Virginia Council Journals, 1726-1753

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To Paulin Anderson, Richard Anderson Junr., Roger Anderson, Pierce Butler, William Eccles, Joseph Eccles, Abraham Eccles & Richard Eccles six thousand acres of land beginning about half a mile below Stock's Creek or Bent Creek in Spotsylvania County.

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The names of William, Joseph, Abraham and Richard Eccles were probably spelt by the clerk according to the sound of the real spell, Echols. John Eachols owned 220 acres in King and Queen in 1704.