Powell Land, creeks and carnies...

I bought a book from Halifax County Virginia to try to locate the land Charles Powell owned in Halifax County in 1777.  From county land records we know that Charles Powell's land was on Licking Creek and adjoined his father-in-law's land along the south side of the Dan River. Anthony Gholson's land description was given as follows:

Lying on the south side of on the lower side of the Deep Bottom Creek…

Bound as follows: beginning at John Dickies upper corner Sugar tree on the said river, along his said line to William Wileys line,

Along the same to a large pine on the new road whereon the said Wiley and John Raney corners

Along the said Raney line to Joseph Talberts

Along the same line to Elizabeth Millers line

Along the same to Spring branch

Down the same as it meanders to Deep Bottom Creek

Down the same as it meanders to the river

Down said River as it meanders to the beginning

Being part of the track bequeathed to Jacob Miller by the late will and testament of Harman Miller

 Licking Creek, Deep Bottom Creek, and Spring Branch are not found on current Halifax County maps.  This book says that the current Locust Creek is likely Licking Creek and Chalmers Creek is like Big Bottom Creek.  I think Deep Bottom Creek and Big Bottom Creek are the same creek.  Anyway, here is about where I think Anthony and Charles land was in Halifax County in 1777.

This is the google map I 'enhanced'.

This is the original from the net showing Chalmers and Locust creeks without my drawings.  Chalmers  creek is west of Locust.

I could only identify the location of the William Wiley land on the maps in the map book, but several land descriptions mention Licking Creek and Big Bottom Creek.  See pages from  book below.

Topco map from the book of area where Gholson and Powell lands were located.  William Wiley owned land in the lower right hand corner of this map.  Anthony Gholson's land and Charles Powell's land both bordered on William Wiley's land.

Plat map from the book of the same area as the topco map above.  If you click to enlarge the maps, you can read the writing.