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and his wife Margaret gave a bond to Franciski for £700. At
another time v^^ithin the year they gave him another bond for
£1000. To securethe payment of these bonds, Stover and his
wife mortgaged 5000 acres on both sides of the Shenandoah
River, i*^
How Stover could keep on selling his 5000-acre tracts, and
still have them seven or eight years after the first sale, is a
mystery. Possibly he took back some land on default of pay-
ment; or he may have obtained more than two 5000-acre
grants.
March 23, 1738, Ludwig Stein sold two tracts of land ag-
gregating 1005 acres, on the Shenandoah River, to Philip
Long; witnesses, John Newport and Christian Kleman.^'^
December 13, 1738, Jacob Stover obtained a grant of 800
acres. This land was on the Shenandoah River, below Port
Republic, and was at least in part on the south side of the
river, opposite the * Island. " This island, containing
'Great
about 60 acres, was purchased of the Franciscos on August
31, 1751, by Thomas Lewis. Two days earlier, August 28,
1751, Lewis had bought of the Franciscos a tract of 470 acres,
on the south side of the river, part of the 800-acre tract granted
to Stover in 1738. IS
Christopher Franciscus— "the old Stop fel Franciscus,"
as he was termed in 1749 by one of the Moravian missionaries
who passed through the Valley— ^^ had large holdings of land
in what is now East Rockingham. He appears to have located
in Lancaster County, Pa., in 1709.20- j^ jg not certain that
he ever located permanently in Virginia himself, but he evi-
dently was in the Valley frequently, and his sons, Christopher
and Ludwig, were permanent residents. ^^
16. See Orange County Deed Book No. 2, pp. 229-234.
17. Idem, page 260.
IS. Augusta County Deed Book No. 4, pp. 58-65.
19. Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, October, 1903.
20. Rupp's Thirty Thousand Names, page 436.
21. For more particulars concerning Franciscus and his sons, see Way-
land's "German Element," pp. 54-56.
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and his wife Margaret gave a bond to Franciski for £700. At
another time v^^ithin the year they gave him another bond for
£1000. To securethe payment of these bonds, Stover and his
wife mortgaged 5000 acres on both sides of the Shenandoah
River, i*^
How Stover could keep on selling his 5000-acre tracts, and
still have them seven or eight years after the first sale, is a
mystery. Possibly he took back some land on default of pay-
ment; or he may have obtained more than two 5000-acre
grants.
March 23, 1738, Ludwig Stein sold two tracts of land ag-
gregating 1005 acres, on the Shenandoah River, to Philip
Long; witnesses, John Newport and Christian Kleman.^'^
December 13, 1738, Jacob Stover obtained a grant of 800
acres. This land was on the Shenandoah River, below Port
Republic, and was at least in part on the south side of the
river, opposite the * Island. " This island, containing
'Great
about 60 acres, was purchased of the Franciscos on August
31, 1751, by Thomas Lewis. Two days earlier, August 28,
1751, Lewis had bought of the Franciscos a tract of 470 acres,
on the south side of the river, part of the 800-acre tract granted
to Stover in 1738. IS
Christopher Franciscus— "the old Stop fel Franciscus,"
as he was termed in 1749 by one of the Moravian missionaries
who passed through the Valley— ^^ had large holdings of land
in what is now East Rockingham. He appears to have located
in Lancaster County, Pa., in 1709.20- j^ jg not certain that
he ever located permanently in Virginia himself, but he evi-
dently was in the Valley frequently, and his sons, Christopher
and Ludwig, were permanent residents. ^^
16. See Orange County Deed Book No. 2, pp. 229-234.
17. Idem, page 260.
IS. Augusta County Deed Book No. 4, pp. 58-65.
19. Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, October, 1903.
20. Rupp's Thirty Thousand Names, page 436.
21. For more particulars concerning Franciscus and his sons, see Way-
land's "German Element," pp. 54-56.
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