Then Survey'd for Maj^r Lawrence Washington the Waste Land between
the Lines of M^r Worthington Davis & T Keys bounded as followeth
beg at 4 Sycamores standing on the edge of Worthington's Run
being his C: & run thence S^o 72 W^t Twenty eight Poles to a red
Oak thence N^o 78° E^t Two hund^d & Ninety four poles to several
small Saplins Wor^y beg. Corner thence S^o 20° W^t Two hund^d &
Sixty poles to a red Oak, thence N^o 70 W^t One hund^d & twenty
poles to a white Oak, thence N^o 20 W^t Two hund^d & Seventy Six
poles to a white Oak, Then West Forty five Poles to a white Oak
hickory & Walnut S^o 10° W^t Five hund^d & forty poles to a black
Oak thence S^o 80° E^t Sixty poles to a white Oak thence N^o 10°
E^t 45 poles to a C: of Pitts's Patent Land Eighty Eight poles to
a Large hickory in a hallow Corner to y^e L^d Surveyd for Davis &
Stephenson thence with their Lines S^o 80° E^t One hund^d poles to
a Large white Oak & small hickory thence S^o 37¼° E^t One hund^d &
Eighty four poles to 2 white Oaks one of them Dead by a path side
thence N^o 36 E^t Thirty Six poles to a stooping white Oak by the
S^o path Corner to a Sepe^e Survey made for William Davis thence
with his Lines N^o 29¼° E^t One hund^d & fifty Six poles to 2 red
Oaks Davis's Corner thence to a Corner of his Patent L^d S^o 54 E^t
Six poles a Large red Oak y^e beg. C. of his Patent (his patent
Lines being protracted) went to y^e Corner of Samuel Waker's Patent
L^d now W a white Oak & run thence along his Line & keys S^o 17 W
Three hund^d & thirty four poles to 2 red Oaks where Keys Corner
sh^d stand the Courses being protracted thence S^o 72° E^t Two
hund^d & four poles to a hickory on the West side a Meadow where
Davis's Patent s^d Corner then following the Courses of his patent
S W^t One hund^d & Eight poles to a red Oak on y^e side of a hill
(y^e patent says a hickory but their is neither Line or Corner to
be found) thence N^o 70° W^t One hund^d & forty poles to a black
Oak & white Oak Near a glade & on y^e N^o side th: N^o 45° W^t 148
po: to a Large Oak in a small hallow thence N E^t 22 po to a hic:
Sap th. N W^t 76 poles to 3 tri. hic near a path th. N^o 82 E^t 82
poles to Davis's patent C^r
W^M CRAWFORD } _C C_
LEWIS THO^S }
@@whitespace@@ DANIEL M^{C}KLEDUFF.
August 23^d 1750 Then survey'd for Maj'^r Law^r Washington of
Fairfax County a certain tract of waste and ungranted Land in
Frederick joining Worthington's Land and Beg: at the 2^d corner the
s^d Worthington's tract a red Oak and extended with his Line N^o
70 W one hundred and twenty poles to white Oak thence leaving his
Lines and extended S^o 60 W one hundred and seventy four poles to
two white Oaks, one double stand'^g on y'^e side of the Old wag'^n
Road thence N^o 80 W fifty Six poles to a white Oak and hic'^{ry}
in Worthingtons Line thence with his Lines S^o 10 W. two hundred
poles to a black Oak thence S^o 80 E. Sixty poles to a white Oak
thence N^o 10 E^t 25 po to a c'^r of Pitts's patent L'^d Eighty
eight poles to a large hi'^{ry} c'^r to a survey known by that of
Pitts's now Stephenson's Jr then with these Lines S^o 80 E^t one
hund'^d poles to a large white Oak and small hic'^{ry} thence S^o
87¼ E^t one hundred & Eighty four poles to two white Oaks one
of them dead & stand'^g by a path thence N^o 86 E^t thirty six
poles to a Sloaping white Oak on the edge of the s'^d path c'^r to
a survey made for W^m Davis thence with his Lines N^o 29¼ E^t one
hund'^d and fifty six poles to two read Oaks S^o 54 E^t six po to a
c'^r of his pat'^d L'^d th: with a Line therof N^o 82 E^t 82 po to
3 live hic'^{ry} thence N^o 10 W. one hund'^d and Eighty four poles
and S^o 85 W. One hund'^d and fifteen poles to the Beg: con'^g Six
hund'^d and thirteen acres.
W^M CRAWFORD } _C. C._
LEWIS THO^S } @@whitespace@@ Per
@@whitespace@@ G. WASHINGTON[89]
[Footnote 89: The field notes of this survey, as well as the neatly
drawn plat of the land, is on one side of a large, loose foolscap
sheet of paper, and all in the handwriting of Washington. As the
diagram can easily be reproduced from the notes, no engraving of it
is given in this work.]