of Ohio to include his settm. made in the year 1773, Which Entd. J. C. [James Chew, Clerk]

Margin Notes: Surveyd & Returnd

Source:

Yohogania County, WV, Land Entry Book, No. 368, 1779 - 1785, microfilm, WV History Collection, Wise Libary, West Virginia University, Main Campus, Morgantown, WV. 1780 - Greathouse Land Entries.

Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Annals of the Carnegie Museum, Volume 2, Publications of the Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum, 1904. Page 133, John Greathouse appointed as Administrator for estate of Daniel Greathouse, deceased. View @ Google Books

Bourbon County, KY, District Court Records, 1799: Chancery Case # 3166, Gabriel Greathouse vs Andrew McCreery, Mary McCreery, Richard Morris and others. Deposition of Gabriel Greathouse, 3 Oct 1799.