The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-09
5have been Interested .in tine matter until

lidSe SpeSnH1nlcIcSIed- III IIl5 1ldtCSI- oi'ba
Questioned.
SIls was then up In eighty. The con-.
sequences of. such Information may De
imagined Reverend Mr.. Price published
his book and stated that his great grand o..
father was. named Samuel, and 1hat ne
settled iii Augusta. whereas twas zoiis
the grandfather named Thomas, Nn2-
settled in Augusta His gredt-srdllu-
father was named also Thomas ana SET
tied in Frederick County, Maryland
:, THOROUGH SEARCH
haze instituted the most careful re-
search. by the assistance OF histor'c>l
students of Virginia and Maryland, yerl-
fled by documents in Try possession ana
Ike possession Of others, ana una 1ile
aforementioned facts. l nave Lsit no
% .,orturity for error and have had inc
Ircn:ves III several counties oEsrlauieu
to prove this story. among them the rec
ords of Augusta county recently moFeu
INTO liz, new courthouse of StauIlton
Professor J. Hubert Price, OF the Ours
mare business College, ana FRANK he.i-
ma Maioney, went over those OLD papers
and failed to fird any evidence OF a settle-
<msnt Augusta, county by 1ne man III
question. -
Nov we know that when WIN ester
IN v,r.,nia and Frederick in %aryialtd
and CarrsIe in Pennsylvania were frontier
rests, that land papers or ParchmentS
W ere not recorded as they are now. we
know that Augusta extended to titts-
.r.rc and that K.antucky-waS oh.y
District in 1rcnsyivan1a
We know that a law was enaelei not
lonr +, lterEthe Revolution. ordering lco
Me to bring in their .'s,dvcys'' and have
them duplicated and properly le5allzaed
in accordance Will: the new orders or inc.
land, after Kentucky was made q sep
arate State
we, also know that prior to that tln1s
q law was enacted by the General AS
.se1pbly ordering the surveyors TO RECORD
in Well-bo books all surveys mace ny
them.
Later another law was passed TO
..comneI the clerks to reside in ons
county ana keep their books of surveys
and deeds in said county. and not DO as
formerly permitted, carry SAID BOOKS
about at their own sweet Will.
y IN a BAND-BON.
finder this regime the old land papers
were Kept in the settlers homes. l. nave
heard of one receptacle, ABA -noA COY,
cred with nicely tanned oucksklh' anu
hung among the smoky ra1ters los
u hundred years in one place
it was from some such safe storage
nlace that the old deeds l have seen
were resurrected.
,r,,ese Old deeds furnish me the clues
for :; good historical story about one OF
The first settlers in this part OIL bots
court county, and also furnish some Ior-
GOTTEN Revolutionary and Civil War ms
I tory. But as KiplinS said once, ana
everybody else has said many tihes
since THAT another story.
Mr.. Price has collected all the Old IN
,Iian legends, and tells many new ones
in this book. and being an experienced
writer and sermorizer; he has not iaiien
short of producing easily the most val
liable county history now in existence.
At least I have never seen one more eN-
| panstivc ana completes. And wife he
writes me that he gave the matter OF ms
| grandfather and sreat-grardfathef little
Thought and no research ut all, depend
ing entirely upon trcdition, nc Will include
| an extended and correct account IN ms
| second edition. lie is row writing tor
| the West Virginia Historical Magazine
| HIS daughter, Miss Norman Price, VINO
| is at a. Baltimore medical school. seems
| also to have tho itch for scribbling,
as a bright merry article from her pel'
recently published. proves.
AS ttese good people Rave some con-
ncctions in this county, and slnce MI
| Prices. (the author's) father was born
near here it. has seemed to come I'M
der nv line for discussion
- Z. S. GRANT.