Approx 20 Miles 

Approx 20 Miles

Approx 10 Miles 

Approx  1 Mile 

Amherst - Nelson approximate border between today

Amherst, City of today

Amherst area - First Trading Post 37.561035 - 79.367371  

Appomattox

King William Parish Huguenot Springs - formed 1700 - approximate location

Lexington Parish St Marks Episcopal Church, Est. 1747

Lexington Parish St. Luke's Church, Pedlar Mills

Lynchburg

Pedlar Mills,  Red Hill Farm

Rockfish Church 

Scottsville, VA, County seat Albemarle pre 1762

St. Anne's Parish est circa 1704 - William Witt will 1754 VCGFH pg 134

Tillotson Parish 1758 - Old Buckingham Church - Isaac Chastain living March 1759

1717 Charles Chastain, appear  to be Charles Christian

1724 Chastain, Peter, Capt. grantee.  Land grant 9 July 1724.

1730 Chastain, Stephen -Dutoys Creek 28 Sep 1730 Grant

18 Jul 1738 Poss Jean Chastain purchase

Jean Chastain

1740 Pierre Chastain Jr 400 a Patent & 1756 Peter Chastain 396 acres on the branches of Hunts Creek.

1744 - Witt, Benjamin - Land Grant 

1748 James Sharstead - witness

1749 Eliz. & Jas Sharsted witness

15 Dec 1749 - Rene b 1713 patent 400 A 

1750/1 James Shasteen Sr b est pre 1727

1750/1 James Shasteen Sr b est pre 1727 Deedmapper Location 

1753 James Shasted adjacent

1753 Cabell 2700 acs area = abt 4.5 sq miles

1760 - John Chastain Jr, Jane Chastain

01 Aug 1772 Peter b 1707 purchase 69 acres - 1775 land sale - 

18 Nov 1773 Walton to James Chasteen - 15 Feb 1778 JC to Ann Witt and 1762, 1764 George Walton Transactions

24 Mar 1777 - Bedford - John Chastain Jr b 1721 (son of John, son of Pierre)

1780 Witt, Benjamin - Land Grant

1789 Jesse Shasteen 50 A sale

1785 - William Chastain b abt 1744 son of Pierre Jr. approximate area

18 Sep 1779 - James Shasteen to Lettice Brown

1812 James Shasteen Ohio line - land sales 100+130 - Acq'd 100 ac 1799 purchase and 60 in 1789 land partitions

William Witt 1675-1754 Homestead from 1738, then John 1710-1782

Ballenger  now Mobley Mountain

Bear Mountain

Butler Mountain

Cedar Mountain

Gap of Smith Mountain

Jones Mountain

Jones Mountain

Peaks of Otter

Pedlar Gap - Pedlar Mountain

Tobacco Row Mountains

Tobacco Row Mtns

Huff Creek Add'l

Huff Creek

Otter Creek Mouth

Otter Creek Source

Little Otter Mouth

Little Otter Source

Pedlar Mills, River

Buffalo River

Forks of Buffalo

Buff Riv Source

Buff Riv Mouth

Buff River North

Buff Riv Nor Fork Source

Buff River South

Buff Riv So Fork Source

Davis Mill Creek

Davis Mill Creek Mouth 

Davis Mill Creek Source

Huff Creek

Fluvanna Ruritan Dam

Joshua Creek

Joshua Creek Source

Joshua Creek Mouth 

Buffalo Creek

Buffalo Creek Source

Buffalo Creek Mouth

Green Creek - Albemarle

Green  Creek Mouth  - Albemarle

Green  Creek Source  - Albemarle

Hunts Creek

Hunt's Creek Mouth

Hunt's Creek Source

Split, James River SW (was Fluvanna River until 1781?) NW  Rivanna River

Green Creek Mouth - Buck

Green Creek Source - Buck

Green Creek - Buckingham

Green Creek 2 Mouth - Buckingham

Green Creek 2 Source - Buckingham

Green Creek 2

Little Otter Creek

Otter Creek

Head of Otter Creek tracing

Puppy Creek Source

Puppy Creek Mouth

Puppy Creek

Slate River Mouth

Slate River Source

Slate River

Manakin Episcopal Church - http://manakin.org/

Monacan Town

Monacan Town Present Day?

Manakin Farms Present Day

Manacan Cemetery, not Pierres grave

Pierre's Grave

Little Willis River Mouth

Little Willis River Source

Little Willis River

Bear Creek Mouth

Bear Creek Source

Bear Creek

Rockfish River Mouth 

Rockfish River Source 

Rockfish River

Davis (Devils) Creek Mouth

Devils Creek Source 

Devils Creek

Davis Creek Source

Davis Creek Mouth

Davis Creek North Prong/Davis Creek Branches

Davis Creek

Little Otter River Mouth - goes into Big Otter River

Little Otter River Source

Little Otter River

North Otter Creek Mouth goes into Big Otter River

North Otter Creek Source

North Otter Creek

Big Otter River Campbell Co Source

Big Otter River Campbell Co Mouth

Big Otter River Campbell Co 

Pedlar River

Pedlar River Mouth

Pedlar River Approx Source

Beaver Creek Mouth

Beaver Creek Source

Beaver Creek

Rivanna River

Rivanna River Source

Rivanna River Mouth

Rocky Mount, Franklin Co County Seat

Approx 10 miles

Franklin Co Otter Creek Mouth

Franklin Co Otter Creek Source

Franklin Co Otter Creek

Falling Creek - Mouth 

Falling Creek -  Source

Falling Creek

Island Creek - Mouth 

Island Creek - Source

Island Creek

Jones Creek, Nelson Co Mouth

Jones Creek - Nelson Co, Mouth

Jones Creek, present day Nelson Co

Michaux Bridge  

Michaux - Present day city?

Mohawk Creek -   Mouth 

Mohawk Creek - Source

Mohawk Creek

Bernard's Creek - Mouth 

Bernard's Creek - Source — Now in Powhatan Co

Bernards Creek

Jones Creek - Mouth

Jones Creek Source

Jones Creek

Dutoy Creek Mouth

Dutoy Creek Mouth

Dutoy Creek

Pre. Dutoit,' Peter namesake of Dutoy River, now creek

Staunton River

Staunton River

Roanoke River

Pigg River

Pigg River Source - Franklin

Pig River Mouth

Pigg River Church 

Pigg River Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery

Buck Branch Mouth

Buck Branch Source - Fluvanna

Buck Branch - Fluvanna River now Rivanna River

Buck Branch 1 - Mouth Amherst

Buck Branch 2 - Mouth Amherst

Harvey's Tavern - circa 1830 - Pierre Jr Cockfighting! (Maybe)

Willis River - Mouth

Willis River - Source

Willis River

Ballinger Creek - Mouth

Ballinger Creek - Source

Ballinger Creek

Jones Fall Run - Mouth

Jones Fall Run - Source

Jones Run - Mouth

Jones Run - Source

Lee Jones Creek - Mouth

Lee Jones Creek - Source

Jones Pond

Fluvanna Co present day approx. formed 1777 from Albemarle

Nelson Co present day approx

Elk Creek Mouth

Elk Creek Source

Elk Creek

Elk Creek

Elk Creek Source

Elk Creek

1621 Coltons Mill Rd Bedford, Va 24523 - Present Day Norwood Burks?

Henry Brown Cemetery per FAG - See Lettice Brown deed to James Chasteen

Lick Run #1 Mouth

Lick Run #2 Mouth

New Canton VA

Norwood VA

Warminster, VA

Wingina VA

Rock, Mercer Co, WV in 1811 was Giles, due west of Bedford approx 129 miles by road today - maybe birth place of Eleanor Ryan m James Shasteen 1829, but probably not as first settlement seems to be circa 1853

High Bridge Presbyterian Church

Yellowbud

Gallipolis, Gallia County

Migration path to Ohio - Best Guess

Alan Bias lives in Lewisburg, West Virginia on the Kanawha Trail

Point Pleasant WV

Charleston WV On the Kanawha Turnpike

Buena Vista VA

Charlottesville VA, Albemarle Courthouse post 1762

Cumberland Courthouse 1748

Williamsburg VA

Jamestown VA

Hardware River South Fork Source

Hardware River South Fork Mouth 

Hardware River South Fork

10 March 1756 Bishop, William land grant

Thomas & Archibald Casky 1810

Rane Chastine Home 1730

Buckingham Court House

Beaverdam Creek Mouth

Monticello (Jefferson)

Columbia VA

22 Sept 1749 Albemarle Deed witness Nathaniel Chastain

Christopher Chastain  1715 NC

Partridge Creek Source

Salley'g Gap near Glasgow, VA

Red Hill Church & Cemetery

Red Hill Mansion

Richard Ellis 1806 grant 50 A

Richard Ellis 1808 20 A grant

Gatewood, Ambrose 1791 400 A grant

Wade, Jno 1743 grant 300 A Goochland

Nowlin, Jas 1780 grant 279 A

37.536 -79.351

Bias, Jas 1771 230 A grant

Davis Wm 100 a Otter Ck on Fluvanna Run 1809 land grant/patent

Bias, Larkin 1804 22 A grant

Lane, Jos 1770 land grant 90 A banks of Otter

Gatewood Ambrose 1773 318 A grant

Chastain, Peter 1740 grant 400 A 

Chastain Peter 1756 grant 400 A

Witt, Benjamin 1744 land grant

Toney, Bishop 1749 grant 150 A

Toney, Bishop 1749 grant 99 A

Lane, Tho land grants, no gps, just N s Tye River for estimated location