CHAPTER 37

The Tracy Family History

Borden Land Grant Today & 1740

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Text Box:                13 Sept 1784 Signature of Peter Wallace Jr., my 6th great grandfather. “Peter, Jr...who lived two miles southwest of Lexington, Virginia, died in September, 1784, and is buried at Thorn Hill.”                                    --George Selden Wallace


   

 

 

 

    This is an old map showing the famous Borden Land Grant at the bottom and the equally famous Beverly Manor Grant, to the north. In the middle of the Rockbridge County tract is the city of Lexington, still to be founded some years later immediately after the famous Revolutionary War battle that start it all, and named Lexington in a moment of patriotic fervor.
    You will notice 10 miles to the north of Lexington is the village of Fairfield, and 10 miles south is the famous Natural Bridge, Rock Bridge.
    You will remember our cousin, Ken Prusso, standing by the spring at Donegal Church. Five years ago he made a trip to Lexington and took these photos. It cannot be proven that the Wallace School and Wallace Mill were built by our people, but it is strongly suspected.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Text Box: In the previous chapter, Rev. Samuel Black refers to the old style calendar. An explanation: February 11th was George Washington's birthday according to the Julian (old Style) calendar, but in 1752, the corrections of the Gregorian (New Style) Calendar were adopted by England, Ireland, and the colonies, and George Washington's birthday became February 22nd.     Under England's interpretation of the Julian Calendar the new year began on March 25th. Because the year under the Julian Calendar was 365 days 6 hours, by the sixteenth century a considerable surplus had accumulated, moving the vernal equinox from March 21 to March 11. The error was corrected in 1582 by the Gregorian Calendar (New Style), adopted by most European countries. By 1752, when Great Britain adopted the Gregorian Calendar, the displacement was 11 days. ( I hope someone understands because I don’t understand a word of it.)                 Next Chapter

 

 

 

 

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Note: More about these family’s, and the Borden's  family's illustrious history can be found by going to my home page.
Home Page www.thetracyfamilyhistory.net

 

 

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