 By 1778 , Isaac Parsons ( 1752 – 96 ) was in ownership of Lot Number 17 . The parcel was later resurveyed for David Hunter by surveyor John Mitchel on April 17 , 1788 . Lot Number 17 was bound to the west by the Yellow Banks and the South Branch Potomac River below , to the north by Lot Number 20 , and to the south by Lot Number 16 . Most of the western area of the present @-@ day corporate boundaries of Romney were located within Lot Number 17 . Lot Number 17 's eastern boundary stretched between the present @-@ day Savilla @-@ Vale and Wirgman Hill neighborhoods of Romney . The location of Valley was not included in surveyor John Mitchel 's plan for Romney dated June 30 , 1790 , and the forested lands of Depot Valley remained undeveloped into the 19th century . 
