The Washington herald., 1907-10-27
AMERICANA Historical
AND THE FIRST LAND GRANT IN THE VALLEY OF VIRGINIA.


4 Meter" purchased from Daniel Cox 3,W0
/ acres Of land ON AHoways Creek, at
salem. West Jersey ON the 6th Of Feb
/ iHar'- ln', John Van Meter and hls
.-.',l,el are paeh Y Nl,-sS,'H' N. l. *
-, -e 80 ., -S - t.-s
r,,tir,. and -. ~ 49,. I,... -,
/ This Sgra F1t-rya 1a+a- fn Fre5ari.t
County. Maryland. became the wife of
John Hlte. the son of Joost Hite. while a
younger sister HeIta eleanor ElunCc,
Wpdded Isaac Hlta. his brother
I Secure, ,g,,,-,t,,,,t ,.-,,,
r-
'''>' '7' years from 1'''7 "'''s'
'F Shil i'-h' the movement and place OF
residence of John Van Meter are uncer-
tain. Many of his relatives were settled
/ I'm the vicinity of Lancaster Pa His
! br,,b.r r..., -...t. f.f. f.-.fr,. ia S..
........ i5-..s..f -..... s,.r..- So.
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~ trenton if'ih sara bo b'lS. ahas
Van Meter o. my dutiul and ioyng son,
/ isaac Van Meter. being q part of the
1 tract bought I'm f-lt." conveying her share
of the purchase of the 8V19-arre tract
.'a e-a- -tAAA.a -tA.L- ltl4lA AHLl
the Nonocacy River. near it's confluence
with the Potomac. where he secured a
grant OF 800 acres OF land from Lord
Baltimore on the sth of November. 1126.
This leads TO the conjecture that he was
identified with, and perhaps the leading
mind iH. opening Up an early line of
communication with the German colon
fsfs f-- E4rrrr-E.- and gI-srg.. g-,----f-- Co..
Virginia. which followed along the east
eI" l'''''..'S ot t'e h'e" Mountains
-.,'. 3 -'., ~ ~ "tlI 1ie
,.,t ,l,...g... ..l.,,, 49, i..f.
Nonocacy 70 a crossing some eight or
ten miles north of Frederick. Nd. at
which point was once located the earliest
I Dltch church within The domain of LORD
i, s.'.l,ol,, 'l,Ieg lq.o Fennsyi'lia' end
-, a-t.-7.- 80. = 1-I anu SIe'
n1fIv9, ,stg.ser, gfr,,,- s-,i ,.ir,, 60
man and Dut.b settlements o,5 ~ tb.
portals of the natural ,,atav-s,- - "a.
Indian courtr, ir III. bo4,,,5l.s, W.
he was f- - ror,,-,---,li-,,- zf+,--,i,, -
the vieu-noi,. ~ d, -l,-sv,-7 I,lt.,, -
-,
How long prior 10 this purchase Oi
land from Lord Baltimore ne had been
located here can now only be coniecttred
but from this pofrr NJ VANTAGE T,b, x-,-
Meter NOS f, 7-as .r,,.,,,.+i,,- ,.,- g
-. - '-'
' az ~
~" Sd 'A--l-' L'''' ne uIsp'Sed OF
lIS Iai'uS al salem, lh west Jersey, which
he had held since l1l4 and In the deed is
II "a obi q
Prince George County. which az that tfp,a
covered sU Of yya-ts--, Afs-,.l,,4 ~.
boz, +,--.....-., ...------
-,
anu '''o.''g - '' remove from ulster
/ '""i'S' y. H. ana Iren Lancaster Pa,
10 settle in Maryland among whom was
Cornelius Eltnge. who had married his
sister Rebecca. During his residence ON
The 1Touoaaav and rarbans rrio,. tbar.t,
,''' 'pS P''o' ''-'' e'o'
fry I,-s,s bs--ord -f,., forks Of tb, ..o,,,rr
mack" and he well knew the baautiful
and fertile limestone valley which lay be-
tween the Shanando and Cohongoroota
RIVER as the Potomac was called above
ii,ri ~ l'i9 -. = el'9. ,-.-,
- go-, - 1T ,t'' 80 ~ toS5s b7-,
Nas a natural one The atfit,Ide Of Lord
Fairfax. who possessed the Northern
Neck in Virginia. was far from being lib
eral, and his boundaries were vague and
4lNhoMh even TO hnseli, consequently
an '!e'si anu ms u Ul'-er isaac
oacb "a, - l-,,,Iir+ 80. ,oeS
C,oo,b - -. -, 60, N-0,
r,ra,t &c - - % .I,i- ~ lo
[,aIIoJ e,,IL ,rartg - a., -. =,
frasI,. .,i,.e-, -. -, ,.Ie
Will, "a -, go I,,. .l', ,.i.,l,1 -
Iibars1it,- slr,., 80 ...t,l ,.+l,ir, tI,. =,
,7,aiD Of - p9t+,r,,r~a - 81 -
co1Irae,o5 r,,l-, -e-,i5 -ot+1sr,-,t -
was at that +i,,,a ,o,f,ad T., X-j,c-i,,:., ~
well as I'm Hfsr,,.-,5 to o. r.,-a,,- -