Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-01-15
Some Ancient Documents.
NORFOLK, VA, Jan. IA, 1908.

EDITOR REGISTER Il was very
much interested in the article in the
REGISTER some weeks ago. taken from
the "West Virginia Historical Maya
zine, in reference to Thomas Shep.
herd.
have seen the grant from Lord
Fairfax to Thomas Shepherd, dated
18th June, 1851. and in describing
the land it is said to "run along jacob
Vanmeter's and Joseph Chapline'
lines" &c.
have in my possession many ole
and interesting papers that throw
much light on early days in and about
Shepherdstown.
"In 1850, VIM. Chapline, ST., grant
ed to VIM. Chapline, Jr., a parcel o
land grsnted to him by the King
The witnesses to this transaction were
Thomas Shepherd, Joseph Cbaplint
and Thomas Swearingen.
l have also a very old survey, anc
it mentions two settlements, one al
"Chapline's Settlement, and the othel
as "Triggs' Settlement.
Joseph Chapline's survey joins lane
of Capt. Richd. Morgan"
Capt. Richd. Morgan's land joined
Peter Bradford's and William Nor
CANS land"
Capt. Richd. Morgan's company
went to the French and Indian War
from Mechlenburg." Among his com
p.ny were "Francls Dorset, VIM. Chap
line, Benz. Sanders, Jacob Vanmeter
VIM. Morgan, Robt. Buckles, William
Spurgen, David Osbourn, John Dick
son, Anthony Worley, John Lemon
James Farley, Moses Caywood, Johr
Caywood, and Jacob Vickory y
have deed from Thos. SHEPHERD
and Elizabeth, his wife, to Benz. Chap
line, for which he paid forty shilling
for a ope-half acre lot, in Mechlen
burgh, No. SO, and bounded as fol
lows: beginning at Corner o
lott No. SO, in High Street, thence
along said St., lO3 #. to lot No. 81
then leaving said St. 206 #. to cor
ner of lot No. 70, thence along line o
said lott to the corner of said lott No
So, and go up the line of said lott Il
the beginning Said Lott sold &C
cording to Act of Assembly in tina
case made and provided. Containing
half an acre, which said lot Of half al
acre is part Of grant Of land con
tanning 222 acres granted unto sale
Thos. Shepherd as by patent bearing
date Oct. 3rd, 1884" This lot o
Benz. Chapline's had brick house
built upon it, the brick being import
ed by him from England. The house
is now standing and occupied at pre-,
ent by DR.. Wilson.
VIM. Cbaplins, ST., died in 1850
and in his will he bequeaths lot tc
his son, Benz Chapline. Sin Shepherds
town" So that while the town wa
known as Mechlenburg, and so incor
porated in 1852, it is apparent tha
VIM. Chapline recognized the rightI
Thos. Shepherd to the name for hi
town. as stated in his will.
In 1852 Joseph Chapline decided
land to his nephew, VIM. Chapline
and the witnesses to the deed are
Thomas Swearingen, Van Swearinger
and Richard Morgan,
l have land patent of VIM. Chap
line, ST., dated June II, l751.
"a survey Of land known as Chap
lines Settlement, for 400 acres, more
or less, situated south side of Potomac
River, in the County of Frederick
and Colony of Virginia.
Morgan Bryan had a survey o
land in 1886, on Potomac River, anc
in l747 assigned it to Joseph Morgan.
Anthony Turner also had survey
of land in THE Neck"
From these old papers take the
following names, many of which are
still familiar, and their descendant
live in Jefferson and Berkeley coun,
ties: Benz. Sander, Thos. Thornbor.
ougb, Anthony Turner, Jacob Vanme
ter, Maj. John Carlyle, John Baylis
John Welch, Isaac Pierce, Thos Cation
Col. Thos. Swearlngen (ot Indian Wal
fame, who died in 1850. had two sons
Thomas and Van, the latter migrated
to Kentucky in l780, Capt. Abra'
ham Chapline (of the Revolutionary
War, who moved to Kentucky il
l79O), Capt. VIM. Chapline (died il
1760), Benz. Chapline, VIM. Chapline
(member of Assembly for Mechlen.
burg, Capt. Richard Morgan, Morgan
Bryan Q736), John Morgan, Joseph
Morgan, David Crockett. Edwd
Hughes, Andrew campbell, james
Forman, and Higgins and Trigg.
have a paper which states that
Col. Thos Prather was summoned tc
Annapolis to settle dispute between
Thos. Swearingen, and David Shep,
herd. Prather went under penalty
of 5 pounds sterling, and appeared be-
fore George Stewart, one of the JUS
tees of the Provincial Court, Oct, q
1863"
"a survey of Maj John Carlyle's
land of 906 acres on the Potomac Riv-
er, and Opeckon Greek" is signed
Col. Geo. Fairfax, present, John
Welch, and Isaac Pierce, Chaine Car
riers, and Thos. Cation, Pilot, and John
Baylis, Surveyor. Dated March 26th,
1751."
ION Nov. 18th, 1857, Gov. Robert