The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-07-20

been trsing to gss entirely reliable eyideacs
n fffe I,rffs,fs oyste time ago requested
,,,y brother, DR.. W fliia,fs 81 RnGner, To-
have the records -os The state examined as
10 both naattera, but he reported that DO mad
failed 10 lind any thing t0uc ching them fnn o.
be could not dad q list OF the members OF
the General Assem- by Of Yirginia during
the last decade Of the eightee century.
AS tho first matter, Nv ashtn gten owned,
BY original grant from Virgtnis fhe Isaes q
lSnd on which the fs Burning sprtng" 1or-
:, eriy ~ ax.ste Tor In hts win, which is on
record In this county, be mentions Ia tho
list of lands owned by him ga tract. OF LOT
acres, being the hat ot a tract OF Soe acsss
on the Great Ken have river, granted lointsy
~ General Charles Lewis and myself, ana
bn which there is ID wonde rfli bstss'1t,eosS
ar burning, apriric. y n quote from memo
rv These words indicate that washington
had in serr,e way previously disposed OF ls
acres or his i1alf OF the $50 acres. for IT would
be very unfair to suppose that ne thougnt
1881 was the half Of $50; and: 1t would. be
equally unjust to his reputation US . man
who was Jealous OF liisow interests in pure
matters OF business to suppose that ne Yield
ed to the heirs OF General Lewis the larger
half OF tract OF land; and we believe
that the IL acres, not included in the
devise, had been previously 10 some
way dedicated to the public on account OF
the g wonderful bituminous spring" on II.
we'll remember that up 10 some thirty-hve
or less wears ago about an acre Of the ground
in the middle, or nearly so, OF which was
the /" Burning Spring." was left open TO tbe
public, being Immediately adjacent to Inc
turnpike road on the river bank; whist all
Of the other adjacent lands were fenced up
and under cultivation. But about the time
above mentioned one OF Wasbington,s legs.
tees Ia whom the 81 half OF the 25O acres "
had been assigned, sold the land without
nnv mention or reservation OF the spring
to Dickinson & Shrewsbury, large salt man
,,,octnrers here, who bored q salt-WeL I'M
mediatelvin front Of the spring at the edge
of the river; which well tapped the reser-
yoir of Gas which had supplied the spr1hg,
and from that time the Burning spring
ceased to exist. The plat OF ground was
fenced in by Dickinson q Shrewsbury, ana
has been held as private property by.them
ever since, and the very site OF the spring
has BEEN oblterated by cultivation. Inc
inquiries which we are making are merely
for historical purposes, and with no inten-
ton or desire to raise any question as to the
title to the property. .,pIi,
As to Daniel Boone, the records of the
first County Court held in this county, in
1890. show that he was q citizen here, as be
was recommended to: the Governor as a
proper person for Northumberland OF the
military OF the county, and was commits
stoned and qualified as such in April, 1871.
AT tbat.time Kanawha county embraced the
territory from the Sewell mountains to the
Ohio river, a distance Of 125 or 100 miles,
aud breadth of 100 miles on the north side
OF the Great Kanawha river. 1t is asserted
by our older citizens. and believed by all,
that Boone was one OF our delegates TO the
General Assembly in 10000, but we have
here no record evidence Of it.. sei auts
If you will kindly give publication to this
I have no doubt that it will meet the eye OF
some citizen or citizens Of Virginia who
have in their possession the m cans OF salts
factorily settling both questions; and il
such information will be furnished it will
be equally useful and gratifying to us here,
in whom the violent disruption OF the Com
monwealth has caused no abatement OF our
pride in and affection for our grand and
dear old mother. Very respectfully,
4. aS,sa ~ 1.s@ ID. t.. RUFFEEE.