The Countryside Transformed:

Page one traces the title of the Wooddie property, page two traces the title change of the Tyler land. Both properties are located in Accomack County.

This 1793 plat shows the 250 acre tract of land known as Snead's Beach, on the north side of Cedar Island. It is copied from the surveyor's record.

This memo records the financial settlement between Duer and Thomas S. Richardson, assignee of A.J. Wood, from 1860 to 1865 amounting to $2,000.

This receipt records Georgie Quinby's purchase of several shares of the Benson Farm, a property near Bell Haven owned jointly by members of the LeCato family. Quinby purchased four shares for $110 each on January 1, 1883.

This receipt recorded Georgie Quinby's purchase of Thomas G. Pitts' share of the Benson Farm near Bell Haven, which he had held "in life-estate as tenant by the curtesy." Quinby paid Pitts $150.

This farm ledger records Upshur B. Quinby's transactions during 1896 and 1897 for 14 of his land holdings. Included in the ledger are the terms under which sharecroppers worked, tenants' names, purchase and sale prices of crops, and income and expenditure for each farm.

This deed describes the transfer of a 170 acre tract of land in Accomack County at Middlesex from Joseph C. Wescott to Upshur B. Quinby for $2,000.

This deed describes the sale of the Onancock Academy Property, including desks and other school related items, to Upshur B. Quinby and others in April 1894. Quinby et al. purchased the 1.5 acre property at auction for $2,949.

This deed, dated 13 August 1873, described U. B. Quinby and B.S. Rich's purchase of the Topping property on Cedar Island. Quinby and Rich agreed to pay $20 for the 65 acre tract.