Land Deed for WILLIAM PREAST  

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Land Office Patents and Grants
Land Deed for WILLIAM PREAST  
8 August 1787

(William Preast - 500 Acres - Bedford County)

Beverley Randolph Esquire Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth 
of Virginia to all to whom these presents shall come greeting, 
know ye that in consideration of the (?anecent) composition of two 
pounds ten shillings sterling paid by William Preast into the 
Treasury of this Commonwealth.  There is granted by the said 
Commonwealth unto the said William Preast asignee of William 
Callaway a certain tract or parcel of Land containing five hundred 
acres by survey bearing date the ninth day of March one thousand 
Seven hundred and Seventy three lying & being in the county of 
Bedford on both sides of Bore Auger Creek, a south branch of Goose 
Creek and bounded as follows: Beginning at a small hickory on 
Waltons & Bufords line thence, along Bufords line; South ten 
degrees, East eighty six poles to a Spanish oak, south twenty five 
degrees, west twenty poles to a spanish oak, south fifteen 
degrees, east forty six poles to a white oak, south fifty six 
degrees west thirty poles to a hickory thence, new lines south 
fifteen degrees, west sixty six poles, to a spanish oak, south
sixty six degrees, east one hundred & forty four poles, to a red 
oak, south thirty degrees east one hundred and twenty poles to a 
small white oak, north swventy right degrees, east seventy four 
poles to pointers on Steths line and along his line north one 
hundred and eighty six poles, to a white oak off south, fifty two 
degrees, west fourty poles, to Talbots corner white oak, on 
(?hun?his) north twenty five degrees, west one hundred and four 
poles, to pointers, east seventy four poles to a Red oak, north 
seven degrees, east two hundred & sixteen poles, crossing the 
creek to (?apin?) south eighty nine degrees west one hundred and 
fifty two poles to pointers in Waltons line, thence along his 
lives south forty four degrees east thirty four poles to a pine, 
south fifteen degrees, west one hundred and forty poles to 
(?back?) south eighty six degrees, west fifty four to a red oak, 
north forty four degrees west fifty four poles to the beginning.  
With its appurtenances to have and to hold the said Tract or 
parcel of land, with its appurtenances to the said William Preast, 
& his heirs forever in virtue from here of the said Beverley 
Randolph Esquire Lieutenant Governor of the commonwealth of 
Virginia both here unto set his hand and caused the seal of the 
said common-wealth to be affixed at Richmond on the eighth day of 
August the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty 
seven to the commonwealth the twelth (?).

                           B. RANDOLPH  

Preast, William            8 Augt. 1787
Bedford County
500a.  On both sides of Bore Auger Creek
a south branch of Goose Creek
Grants 10, 1787, p. 622