Huntley: A Mason Family Country HouseWrenn, Tony P.
History
Huntley: A Mason Family Country House
Wrenn, Tony P.
Huntley (Va.)
1820--November 21, Will Book M, No. 1, p. 130: _Will of_ THOMSON
MASON OF HOLLIN HALL, dated April 15 1797. The land on which
Huntley is located had come to Thomson by the will of his Father,
George Mason of Gunston Hall.
1792--August 23, Will Book F, pp. 104-105: Will of George Mason of
Gunston Hall granting lands to his son, Thomson Mason, which were
part of the Ball patent on both sides of the North Branch of Little
Hunting Creek.
1772--June 18, Deed Book K-1, p. 54: Sampson Darrell to George
Mason the lower part of a tract granted to John Ball by the
proprietors of the Northern Neck of Virginia in September, 1695;
willed to his son George Ball August 14, 1722; sold to John
Carlyle, March 17, 1742/43; sold to Sampson Darrell August 16,
1748.
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