Benjamin Say, the seller on the deed, was a "physick" or physician based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The purchaser on the deed, Richard Mason, was a merchant who came from the same city. No other information could be found.

Monongalia County, Virginia, where a portion of this deed's land was situated, was founded in 1776. Harrison County, where the 5,000 acres of land were mainly situated, was created from Monongalia County in 1784. It was named for Virginia governor Benjamin Harrison, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and father of future president William Henry Harrison. In 1787, the same year of the deed's creation, the first courthouse was built in Harrison County. During the American Civil War, Harrison and Monongalia counties joined West Virginia, which seceded from Virginia when it seceded from the Union in 1861. West Virginia was admitted to the Union in 1863.

External Sources:

Dilger, Dr. Robert J. "Harrison County History." Harrison County Economic Development. WVU Institute for Public Affairs. Web. 24 June 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100614213849/www.polsci.wvu.edu/wv/Harrison/harihistory.html, accessed May 5, 2023.

Dilger, Dr. Robert J. "Monongalia County History." Monongalia County Economic Development. WVU Institute for Public Affairs. Web. 23 June 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100616235035/http://www.polsci.wvu.edu/wv/Monongalia/monhistory.html, accessed May 5, 2023.