$244
Manuscript conveyance of 2,000 acres of land from Lord Dunmore to Charles Warnstrof, for the land "in the county of Fincastle on the South side of the Ohio River below the falls thereof adjoining Doctor John Connolly's land . . .". 3 pp. December 7, 1773. Bearing the royal seal (faded). Signed by Lord Dunmore. Countersigned by William Pendleton. The land grant, which rewards 2,000 acres to a certain Charles Warnstrof, of the Pennsylvania Regiment, states that Wasrnstrof is to be given the land neighboring Dr. John Connolly, a noted loyalist who was tried and put in jail. Connolly was captured in 1775 while attempting to gather a force of British and Native Americans at Detriot to quell the rebellion in Virginia. His actions were supported by (John) Dunmore, of the famous Dunmore's proclamation, which granted freedom to slaves who fled their masters and served the crown. On July 1, 1780, a jury assembled in Lexington, Kentucky, made of such Revolutionary War heros as Daniel Boone, "to try whether John Connolly took sides with the British against the Colonists in the Revolutionary War ... and that on the Fourth of July, 1776, the said Connolly was possessed of two thousand acres on the Ohio opposite the Falls." (Durrett, 1893, p. 131) Browning and chipping to the edges; seal faded; some loss to text at the extremities; otherwise fine.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2010-08-12
