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George the Second & c. To all & c. Know ye that for divers good
causes & considerations but more especially for & in Consideration
of the sum of Forty Shillings of good 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 & confirmed & by these Presents
for us our Heirs & Successors Do Give Grant & confirm unto Benjamin
Clement one certain tract or parcel of Land containing Five hundred
& Twenty nine Acres lying & being in the county of Lunenburgh
on the South side of Stanton River and on both sides Sycamore Creek and
bounded as followeth, to wit, Beginning at a Hiccory on the River and
running thence on the lines of the old patent South eighteen degrees West
thirty eight poles to a pine South seventy one degrees West forty poles
to a pine South twenty degrees West thirty eight poles to a white oak
thence new lines South thirty degrees West crossing a branch one hundred
& sixty poles to a pine South sixty eight poles to a pine South fifty
five degrees West one hundred & thirty six poles to a pine North sixty
degrees West sixty six poles to a pine North ten degrees West two hundred
& twenty poles to a white oak North forty seven degrees East two hundred
& twenty six poles to a Spanish oak on the South side Sycamore creek
thence up the creek as it meanders to an Ash on the North side the creek
thence on the lines of the said Patent North one degree West eighty poles
to a white oak & North
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thereof being formerly granted unto the said Benjamin
Clement by our Letters Patent bearing date the
twentieth day of August one thousand Seven hundred forty one and four
hundred Acres the Residue never before granted With all & c. To have
hold & c To be held & c. Yielding and Paying & c. Provided &
c. In Witness & c. Witness our trusty and welbeloved Robert Dinwiddie
Esquire our Lieutenant Governor and Commander in chief of our said Colony
and Dominion at Williamsburgh Under the Seal of our said Colony the tenth
day of September one thousand seven hundred and fifty five in the twenty
ninth Year of our Reign
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Robt. Dinwiddie |
| June 24. 1756. |
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| John Blair |
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