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    <unittitle>Plat Map and Land Survey by William Paxton for James Willson</unittitle>
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      <persname rules="aacr" source="local">Paxton, William</persname>
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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1 Leaves</extent>
      <dimensions>8" x 12.5"</dimensions>
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    <unitdate calendar="gregorian" certainty="inferred" datechar="creation" era="ce" normal="1818/1818">1818</unitdate>
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      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
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<p>A survey and small map, dated 1818, of 115 acres of land in Rockbridge County, Virginia, which belonged to James Willson. The survey includes the names William Cunningham, Jonathan Poague, Rueben Grigsby, and Thomas McFarland, whose lands border the Willson property. The North Fork of the James River and Mill Creek are also mentioned in the survey.</p>  </scopecontent>
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<p>Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Plat Map and Land Survey by William Paxton for James Willson, WLU Coll. 0544, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA <p>In some cases the citation format may vary. Please contact Special Collections' staff to verify the appropriate format.</p></p>  </prefercite>
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    <subject source="fast">Maps</subject>
    <subject source="fast">Land use surveys</subject>
    <geogname source="fast">Virginia -- James River</geogname>
    <persname rules="aacr" source="local">Willson, James</persname>
    <persname rules="aacr" source="local">McFarland, Thomas</persname>
    <persname rules="aacr" source="ingest">Grigsby, Reuben</persname>
    <persname rules="aacr" source="lcnaf">Cunningham, William</persname>
    <persname rules="aacr" source="lcnaf">Poague, Jonathan</persname>
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