November 3^d 1750 @@whitespace@@ Plat drawn

Then Surveyd for Capt^n Marquis Calmes Beg on y^e S^o Side Bullskin

& in Capt^n G. Johnstons Line 3 white Oak & run th. with his Line

N^o 20 po to a stake in y^e Center spring of head of Bullskin

Johnstone C^r th down y^e Water Course S^o 5½ E^t 12 po & to a

stake in y^e stream another of Johnston's C^{rs} thence leaving y^e

Water & run thence N^o 5 E^t 148 po to a red Oak th N^o 48 E^t 19

pole to a red Oak in D^r M^{c}Cormick's Line th with his Line N^o

24 po to a hick^y & red Oak M^{c}Cormicks C^r the true C^r is N^o

35 E^t--126 to a double red Oak y^e pat^t mentions a hic^y at 256

po: N^o 258 Pole to a red Oak Walnut & Locust in a rich spot of

Ground th S^o 80 W^t 192 po to 3 White Oaks on a Stoney Ridge th

N^o 60 W^t 148 po. to 3 red Oaks on a Stony Ridge th S^o 30 W^t 380

po to 2 small hickorys near two white Oaks thence S^o 52 E^t 428

poles to a white Oak & two red Oaks thence N^o 85 E^t 40 po to y^e

Beg Cont^g 1170 Acres

ROERT WORTHINGTON } _C C_

JAMES M^{C}CORMICK }

CAPT^N MARQUIS CALMES _Marker_

Beg at a red Oak and hick^y Davis's & Stephensons C^r & run thence

S^o 42--15 W^t 220 po to y^e Marsh 240 po to a small white Oak in

Stephensons Line 294 po to a stake near a markt white Oak thence

S^o 30 E^t 20 poles to a white Oak Col^o G Fx's Corner thence to

y^e beg y^e above was an addition made to Mr Fairfaxs Tract[90]

[Footnote 90: The survey of November 3^d, 1750 for Captain

Marquis Calmes has several pencil lines drawn across it, with the

memorandum also in pencil and in Washington's handwriting:--"Get

y^e last Surveys returnd to y^e Office----".]

Journal of my journey over the mountains while surveying for Lord Thomas Fairfax, baron of Cameron, in the northern neck of Virginia, beyond the Blue Ridge, in 1747-8. · 第 121 / 124 题