23. Rid to see Mr. Peake, from thence to Muddy hole & Doeg Run to the Mill & then home by the fishg. Landing. Mr. Adam dined and lodgd here. Captn. Posey also lodgd here.
Although the strip of land on which Posey’s house and ferry were located was still involved in the court suit of John West, Jr., GW today agreed to rent it from Posey for £10 a year (John Posey to GW, 25 May 1771, DLC:GW).
, folio 256). Posey apparently moved to Queenstown on the Eastern Shore of Maryland some time during the next year (