Miller v. Kerr

On the 29tb of May, 1783, Seymour Powell, heir of Thomas Powell, obtained a military land warrant from the Register’s office in .Virginia, No. 679, for 2663-f acres of land “ due in consideration of services for three years, as a lieutenant of the Virginia Continental line, agreeably to a certificate from the Governor and Council, received into the land office.” A part of this warrant was entered in the Military District reserved for the officers and soldiers of the Virginia Continental line, on the 16th of June, 1795; and, on the 30th of October, 1796, 789 acres, part thereof, was surveyed…