17. Looking over & running some Lines of Mercers Bullrun Tract. Returnd & lodgd at Wests again.
In checking some boundaries of the Mercer land that he would be responsible for selling in the fall, GW found that a mill had been built by a local settler inside a supposed Mercer line. GW sided with the mill owner (GW to James Mercer, 28 Mar. 1774, NNgWHM).