So a good start for this blog entry would be a review of the most excellent website "Stalcop Family History" by Larry Stallcup, which chronicles the beginnings of the Stalcop family starting in Delaware (the Wilmington area), and the migration of a large number of the family around 1767 to Orange County, North Carolina. The land is now in Alamance Co, NC after a few changes to Orange Co. Anyway - I was able to get a copy of a land survey/deed from 1781 to a Peter Stalkup. I'm checking with Larry Stallcup to be certain - but I don't think this is my gr-gr-gr-gr-grandfather Peter Stephen Stalcup, who did move from DE to NC, then to Washington Co, VA (in VA around 1782) - but it could be...we'll see. Anyway, thanks to the magic of Google Maps on the internet, I think I've located where that tract of land is located based on the deed survey - fun detective work! I have similar information - albeit only a word description - from land deeds for my Peter Stephen Stalcup in Washington Co, VA, and will blog about where I think I've narrowed that tract of land in VA. Another fun aspect of tracking all of this is looking at what the roads and routes were that folks took back then - so I included a couple of maps - looks like the Stalcop's traveled on the "Fall Line" road from DE to NC.
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I believe this land entry record is for Peter Stalcup's nephew, Peter Stalcup. Peter is the son of William Stalcup and Margarete Anderson. William and Margarete are still living in Orange County around the time your Peter is already in Washington County, VA. The two Peter's are only 6 years apart in age.
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