Franklin County, Virginia, Deeds:  Benjamin Cook & John Burwell and James
Patterson, 1802

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Franklin County, VA Deed Book 4 pages 307, 308
 
 
The CommonWealth of Virginia to Benjamin Cook and John Burwell Gentlemen Justice
of the Peace for the County of Franklin greetings.  Whereas James Patterson by
his Indenture of bargain and Sale bearing date the seventh day of July one
thousand eight hundred, hath sold and conveyed unto Isham Belcher the fee simple
estate of one - - hundred and sixty three and three quarters acres of Lane lying
and being in the said County of Franklin, and whereins Margaret M. Patterson,
the wife of the said James Patterson, cannot conveniently travel to our County
Court of Franklin to make acknowledgment of the said conveyance.  Therefore, we
give unto you, or any two or more of you, power to receive the acknowledgment
which the said Margaret shall be willing to make before you of the Conveyance
aforesaid, contained in the said - - Indenture, which is hereunto annexed; and
we do marioner require you that you do personally go to the said Margaret and
examine her privity and apart from the said James her Husband whether she doth
the same freely and voluntarily without the persuasions or threats of the said
James and whether she be willing the the same should be recorded in our said
County Court; and when you have received her ----acknowledgment and examined her
as aforesaid that you distinctly Splainlye (?) certify us thereof in our said
County Court returning also the said Indenture and this writ:  Witnefs James
Callaway Clerk of our said Court the second day of February 1802 in the 26th
year of the CommonWealth.
                                                               
                                                                      James
Callaway
 
Franklin County ______
 
  In Obedience to the within Commifsion to us directed, we did to to Margaret
the wife of the within named James Patterson, and examined her prively and apart
from the said James her Husband whether she doth relinquish her right of dower
in the within mentioned one hundred and Sixty three and three quarters acres of
Land sold by her said Husband to Isham Belcher, which she declars she doth
freely and voluntarily without the threats or persuasians of her said Husband
and is willing that that the Indenture mentioned in the said Commifsion with
this acknowledgment should be recorded in the County Court of Franklin.  Given
under our hands and Seals this 14th Day of February 1802 in the 26th year of the
CommonWealth.
 
                                                         Benjamin Cook          
Seal
                                                         J. L:. Burwell         
Seal
 
At a Court held for Franklin County at the Courthouse the 5th day of April 1802.
This Commifsion annexed to an Indenture of bargain and Sale between James
Patterson of the one part, and Isham Belcher of the other part for taking the
acknowledgment and privy examination of Margaret Patterson, wife of the said
James and the Certificate of the execution hereof being returned into Court, are
ordered to be recorded.
 
                                                            Teste    James
Callaway