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This Indenture
made this 2d Day of August Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Seven Between Benj.a
Clemonts Jun.r and Mary his wife of the one part and William Evins of
the other part both of Pittsylvania County Witnesseth that the sd. Benj.
Clements Jun.r and Mary his wife for and in Consideration of the Sum
of one Hundred and forty pounds to them in Hand pay'd by the said Evans
the Receipt whereof they do Here with Acknowledge Hath Bargain'd Sold and
Confirm'd unto the sd. William Evans his Heirs and Assigns and by these
Presents do Give Grant and release unto the Said William Evans his Heirs
and Assigns for ever one Certain tract or parcel of Land lying in the County
of Pittsylvania Containing two Hundred and Twenty Nine Acres and bounded
as followeth, to wit, Begining at pointers in Benjamin
Clements the Elders line then South thirty Degrees West ninety three
poles a pine South Sixty eight poles to a pine South fifty five Degrees
West one Hundred and thirty Six poles a pine North Sixty Degrees West Sixty
Six poles to a pine North ten Degrees West two Hundred and twenty poles
a white Oak North forty seven Degrees East fifty four poles Crossing a branch
to pointers thence a new line mark strait for the Begining as by a
Deed made Benj. Clements the Elder
unto the sd. Benjamin Clement Jun.r
Referance being had thereto it may more fully appear together with all and
Singular the Priviledges and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any
wise appertaining to have and to hold the Said Land and all the appertain
thereto or in any wise Belonging unto the sd. William Evans to the only
Proper use and behoof of him the Said William Evans his Heirs or assigns
forever and the said Benj. Clement
and Mary his wife Doth Covenant and agree to and with the Said William Evins
his Heirs & c. that they the Said
Clements will warrant and forever Defend the aforesaid Land and Property
unto the Said Evins his heirs & c. against all Persons Claiming any
right title or Interest in or to the Said Land and Appertainances and from
all Incumbrances Whatsoever to this Day In Witness whereof they the Said
Benjamin Clement and Mary his
wife hath Set their Hands and affixed their Seals this Day and Year first
above Written
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Clement |
| Robt Bowmer Joshua Abston |
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| John Bobbitt Thos. L. Adams |
Mary
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Clement |
| Randolph Bobit |
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Memorandom that on the Day and year first within mentioned Quiet and Peaceable
Possession of the within mentioned Land and premises was given and made
by Benjamin Clement Jun.r and
Mary his wife to William Evans in the Presents of the Subscribing Witnesses
| Robin Bowmer John Bibbitt |
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Clement |
| Joshua Abston Thos. L. Adams |
her
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| Randolph Bobit |
Mary
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Clement |
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Received of William Evins one Hundred and forty pounds Currant Money being
the Consideration for the within Mentioned land and Premises witness my
hand this Second Day of August 1777
| Rob. Bowmer |
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| John Bittitt Joshua Abston |
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Benjamin Clement
L.S. |
| Thos. L. Adams Randolph Bobit |
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At a Court held for Pittsylvania County the 27th Day of March 1778
The within Indenture together with the Memorandum of Livery and Siezen and
Receipt hereon Indorsed was proved by the Oaths of two of the Witnesses
thereto to be the Several Ats and Deed of the within named Benjamin
Clement and Mary his wife and the Same is Ordered to be Certified and
afterwards, to wit, at a Court Held for the Said County the 19th Day of
December 1780 the Same was further proved by the Oath of the of the other
witnesses thereto to be the Several Acts and Deed of the Said Benjamin
Clement & Mary his wife all which was Ordered to be Recorded by
the Court
[Note: Pittsylvania County, VA, Deed Book 1, 1767-1770,
pages 182-184 records that Benjamin
CLEMENT Jr. had purchased the land he conveyed by this deed from Benjamin
CLEMENT Sr. and Susannah his
wife on 3 November 1768.] |