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This Indenture
made this eighteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven
hundred & Seventy seven Between Josiah Seay of Amelia County of the
one part & Isham Clement of
the said County of the Other part Witnesseth that the said Josiah Seay for
and In consideration of the sum of Two hundred & fifty pounds current
money of Virginia to him in hand paid by the sd. Isham
Clement the receipt whereof he doth hereby Acknowledge hath granted
bargained and Sold and by these presents doth grant bargain sell and Confirm
unto the said Isham Clement and
his heirs & assigns forever one certain Tract of land lying and being
in the Said County & Containing one hundred and ninety eight acres of
land and bounded by Thomas P. Overtons line thence to Walkers line thence
to John Hughes line thence to John Clements line and thence to the said
Isham Clements line Thence to
the beginning all and every part and parcel thereof with all houses, Orchards
Fences & all appurtenances premises above mentioned unto the said Isham
Clement his Heirs and assigns to the only proer use of the said Isham
Clement his heirs & assigns forever & the Said Josiah Seay for
himself and his heirs the said Tract
or parcel of Land & premises with appurtenances unto the Said Isham
Clement his heirs and assigns and the Said Josiah Seay for himself his
Heirs the said Land & premises against him & his heirs & all
persons from by or under him them or any of them to the Said Isham
Clement his heirs and assigns shall & will warrant and forever Defend
by these presents In witness whereof the said Josiah Seay hath hereunto
set his hand and seal the day and year above Written
Signed & Sealed & Delivered |
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Josiah Seay {LS} |
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Joshua Chaffin |
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Edwd. Goodh. Walpole |
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William Ware |
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Thos. Reynals |
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Memorandum that on the eighteenth day of July in the year one thousand seven
hundred & Seventy Seven full & peaceable Possession and Seizen of
the within mentioned Land & premises was given by the within Mentioned
Josiah Seay to the within named Isham
Clement According to the within written Deed
Joshua Chaffin |
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Josiah Seay {LS} |
Edwd. Goodh. Walpole |
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William Ware |
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Thos. Reynals |
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Received of Isham Clements the
Consideration Money in the Within Deed Mentioned by me
The Commonwealth of Virginia to Stephen Sampson & John Woodson Gent
greeting Whereas Josiah Seay and Prudence Seay his Wife by their certain
Indenture of Bargain & sale bearing Date the 11th day of July 1777 have
sold and Conveyd unto Isham Clement
the fee simple Estate of & in one hundred & ninety eight Acres of
land with the Appertenances lying in the Parish of Raleigh and County of
Amelia and whereas the said Prudence Seay cannot Conveniently travel to
the Court of our said County to make Acknowledgment of the Said Conveyance
Therefore we do give unto you or any two of you power to receive the Acknowledgment
which she shall be willing to make before you of the Conveyance Aforesaid
contained in the said Indenture which is hereunto Annexed and we do command
you that you do personally go to the said Prudence Seay and Examine her
Privately and apart from the Said Josiah Seay Her husband whether she doth
the same freely & voluntarily without his persuasions or Threats &
whether she be willing the Same should be recorded in our said County Court
of Amelia & When you have Received her Acknowledgement & Examined
her as aforesaid that you distinctly and plainly certify us thereof in our
said County Court under your Seals sending them there the sd. Indenture
& this Writ Witness T G Peachy Clerk of our Said County the 25th day
in the year or our Lord 1778
Amelia County Sct Pursuant to the within Commission we Stephen Sampson &
John Woodson therein named do hereby Certify that we this day did personally
go to Prudence Seay the Wife of the within Named Josiah Seay and Examined
her privily & apart from the said Josiah Seay whether she would acknowledge
the Indenture hereunto Annexed & whether whe was Willing the Same should
be recorded in the County Court of Amelia & she did before us Acknowledge
the said Indenture to be her Act & Deed and declared that she did the
Same freely and Voluntarily without threats Or Persuasions of her said Husband
and that she was willing the Same should be recorded in the Court of Amelia
given under Our hands & Seals this 25th day of May 1778
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Stephen Sampson |
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John Woodson |
[Note: This deed was also recorded in Amelia County,
VA, Deed Book 14, 1776-1778, pp. 289-291 without the relinquishment
of dower certification.
[Note: Amelia
County, VA, Deed Book 21, page 342 records that William
CLEMENT and Mary Clarke, his wife, and Sarah CLEMENT subsequently
sold the land purchased by Isham
CLEMENT in the deed above to Peyton COX on 23 Feb 1803.]
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