From the Fairfax Land Suit
12th day of June 1734 Present the Governour in Council Joost Hite having this day made due Proof of his Compliance with the terms of the Grant made to John and Isaac Vanmeter obtained an Order of Council in the following Words At a Council held at the Capitol the 12th day of June 1734 Present the Governour in Council Joost Hite having this day made due Proof of his Compliance with the terms of the Grant in the said Grant above the number of Families required it is Ordered the Patents be granted them according to their respective Surveys now returned to this board.
List of Patentees on the 40,000 Acres Van Meter Grants, including Robert McKay, Jr. and the Bransons on Crooked Run.
John Smith; 420A
Reas Smith; 250A
Henry Willis; 2030A
Jost Hite; 228A
Thomas Shepherd; 222A
Jost Hite; 2668A
Samuel Taylor; 200
Thomas Johnson; 150A
William Jasper; 62A
Jost Hite; 120A
Neil Thompson; 139A
Samuel Taylor; 125A
Jost Hite; 668A
Isaac Pennington; 500A
Jost Hite; 300A
Richard Pendall; 300A
Jost Hite; 280A
Stephen Hollingsworth; 472A
John Wilton; 442A
Israel Frend; 300A
Robert McKay Jr; 828A
Peter Woolf; 600A
Jost Hite; 2931A
Samuel Morris; 378A
David Perkins; 519A
William Jay; 100A
Richard Morgan; 210A
Richard Morgan; 290A
Thomas Johnson; 298A
Jost Hite; 395A
John Vanmeter; 885A
George Williams; 489A
Jost Hite 700A
Daniel Burnett; 490A
Josiah Jones; 164A
Benjamin Bordin; 3143A
John Vanmeter; 1786A
Benjamin Bordin; 1122A
Jost Hite; 2168A
Jost Hite; 3395A
Thomas Branson Jr.; 1370A
William Vestal; 275A
Morgan Bryant; 1250A
Paul Williams; 270A
Abraham Pennington; 600A
Isaac Garrison; 200A
Peter Stephen; 674A
John Branson; 1000A
George Bowman; 1000A
Richard Paulson & c.; 834A
Robert Worthington; 3000A
Jost Hite; 5018A
A copy Test Ja. Steptoe Amounting in the whole of forty seven thousand two hundred and eight Acres and desired you Commissioners to state that it appeared to them the said Orders of Council made to the said John and Isaac Vanmeter had been more than fully complied with exclusive of the Surveys now claimed by the Complainants under that Grant . . .