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Surveying account from Thomas Evans, Surveyor of Accomack County to the College of William & Mary for January 1785, January 1786 and January 1787, dated December 8, 1787. Includes columns with date of survey, for whom made, number of acres, division lines, legal fee amount and explanatory notes. Names include Ayres Stockley, T. Jacobs and E. Hancock, William Barclay, Henry Fletcher, Sr, E. Costin and B. Clemons, T. Bundell(?), Meshach(?) Meers, Ralph Justice, George Hope, John Allen, W. Drummond, Jabez Pitt (or Pith), Americus Watson, William Garrison, Thomas Bayley, Bartholomew Meers, and John and Southey Simpson.

"Account of Publick Surveys... and lines in Amelia County by Thomas Mumford, as sworn to John Prentis, Wmburgh, May 11, 1771." Columns include date of survey, name of client, Paid and Unpaid. Names are difficult to read, but they include James Clark, James Roberson, Francis Eppes, Charles Stewart, John Hall, W. Samuel Meridith, Robert Cofin (?), Henry Anderson, Thomas Whitworth, Henry Porvill(?), James Studavan (son of Daniel), James Studavan (son of James), James Parramore, Edmund Booker, John Penick, Isham Vaughan, William Watson, Capt. Bafo (?), William Thompson, Rubin Palmore, Henry Robertson, Thomas Boocher (?), Samuel Whitworth, W. Everd Mead, William Wa?, James and Ward Hutson, John Win and George Warton.

"A list of fees received for surveys in Amherst County by William Cabell, Jr., Surveyor," dated 1766. Columns: for whom surveyed, acres, when surveyed and gross tobacco (?). Names include John Roberts, Daniel Aaron, Isham Davis, John Edmonds, George McDaniel, Richard Peter, Ambrose Rucker, Joseph Frost, John Spears, Charles Tuly, Joseph Higginbotham, James Smith, James Colbard Blair, Benjamin Higginbotham, Thomas Powell, Henry McGuffy, Rachal Morrison, John Key, Isaac Mayfield, John Sutton Field, Jacob Brown, Nathaniel Woodruff, Francis Meriwether, James Brown, Zacharias Taliaferro, Samuel Marksbury, Edward Ware, Robert Davis, Josiah Ellis, John Brown, Solomon Carter, Rowland Atkins, William Bibb, Angus Forbes, John Montgomery, David Montgomery, Jr., and Nathaniel Woodruff.

"A List of Surveys Made in Augusta County from the first of June 1793 to the first of June 1794." Columns: Year, Month, Day, Name, Acres, Dollars, and Cents. Names include James and George Rutledge, Abraham Eversole, John Finley, George Faul, John Kirk, Lauranee and George Hansell, Joseph Rankin, John McDougall, Samuel Ralston, John Erwin, William Ralston, Timothy Green, john McCutchan, Thomas Phillips, John Graham, Andrew Loghridge, William Kinhead and Joseph Gwin, Samuel McCutchan, Joshua Perry, John Jackson, William Bell, Sr., John Bell, James Elliott, Rev. John Montgomery, Charles Hogshead, Thomas Hugart, Richard Mathews, William Alexander, William Moore, Frederick Moir, Alexander Robertson, William Robertson, David Stephenson, Richard Matthews, William Samuel and David Moore, George Wigill, James Curry, John Burnside, Robert Graham, John Conner, John Kennady, George Barnhart, Hugh Donohu, Alexander Robertson, Andrew Russell, John Allison, Samuel Curry, Thomas Mynes, Samuel Erwin, Benjamin Brown, William McCutchan, George Adam Bright, John Bell and Joseph Bell, Gabriel Alexander, Joseph Long, John Poage, Thomas and David Lawyers, John Sharp, John Gamble, Abel Griffith and Adam Lambert, William Buchanan, George Boughman, Samuel Runkle, Robert Sterret, Robert Craig, William Stephenson, Joseph and James Waddle, John Erwin, Thomas and Joseph Waddle, Paul Aerely, James King and Duncan McMullen.

Entitled "Thomas Lewis Surveyor of Augusta County with the College of William and Mary in Account to June 1773." Columns: Month, Day, Year, Name, Acres , and fee. Many names are difficult to read and misspelled. They have not been transcribed in this finding aid. There are over 250 entries and names.

Letter from Richard Stith to The Reverend The President, and the Masters and Professors of William & Mary College, dated October 24, 1772, concerning the advertisement in the Gazette requiring Surveyors to give new Bonds and requesting they send him one to complete.

April 26, 1775 note to W. Robert Miller from J.M. for the surveyor of Botetourt County regarding fees for 1773 that will soon be settled. Other names mentioned are Aaron Smith and Samuel Lewis, Surveyor.

January 7, 1788 surveying account by James Taylor, certified by John Taylor. Includes dates, names of 4 or 5 clients and acreage. Names include Robert Beverley, Thornton Estate, John Johnson's estate, and Benjamin Alsop's estate.

May 4, 1772 letter from James Hardyman explaining why he hasn't been able to collect all of his surveying fees. Includes survey accounts between 1765 and 1772 with columns for year, name and acreage, and fee. Names included are Capt. William Arvill, William Cole, Capt. Littlebury & Hardyman, Alexander Walker, Travis Harwood, Littlebury Irby, Col. Benjamin Harrison, John Brown and John ?, John Wayles McWilliam, Bats Lacy?, Thomas Matthies, Robert Walker, Richard Hales, Francis Hardyman, William Hardyman, Honorable William Byrd Esq. Westover, William Stith, Stith Gregory, John Minge, Samuel Harwood, Andrew and Benjamin Crew, Hardyman Dancy, William Holt, Francis Timberlake, John Brown, and Thomas Ballard. Some entries give details about where the acreage is located and the purpose of the survey.

"A List of all the Publick Surveys made by me in the County of Chas City in the preceeding 12 months with the Names of the Persons for whom the were made," 1787, July 1. Signed by Joseph Vaiden. Includes names, number of acres and fees. Names include John Walker, Edward Finch, David Wilkinson, Brazure Williams, Gideon Christian, James Bullifant, William Cowles, Byrds entry and Hardyman's entry.