Land Office, Northern Neck Grants (Virginia)
This list contains only the surname Stephens/Stevens
This list contains the recorded land grants issued by the agents of the Fairfax Family between 1690 and 1781
and by the Commonwealth between 1786 and 1874. The list contains the name of the grantee, the county in
which the land was located at the time of the grant, a description of the specific location, the number of acres,
and references to the location of the recorded document in the Grants Books.
The Northern Neck was a proprietary, consisting of 5,282,000 acres, situated in the area between the Rappa-
hannock and Potamac Rivers. In 1649 King Charles II, then exiled, gave this unsettled region to a small group
his loyal supporters. By 1688 most of the region was owned by Thomas, Lord Culpeper. Lord Culpeper's
daughter married Thomas, Lord Fairfax in 1690 and the region became synonymous with the Fairfax name
Beginning in 1690 grants were issued by agents of the proprietor. Individuals purchased warrants for a specific
amount of land in a specific location. The warrants were taken to a surveyor and the land surveyed. The plat
and any accompanying papers were returned to the proprietor's office and a grant was issued. The Northern
Neck proprietor's office and a grant was issued. The Northern Neck land office continued to operate during
the Revolution. It was closed after Lord Fairfax's death in 1781. Fairfax family interest ceased in 1808 when
the last surviving heir sold his title.
Northern Neck grants issued by the Commonwealth of Virginia were continued in separate books and separ-
ately maintained from the Regular Land Office Granbts until 1862.
Land Grants:
A " * " at the end, indicates that a survey of the tract exists either as a loose document, a copy entered in a
series entered in a series of bound volumes identified as Survey Books, or both.
Format of collection, is microfilm, recorded documents and original documents. The Grants and the Survey
Books have been microfilmed, but not the original documents.
The Grant Books are designated as follows:
Grants 1-5 through 1719
Grants A-Z 1722-1805
Grants A, no. 2-G, no. 2 1805-1862
Grant Book H has 2 volumes; there is no J.
Adam Stephens 3 Aug 1752
Frederick County
400 acres. Adjoining his patent land bought of
Paul Williams on Opeckon.
N. N. Grants H, p. 184 (Original)
13804 - *
Adam Stephens 3 Aug 1752
Frederick County
332 acres. Adjoining Jacob Hite, his own patent
land bought of Paul Williams & his late survey
on the east side of Opeckon.
N. N. Grants H, p. 185
13805
Dr. Adam Stephens 29 March 1753
Frederick County
252 acres. Adjoining the land of Jacob Hite
N. N. Grants H, p. 274 (Original)
13806 - *
Christian Stephens 25 June 1789
Hampshire County
326 acres. On the Big Ridge and on the Plumb Run a
drain of Pattersons Creek including the Green Pond
N. N. Grants T, p. 508-509
13807 - *
Daniel Stephens 15 May 1753
Winchester Town
1/2 acre. Being Lot No. 46 in said Town, also
5 acres. Lot No. 66 in the Common
N. N. Grants H, p. 363
13808
David Stephens 18 Oct 1796
Hampshire County
150 acres. Adjoining Bare Ridge on the North
Mountain including Chestnut Cove.
N. N. Grants X, p. 438-439
13809 - *
Lawrence Stephens 6 Aug 1752
Frederick County
400 acres. Adjoining Jacob Crisman, & by the
Great Waggon Road.
N. N. Grants H, p. 196 (Original)
13812 - *
Lawrence Stephens 3 Jan 1755
Frederick County
463 acres. On the westerly side of Shannandoah
on a branch of Crooked Run near Gourd Hill
N. N. Grants H, p. 593 (Original)
13813 - *
Lawrance Stephens 26 Nov 1757
Frederick County
400 acres. On the head of McDowells Marsh where
the Pond is adjoining said McDowells patent.
N. N. Grants K, p. 51 (Original)
13811 - *
Laurence Stephens 27 July 1772
Frederick County
550 acres. On the drains of Crooked Run.
N. N. Grants P, p. 136 (Original)
13810 - *
Lewis Stephens 4 Jan 1752
Frederick County
437 acres. Adjoining his own patent land, Capt.
Hite & others on the drains of Opeckon.
N. N. Grants H, p. 80 (Original)
13814 - *
Lewis Stephens 4 Jan 1752
Frederick County
81 acres. Adjoining his own patented land on the
Long Meadow.
N. N. Grants Hm p. 81 (Original)
13815 - *
Lewis Stephens 12 March 1752
Frederick County
799 acres. On the Limestone Ridge & Buffalo Meadow.
N. N. Grants H, p. 128 (Original)
13816 - *
Lewis Stephens 13 March 1752
Frederick County
171 acres. Beginning & on a stream of water that
runs to the said Stephens Mill a branch of
Cedar Creek.
N. N. Grants H, p. 130
13817 - *
Lewis Stephens 5 Aug 1752
Frederick County
1384 acres. On the west side of Shannandoah
adjoining the patent lands of John Stickley,
George Bowman, the late survey made for the use
of the Dutch Chappel &c.
N. N. Grants H, p. 187 (Original)
13818 - *
Lewis Stephens 5 Aug 1752
Frederick County
343 acres. Adjoining Daniel Curry & crossing a
draught of Cedar Creek.
N. N. Grants H, p. 188 (Original)
13819 - *
Lewis Stephens 1753
Winchester Town
1/2 acre. Being Lot No. 53 in said Town.
(Whether or not this lot was ever granted Stephens
cannot be determined; however, it is doubtful since
the deed is neither signed nor dated).
N. N. Grants H, p. 370
13820
Lewis Stephens 15 May 1753
Winchester Town
1/2 acre. Being Lot No. 51 in said Town.
N. N. Grants H, p. 368
13821
Lewis Stephens 15 May 1753
Winchester Town
1/2 acres. Being Lot No. 52 in said Town.
N. N. Grants H, p. 369
13822
Lewis Stephens 2 Jan 1755
Frederick County
276 acres. On the branches of Hog Creek.
N. N. Grants H, p. 592 (Original)
13823 - *
Major Lewis Stephens 25 Sept 1770
Frederick County
366 acres. On the west side of Cedar Creek.
N. N. Grants O, p. 316 (Original)
13824 - *
Major Lewis Stephens 12 June 1779
Shenandoah County
400 acres. On one of the western branches of
Cedar Creek at Paddys Gap
N. N. Grants R, 1778-80, p. 232 (Original)
13825 - *
Mumford Stephens 30 April 1770
Culpeper County
239 acres. In the Robinson Fork
N. N. Grants O, 1767-70, p. 275 (Original)
13826 - *
Mumford Stephens 26 May 1772
Culpeper County
282 acres. On the north side of a small branch
of the Beverdam Run.
N. N. Grants P, 1771-75, p. 119 (Original)
13827 - *
Peter Stephens Sr. 13 Nov 1752
Frederick County
572 acres. Adjoining his own patented land, Jacob
Nicewanger & Gabriel Jones.
N. N. Grants H, p. 207 (Original)
13830 - *
Peter Stephens 30 June 1762
Hampshire County
206 acres. On both sides of the South Branch of
the North River of Cacapehon adjoining Jacob Crisman.
N. N. Grants K, p. 468
13828
Peter Stephens 16 Jan 1768
Frederick County
184 acres. On Cedar Creek adjoining Abraham Fry,
John Hatzenpiller &c.
N. N. Grants O, p. 118 (Original)
13829 - *
Robert Stephens and Edward Violet 6 March 1730
Stafford County
446 acres. On the Long Branch of Accotink and
Piney Branch of Dogue Run adjoining land of John Bell.
N. N. Grants C, 1729-31, p. 121, folio (Original)
13860 - *
Robert Stephens 28 April 1788
Frederick County
164 acres. Adjoining Israel Fulsom &c on the west side
of the North Mountain on the drains of Potomack and
Back Creek.
N. N. Grants S, p. 397-399
13861 - *
William Stephens 11 Oct 1767
Hampshire County
354 acres. On New Creek Mountain and drains of
Pattersons Creek called the Sink Holes.
N. N. Grants O, p. 103 (Original)
13831 - *
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Jackie Shepherd
Tom Stevens -E-Mail: stevetho@datastar.net