The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-06-14
George Washington Advertis Ing
w. Va. Lands One hundred and
Five Years Ago.

Five Years Ago.
MOUNT VERNON IN VIRGINIA |
July 10, 177S. !
The subscriber having obtained Pat
ents for upwards Of Twenty Thousand
Acres of.Land on the Ohio and Great
Kanawha, (Ten Thousand Of which are
situated on the banks OF the first men.
toned river, between the mouths Of the
two Kanawhas, and the other on the
Great Kanawha OF New River, from the
mouth, or near it, upwards, in one con-
tinued survey proposes to divide the
same into any sized tenements that may
be desired, and lease them upon moder.
ate terms, allowing 4 reasonable number
OF years rent free, provided, within the
space Of two years from next October,
| three acres for every fifty contained in
each lot, and proportionably for 4 lesser
quantity shall be cleared, fenced and titled;
and that, by or before the time limited
for the commencement OF the first rent,
FIVE acres for every hundred, and proper
tionably, as above, shall be enclosed and
laid down in good grass for meadows; and
moreover, that at least fifty good fruit
trees for every like quantity OF land
shall be planted on the premises. Any
persons inclinable to settle on these lands
may be more fully informed Of the terms
by applying to the subscriber, near Alex.
andria, or in his absence, TO Mr.. Lund
Washington; and would do we'll In com.
municatipg their intentions before the
1st OF October next in order that a sufh.
cieut number OF lots may be laid of to
answer the demand.
As these lands are among the first which
have been surveyed in the part Of the
country they lie in, 1t ia almost needless
to premise, that none can exceed them in
luxuriance OF soil, or convenience Of
situation, all Of them lying upon the
banks either OF the Ohio or Kanawha,
and Astounding with fine fish and wild
fowl OF various kinds, as also in most ex.
cellent meadows, many OF which 10y the
bouutiiul hand Of naiure) are, In their
present state, almost ct for the scythe.
From every part Of these lands water
carriage is now had to Fort Pitt, by an
easy communication; and from Fort Pitt,
up The Monongahela, to Redstone, vessels
Of convenient burthen, may and do
pass continually; from whence, by means
OF Cheat River, and other ~nayigable
branches Of the Monopgahela,i it is thought
the portage TO Potawmack may, and will,
be reduced within the compass Of a few
miles, to the great ease and convenience
Of the settlers in transporting the produce
OF their lands to market. To which may
be added, that as patents have now actu-
ally passed the seals for several tracts
here offered to be leased, settlers on them
may cultivate and enjoy the lands in peace
and safety, notwithstanding the unsettled
counsels respecting a new colony on the
Ohio; and as no right money is TO be paid
for these lands, aud quitrent Of two shil.
lipgs sterling q hundred, demandable
some years hence only, It is highly pre-.
sumable that they will always be held
upon a more desirable footing than
where both these are laid on with q very
heavy hand. And 1t may not be amiss
further to observe, that II the scheme for
establishing q new government on the
Ohio, In the manner talked Of, should
ever be affected, these must be among the
most valuable lands In II, not only on &C.
count Of the goodness Of soil, and the
other advantages above enumerated, but
from their contiguily 10 the seat Of gov.
eminent, which more than probable will
be fixed at the mouth Of the Great Kan.
awha.-Gemge Washington.