Table 4.4

PETERSBURG
FIVE FORKS UNIT

 

 

An Archaeological Overview and Assessment
of the Five Forks Unit

Petersburg National Battlefield, Virginia

Table 4.4
Ownership of the Fraser Tract purchased by John Sydnor Jr. in 1856
(Source: Land Tax)
Year
Owner Name
Acres
Description
Bldg$
Alterations

1782

Alexander Frazier

John Frazier

261

400

value 7/6 per acre

value 7/6

   

1791

John Fraser

400

value 4/10

   

1800

John Fraser

400

value 4/10

 

160a. to John Jr. in 1802

1805

John Fraser Sr.

John Fraser Jr.

240

157

value 4/10

value 4/10

 

25a. to Jos. Goodwyn in 1806

3a. to Alexander Fraser

1814

John Fraser Sr.

John Fraser Jr.

135

142

on Butterwood Road 5NW

same

 

20a. to Jos. Goodwyn by 1817

60a. to Jos. Lewis in 1818

1820

John Fraser Estate

John Fraser (Jr.)

115

82

48

44

on Butterwood Road 5NW

same 6NW

on Hatchers Run 7N

same

30

50

 

from John Pettipool & wife

from John Thacker Wills

1821

John Fraser

96

on Hatchers Run 7N

150

 

1823

John Fraser

Mary Fraser

96

70

on Butterwood Road 7N

same 5NW

150

from estate of John Fraser

1848

John Fraser Estate

69

on Butterwood Road 7N

150

 

1849

Milton Thacker

100

on Butterwood Road 7N

150

from estate of John Fraser

1850

Benjamin W. Smithey

167

on Butterwood Road 7N

150

from Milton Thacker

1851

William Taylor (Richmond)

167

on Butterwood Road 7N

100

from Benj. Smithey; $200 off for buildings being burned

1853

William Taylor (Richmond)

167

on Butterwood Road 7N

100

 

1854

William H. Jackson

167

on Butterwood Road 7N

100

from Ann Nichols; to John Sydnor in 1856

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