Amelia-Prince George County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Deed.....Ellis Jr., John - George II, King May 29, 1760
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Written: May 29, 1760

John Ellis, Junr.
Amelia County, VA
400 Acres, Land Grant, 29 May 1760

George the Second &c. To all Know ye that for diverse good cause and 
consideration but more especially for and inconsideration of the sum of Forty 
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 & by these presents for us our Heirs and Successors do give grant 
and confim unto John Ellis Junior one certain Tract or Parcel of Land 
containing four hundred acres lying and being in the County of Amelia on the 
head Branches of Whetstone Creek in the fork of Nottoway and bounded as 
followeth. to wit, Beginning at Tabbs corner Hiccory at the head of a Branch 
thence along his lines South forty Degrees West ninety eight Poles to his 
corner Poplar on a Branch thence down the said Branch as it Meanders to the 
Mouth thereof thence along his Fathers lines West twenty five Degrees North One 
hundred and thirty nine Poles to his corner white oak thence North one hundred 
and twenty Poles to Bollings corner Red Oak, thence along Major Watter’s line 
East two Degrees Soujth sixty six Poles to his corner thence North twenty six 
Degrees East one hundred and fourteen Poles to his corner White Oakthence North 
nine Degrees West twenty Poles to a corner in his line thence East ten Degrees 
North ninety five Poles to Yarbrough’s line, thence along his line East thirty 
eight Degrees, South seventy six Poles to his corner, thence East forty two 
Degrees North sixty eight Poles to a corner, thence South East one hundred and 
twenty nine poles to a corner hickory thence South thirty Degrees West ninety 
six Poles to a faced Corner thence West seventy two Poles to a corner white Oak 
on a Branch, thence up the Branch as it Meanders to the Beginning.  With all 
&c. To have hold &c. To be held &c. Yielding and paying &c. Provided &c. In 
Witness &c.  Witness our Trusty and beloved Francise Faugquier Esquire our 
Lieutenant Governor &c. Commander in Chief of our said Colony and Dominion at 
Williamsburg under the seal of our said Colony the twenty ninth Day of May One 
thousand seven hundred and sixty In the thirty third year of our Reign. 

Examr.
Fran. Fauqier

VA Land Office Patents No. 33, 1756-1761, p.  810 , Reel  31-32       
Transcribed by Bob & Linda Ellis, Duluth, GA, 12 Jan 2007 


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