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Preferred Citation:

Edward Snickers Land Transactions, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Acquisition Information:

Gift.

Administrative History:

Edward Snickers was a wealthy planter and large land owner of Frederick County. A town in Loudoun County, a gap in the Blue Ridge, and a ferry on the Shenandoah all took their name from him.

Scope and Contents

One handwritten document which includes a copy of a 1785 bond whereby Martin Ashby of Louisa County agrees to pay one thousand pounds to George Noble of Frederick County, Virginia for 350 acres; a 1784 bond to Edward Snickers for an exchange of land between Snickers and Ashby for 306  acres in Frederick County and 350 acres in Loudoun County; and letters from Edward Snickers about his land transactions with Ashby.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Legal documents
• Real property--Virginia--Frederick County
• Real property--Virginia--Loudoun County