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Preferred Citation

Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Walter Curtis Ayers Collection, WLU Coll. 0263, Special Collections, Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA.

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Processing Information

Blue sheet prepared by Betty Kondayan (1/8/2002)

Biographical / Historical

Walter Curtis Ayers, an accountant for Norfolk and Western Railway, was interested in the Benjamin Borden Grant and mapped the grants from the deeds of the grantees.

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of registers, indices, folios, plates, wills, charts and data related to the Benjamin Borden Grant of 92,100 acres of land.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Land grants
• Local government
• Records
• Virginia -- Augusta County
• Virginia -- Benjamin Borden Grant
• Virginia -- Rockbridge County
• Wills