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The following is a chronological list of lands that George Mason I, George Mason II, George Mason III, and George Mason IV of Gunston Hall acquired by patent through the colonial government of Virginia.
Date |
Quantity |
Location |
| George Mason I |
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| 1655 Mar 17 |
900 acres |
Acquia |
| 1664 Apr 27 |
650 acres |
Assigned by Valentine Peyton |
| 1669 Oct 29 |
500 acres |
Gazy's deserted |
| 1670 |
300 acres |
[see 5 GMs p. 13 and McIlwaine p. 205 + 240 - no other record] |
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| George Mason II |
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| 1694 Oct 10 |
1150 acres |
Repatent of Akokeek [1664 + 1669 together] |
| 1694 Nov 27 |
273 acres |
Rozes Run in Stafford County |
| 1704 Mar 3 |
79 acres |
Occoquan |
| 1710 July 20 |
48 acres |
Aquia |
| 1714/5 Jan 4 |
2244 acres |
Mason & Herreford Patent Accotink & Dogues Run |
| 1714/5 Jan 5 |
1930 acres |
Accotink and Difficult Run |
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| George Mason III |
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| 1717 Nov 26 |
534 acres |
Mason & Robinson on Occoquan River |
| 1724 Jan 15 |
402 1/4 acres |
Dogues Run adj. Mathews Patent |
| 1724 Jan 20 |
250 acres |
adj. Gowing land |
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| George Mason IV of Gunston Hall |
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| 1754 Oct 25 |
315 acres |
Hampshire County opp. Will[son?] Creek |
| 1754 Oct 25 |
329 acres |
Hampshire County |
| 1754 Oct 25 |
237 acres |
Hampshire County Gangers Creek |
| 1754 Oct 25 |
334 acres |
Hampshire County |
| 1754 Oct 25 |
220 acres |
Hampshire County |
| 1757 July 9 |
91 acres |
Accotink |
| 1757 July 21 |
1648 acres |
Little Hunting Creek (resurvey of Thompson patent) |
| 1761 July 31 |
265 acres |
Opposite Crane Island |
| 1767 Sep 5 |
218 acres |
Repatent of land below falls of Potomac |
| 1767 Sep 7 |
705 acres |
repatent Opposite Georgetown |
| 1767 Sep 8 |
672 acres |
Spout Run |
| 1767 Sep 9 |
100 1/2 acres |
Spout Run |
| 1771 Oct 9 |
152 acres |
Little Hunting Creek (formerly Sandiford/Lewis) |
| ? 1771 |
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Repatents land incl. Hay & Lewis - Little Hunting Creek |
| 1773 Feb 13 |
1083 acres |
Hampshire County (incl. 869 acres from previous patents) |
| 1784? |
889 acres |
GM IV acquired a Treasury Warrant from Richard Graham for ungranted land which was involved in a 1787 Fitzhugh land dispute. Mason assigned the land to Fitzhugh |
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| Total=13,255 acres |
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