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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
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]
George Mason II
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
George Mason III
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
George Mason IV of Gunston Hall
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   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
Total=13,255 acres
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