the Texas Patent fiasco…
A tale of warning…
William Haywood, a surveyor in the 1700s…Edgecombe County mostly, I suppose, would just NOT let this survey die on the vine. But most of all he wanted his son to grab it.
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The ‘Texas ‘patent never ripened… Daniel Ross went on to patent several properties to the west of this area nearer to modern Rocky Mount.
But that minor fact did not deter me in the least… Oh no… I went on to diligently map it as the Gospel Fact that I thought it was. I have finally realized the error of my ways. And I am BAD about defending my wrong opinions. So keep that in mind and always research for yourself what you find on this website.
This is what I thought 5 years ago… I tried my damndest to make that thing fit in… It is right there in the middle…plain as day next to William Anderson (my guy)…
This is what I think now…
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Above was not the first time I have been down this rabbit hole… The ROSS folks are complicated. In one of the patents on the map earlier shown, I noted the fact that a “Ross Pocoson” was referenced. How can that be, you ask… Well, I concluded that the ‘Texas’ Daniel Ross patent must have escheated back to the Colony. Daniel Ross died in 1761. So it actually did exist for a short time, evidently.
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