Begining at Chesnut Oak on y^e Mountain side corner to Lot 8^{th}
& Running along y^e Line thereof S^o 55 E^t 244 po to 3 Chesnut
Oaks on a Steep Side thence N^o 35 E^t 262 po to 2 Chesnut Oaks & a
White Oak thence N^o 65 E^t 80 to y^e Low G: 126 po to y^e Fork 244
po to a Hickory at y^e Foot of the Mountain thence to y^e Beginning
S^o 35 W^t 262 po this Lot is very Good
Lot 10^{th} Michael Calb Liveron Begining at a Hickory Corner to
Lot y^e 9^{th} & Runing along y^e Line S^o 55 E^t 244 Pole to 2
Chesnut Oaks thence N^o 35 E^t 262 po to 2 pines & a spanish Oak
on y^e Top of a Hill thence N^o 55 W^t 84 po to y^e Low G: 230, po
to y^e Fork 270 po to a Red O: on y^e Mountain Side thence to y^e
Beginning
Lot y^e 11^{th} Leonard Nave Beginning at a Red O: on y^e Mountain
side Corner to Lot y^e 10^{th} & Running along y^e Line S 55 E^t
270 Po to 2 Pines on y^e Top of a Hill thence N^o 35 E^t 262 po. to
a Pine on a Hill side thence N^o 55 E 180 po to y^e Bottom 248 po
to y^e Fork 274 to an Ash at y^e Foot of y^e Mountain thence to y^e
Beg.
Lot 12^{th} Michael Stumps Begins at an Ash at y^e Foot of y^e
Mountain Corner to Lot 11 & Running along y^e Line S^o 55 E^t 274
Po: to a Pine thence N^o 25 E^t 320 po to 2 Pines thence N^o 65 W^t
188 po to y^e Low G: 280 po to 2 Sycamores & a White Wood tree
Standing on y^e Fork thence up and Crossing y^e Fork to y^e Begg
Sunday 3^d Last Night was a much more blostering night than y^e
former we had our Tent Carried Quite of with y^e Wind and was
obliged to Lie y^e Latter part of y^e night without covering there
came several Persons to see us this day one of our Men Shot a Wild
Turkie
Monday 4^{th} this morning M^r Fairfax left us with Intent to go
down to y^e Mouth of y^e Branch we did two Lots & was attended by
a great Company of People Men Women & Children that attended us
through y^e Woods as we went showing there Antick tricks I really
think they seem to be as Ignorant a Set of People as the Indians
they would never speak English but when spoken to they speak all
Dutch[35] this day our Tent was blown down by y^e Violentness of
y^e Wind
[Footnote 35: Dutch.--As early as 1730 there was a considerable
settlement in the Shenandoah valley, of German immigrants and their
descendants, who had first settled in Pennsylvania and then removed
to, and taken up lands in, the valley of Virginia. They selected,
chiefly, the good limestone lands with their centers of population
near the head-waters of the Opequon creek, in Shenandoah, and the
south-western part of Frederick county. They were all Protestants
in religion. The town of Woodstock was originally and exclusively
settled by Germans. The bill for its incorporation was reported to
the House of Burgesses of Va., by Col. George Washington in 1761.
For many years the German language was exclusively spoken in their
settlement, and German customs and religious observances were
retained with tenacity, their remoteness and seclusion securing
to them almost perfect freedom from innovations. The Revolution
found them patriotic supporters of the colony as against the
pretensions of Great Britain. It was in the town of Woodstock,
Shenandoah county, that Maj.-Gen. John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg,
minister of the Lutheran church, dressed in his uniform and with
his sword buckled on, preached a farewell sermon in 1776, to a
sympathizing and patriotic congregation, and the next day marched
as colonel at the head of his German regiment, known subsequently
as the 8th Virginia, to join the Continental army. Such names of
places as Strasburg, Hamburg, Mecklenburg, the latter now known as
Shepherdstown, etc., perpetuate the fact that many of the earliest
settlers in that section were German.--See Kercheval, p. 158.]