Gunston Hall, Home of George Mason
  George Mason's Land Purchases  

The following is a chronological list of lands known to have been purchased by George Mason II, George Mason III, and George Mason IV of Gunston Hall.

Date
Quantity
Seller
Location
George Mason II
>1680<1716 unknown James Joyner unknown
>1680<1716 100 acres William Betty Pohick Creek
>1681<1716 unknown Madam Brent Little Hunting Creek
1690-91 March 10 unknown Martin Scarlett Pohick Creek
1690 July 19 500 acres Thomas James Pohick Creek
1691 Feb 10 320 acres Michael Vanlandingham Pohick Creek
1691 Feb 11 lots Mathew Thomson and John Withers Marlborough
1693 April 19 780 acres William Lambert Dogues Creek
1694 July 8 150 acres Henry Peyton Acquia Run
1696 2109 acres William Sherwood Dogues Island
>1698 unknown John Harper Little Hunting Creek
>1699 unknown William Travers Dogues Creek
1699 Nov 17 200 acres John Simpson Little Hunting Creek
1700 March 12 300 acres James Mann Pohick Creek
>1687<1715 1100 acres Edward Smith Dogues Neck (Part of Bushrod's patent)
[In 1704, GM II paid quitrents on 8,000 acres. That means Joyner, Brent, Scarlett, Harper, Travers, and Mann lands together must be about 3,300 acres, taking into consideration the acreage the Masons sold before 1704]
1707 May 13 1085 acres Joseph Waugh Potomac Creek
1707 June 11 1200 acres Joseph Waugh Potomac Creek
1707 Oct. 9 1200 acres Alexander Waugh Head of Potomac Creek
1709 Apr 12 833 acres Bryant and Mary Folio Mathews Patent
1711 Feb 7 1406 acres Mathew Thompson Hunting Creek
George Mason III
>1710<1722 653 acres Thomas Gowing Spout Run
1721 Mar 15 240 acres John and Jane Farrow Little Hunting Creek
1721 Mar 15 150 acres James and Priscilla (Vandegasteel) Hay Little Hunting Creek
1723 Jan 18 106 acres Winnifred Ball Piney Br. Dogues Run
1723 Sep 11 152 acres John and Catherine (Sandiford) Lewis Little Hunting Creek
1724 Mar 15 253 acres James and Priscilla (Vandegasteel) Hay LIttle Hunting Creek
1724 Apr 3 200 acres Prior Smallwood Cockpit Point
1726 June 3 500 acres Elizabeth Luke Occoquan River
1727 May 8 123 acres Mary Chilton Occoquan River
1727 May 27 unknown Edmund Plowden and Brent Nuttal unknown
1729 627 acres Robert Hedges Great Hunting Creek
1732 Nov 15 100 acres John Mercer Occoquan River
1733 Aug 13 200 acres Lewis Elzey Cockpit Point
1733 Aug 17 unknown James Rickets Opposite Mason's Island
<1735 640 acres Thomas Owsley Opposite Georgetown
George Mason IV of Gunston Hall
1748 July 19 640 acres William and Ann Cheshire (daughter of William Holt) Baxters (Holts) Creek
1749 July 14 Lot 53 Trustees of Alexandria City of Alexandria
1750 June 28 100 acres Lewis Sanderson Head of Accotink
1752 Lot 54 Trustees of Alexandria City of Alexandria
1752 Lot 55 Trustees of Alexandria City of Alexandria
1757 May 4 200 acres Robert Doyne Hunting Creek
1759 Aug 27 22 acres John Heryford Potomac River
1762 July 20 125 acres Henry Heryford Pohick Creek
1767 Nov 16 276 acres Hanover Bradie Near Mason's Island
1772 June 18 121 acres Sampson Darrell Hunting Creek
Total=19,151 acres
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