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George the third
& c. To all & c. Know ye that for divers good Causes and Considerations
but more especially for and in Consideration of the sum of Thirty Shillings
of good and Lawful Money for our use paid to our Receiver General of our
Revenues in this our Colony and Dominion of Virginia We have given granted
and Confirmed and by these Presents for us our heirs and successors give
grant and Confirm unto Joshua Absten one Certain tract or parcel of Land
containing two hundred and sixty acres Lying and being in the County of
Pittsylvania on the waters of Sycamore Creek and bounded as follows, to
wit, Beginning at the said Abstens Corner pine thence on his Line South
eighty degrees East thirty eight Poles to Pointers thence new Lines South
fifty four degrees West seventy four poles to a pine South sixty three degrees
West one hundred and eighty eight poles crossing two Branches to a hickory
North eighteen degrees West sixty Poles to Pointers North forty four degrees
West forty six poles to a post oak North forty three degrees East three
hundred and four poles to Pointers in Hollands Line thence on his Lines
South twenty seven degrees East twelve poles to a pine North eighty seven
degrees East twenty six Poles to a pine in the said Abstens Line and thence
on the same South one hundred and sixty four Poles to the Beginning Wtih
all & c. To have hold & c. To be held & c. Yielding and paying
& c. Provided & c. In Witness & c. Witness our trusty and well
beloved John Earl of Dunmore our Lieutenant and Governor General of our
said Colony and Dominion at Williamsburg under the seal of our said Colony
the first day of May one thousand seven hundred and seventy five In the
fifteenth year of our Reign
[Note: Pittsylvania County, VA,
Deed Book 6, 1780-1783, pp. 79-80 records that Joshua ABSTON subsequently
sold the land he acquired by the above patent to William EVANS on 6 Dec
1780.]
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