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George Washington acquired 7,276 acres of this land by a grant dated December 1, 1773, issued by John Murray, Earl of Dunmore, the last Royal Governor of Virginia. The tract was surveyed in July 1773 by William Crawford upon warrants issued to George Washington for 3,953 acres and George Muse for 3,323 for services in the French and Indian War. It bordered on the Great Kanawha for twelve miles and two hundred and twenty-seven poles.
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