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In the 18th century, the [[College of William and Mary]] served as the Surveyor-General of the Colony of Virginia and its faculty were given the right to examine and license surveyors. United States Presidents [[George Washington]] and alumnus [[Thomas Jefferson]] received licenses to survey in Virginia from William and Mary. After the American Revolution, the rate at which William and Mary granted surveying licenses began to decline drastically and ceased entirely by around 1810 (''Surveying'', University Archives Subject File Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.) | In the 18th century, the [[College of William and Mary]] served as the Surveyor-General of the Colony of Virginia and its faculty were given the right to examine and license surveyors. United States Presidents [[George Washington]] and alumnus [[Thomas Jefferson]] received licenses to survey in Virginia from William and Mary. After the American Revolution, the rate at which William and Mary granted surveying licenses began to decline drastically and ceased entirely by around 1810 (''Surveying'', University Archives Subject File Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.) | ||
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Revision as of 14:29, 28 July 2015
In the 18th century, the College of William and Mary served as the Surveyor-General of the Colony of Virginia and its faculty were given the right to examine and license surveyors. United States Presidents George Washington and alumnus Thomas Jefferson received licenses to survey in Virginia from William and Mary. After the American Revolution, the rate at which William and Mary granted surveying licenses began to decline drastically and ceased entirely by around 1810 (Surveying, University Archives Subject File Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.)
Material in the Special Collections Research Center
- The University Archives Subject File Collection contains reference files related to surveying at William and Mary as well as examples of surveyor's licenses.
List of Surveyors
The following is a list of surveyors arranged alphabetically by last name, year they received their license, and the counties they were allowed to survey. Surveyors for companies and counties that would later become states, such as areas in Kentucky and Ohio, are also included. The list is not complete at this time. From Surveying--Lists of Surveyors, University Archives Subject File Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
| Name | Year | County |
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| Allen, Arthur | 1704 | Isle of Wight, Surry |
| Anderson, Richard C. | 1784 | Henrico |
| Baker, Henry | 1716 | Nansemond |
| Baker, Richard | 1754 | Isle of Wight |
| Ball, Joseph | 1751 | Lancaster; Northumberland |
| Ball, William | 1718 | Lancaster; Northumberland |
| Barrow, Henry | 1795 | Southampton |
| Bland, William | 1764 | Prince George |
| Bolling, Robert | 1702 | Charles City |
| Brooke, Robert | 1745 | Caroline, Essex |
| Buckner, William | 1709 | (Surveyor General) |
| Cabell, William | 1746, 1761, 1783 | Albermarle, Amherst, Amherst |
| Carrington, George | 1734, 1749 | Goochland, Cumberland |
| Cary, Miles | 1699 | (Surveyor General) |
| Claiborne, Nathaniel | 1729 | Spottsylvania |
| Clark, George Rogers | 1784 | (Virginia State Line) |
| Cloyd, Gordon | circa 1800 | Montgomery |
| Cocke, Hartwell | 1749 | Surry |
| Cooke, Thomas | 1707 | Gloucester; Middlesex |
| Cooper, George | 1707 | Northumberland |
| Crawford, William | 1773 | (Ohio Company) |
| Currie, George | 1749 | Prince George |
| Donelson, John | 1767 | Pittsylvania |
| Eastham, James | circa 1791 | Halifax |
| Edmunds, John | 1754 | Sussex |
| Evans, Thomas | circa 1785 | Accomack |
| Ewell, Bertrand | 1751 | Prince William |
| Fontaine, Peter, Jr. | 1748, 1748, 1752 | Charles City, Lunenburg, Halifax |
| Fry, Robert | 1753 | Nansemond |
| Garland, Griffin | circa 1772 | Richmond |
| Garland, Samuel | 1772 | Lunenburg |
| Garland, William | 1746 | Richmond |
| Gray, William | 1749 | Southampton |
| Greenway, James | 1770 | Dinwiddie |
| Gregg, THomas | 1707 | Stafford |
| Hardyman, James | circa 1767 | Charles City |
| Harmanson, John | 1755 | Northampton |
| Harris, Tyree | 1753 | Louisa |
| Hawkins, Jonathan | 1748 | Hanover |
| Herring, Alexander | 1792 | Rockingham |
| Higginbotham, James | 1776, 1788 | Amherst, Amherst |
| Hume, George | 1723 | Spottsylvania |
| Jackson, Christopher | 1717 | James City |
| Jefferson, Peter | 1744, 1756 | Goochland, Albermarle |
| Jefferson, Thomas | 1773 | Albermarle |
| Jennings, Daniel | circa 1749 | Fairfax |
| Jones, Robert | 1749 | Southampton |
| Kemper, Charles | 1800 | Fauquier |
| Kenny, James | 1752 | King George |
| Lee, Henry | 1750 | Culpeper |
| LeNeve, Jonathan | 1752, 1754 | Amelia, Prince Edward |
| Lewis, Thomas | 1744, circa 1775 | Augusta and Rockingham, Botetourt |
| Loury, Jonathan | 1743 | Elizabeth City and Warwick |
| Markham, John | 1756 | Henrico |
| Martin, William Peters | circa 1767 | King William |
| Mauzy, Jonathan | 1744 | Stafford |
| May, George | circa 1780 | (Jefferson County, Kentucky) |
| May, William | circa 1785 | (Jefferson County, Kentucky) |
| Monroe, Spence | 1743 | Westmoreland |
| Mumford, Thomas | circa 1764 | Amelia |
| Nedderton, Henry | 1716 | Westmoreland |
| Nimmo, Gershom | 1756 | Norfolk and Princess Anne |
| Parry, William | 1749, 1750, 1751, 1723 | Charles City and New Kent, James City and York, King and Queen, Middlesex |
| Pettit, William | circa 1772 | Louisa |
| Poage, John | circa 1790 | Augusta |
| Presson, Zorobabel | 1716 | Northampton |
| Preston, Robert | 1774 | Washington |
| Preston, William | 1769 | Botetourt |
| Price, Meredith | circa 1772 | Goochland |
| Read, Clement | 1754 | Lunenburg |
| Scarburgh, Edmund | circa 1755 | Accomack |
| Sclater, John | 1718 | York |
| Sclater, Richard | 1716 | York |
| Smith, John | 1708 | Gloucester |
| Smith, John | 1757 | Goochland |
| Stewart, Andrew | 1778 | Norfolk |
| Stith, Buckner | 1754 | Bedford |
| Stith, Drury | 1740 | Brunswick |
| Stith, Richard | circa 1770 | Bedford |
| Stone, Joshua | circa 1785 | Pittsylvania |
| Syme, John | 1717 | New Kent |
| Taylor, Edmund | circa 1765 | Mecklenburg |
| Taylor, James | circa 1785 | Caroline |
| Taylor, Zachery | 1751 | Orange |
| Thomly, Aaron | circa 1775 | King George |
| Thompson, James | 1781 | (Lincoln County, Kentucky) |
| Thompson, William | 1773 | Fincastle |
| Tomson, Thomas | 1707 | Westmoreland |
| Thornton, William | 1707 | Richmond |
| Throckmorton, Jonathan | 1753 | Gloucester |
| Tunstall, Richard, Jr. | circa 1765 | King and Queen |
| Tyler, Francis | 1754 | Hampshire |
| Vaiden, Joseph | circa 1786 | Charles City |
| Waller, George, Jr. | circa 1795 | Henry |
| Washington, George | 1782 | Culpeper |
| Watkins, Benjamin | 1752 | Prince George |
| Watkins, William | 1752 | Dinwiddie |
| Weeks, Benjamin | 1755 | Westmoreland |
| Wesson, John | circa 1774 | Surry |
| West, George | 1754 | Fairfax and Loudoun |
| West, John, Jr. | 1749 | Fairfax |
| Whitesides, Thomas | circa 1775 | Henrico |
| Wood, James | 1734, 1745 | Orange, Frederick |
| Woods, Robert | circa 1785 | (Ohio) |
| A Note About The Contents Of This Wiki |
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| The information available in this wiki is the best available from known documents and sources at the time it was written. Unfortunately, many of the early original records of William & Mary were destroyed by fires, military occupation, and the normal effects of time. Information in this wiki is not complete as new information continues to be uncovered in Swem Library's Special Collections Research Center and elsewhere. Researchers are strongly encouraged to use the Special Collections search tools for their research as the information contained in this wiki is by no means comprehensive. |
