On 29 July 1650 Wm. Yarrett & Francis Whittington received a land grant for 580 acres on the N. side of the Rappa. Riv. next above land of Robert Bird. The grant was for transporting 12 persons to the colonies, including Tho. Gwalpmey. (Cavaliers and Pioneers, Vol. 1, pages 191-192.)

On 14 May 1666, Thomas Gwaltney received a land grant for 200 acres of land in Surry Co, VA for the transportation of four persons to the Colonies. The property was along the east side of the main Blackwater swamp and bounded on the north by Major Sheppard's land.