Benjamin McDonald - 1789 Land Grant - Frederick County, Virginia *********************************************************** Submitted by: Clara Lawver Date: January 2008 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************** Please note, transcription is wide because line breaks are same as original document. Images of the original document available at the archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/frederick/land/227orig.jpg http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/frederick/land/228orig.jpg 227 Benjn. McDonalds Beverly Randolph Esquire Governor of the Commonwealth of Virgi- 318 3/4 Acres =nia to all to whom these Presents shall come Greeting Know ye that by Virtue Frederick County of a Warrant Issued from the late Lord Proprietors Office of the Northern Neck and inconsideration of the ancient composition of one pound fifteen Shillings Exd. Sterling Paid by Benjamin McDonald into the Treasury of the Commonwealth there is Granted by the said Commonwealth unto the said Benjamin McDonald Assignee of John Mason, a certain tract of Parcel of Land containing Three hundred and eighteen & three quarter Acres by Survey bearing date the twelfth day of April one Thousand Seven hundred and eighty eight, lying and being in the County of Frederick, adjoining lands of Joseph Lupton and Rice near Isaac's Creek and timber ridge and bounded as followeth, To wit, Beginning at a white oak a corner to the Lands of John Rout and running thence with him North thirty nine and a half degrees, West fifty one poles, to a white oak and pine, Corner to Robert McKee's Land, thence running with McKee's line South thirty eight degrees, West Three hundred, and Seventy seven poles, to two white oaks, on the west Side of a hill, his and John Nutts Corner (formerly Luptons,) Thence with Nutts, South fifty one degrees, west three hundred and ninety seven poles, to two Spanish oaks and White Oak, at the foot of a hill on the East Side of Isaac's Creek, Thence South fifty two degrees, West forty two poles, to two pines William Hauses Corner, on the point of a hill, thence running with House South Sixty seven degrees, East one hundred and Eighty four poles to a white Oak Corner to Thomas Reeces Junr. Thence with his line North Sixteen degrees, East Seventy one poles, to a Chesnut Oak on the west side of a hill Corner to said Reece and in or near the Line of John Rout Thence North with Rout Eighty one and three quarter degrees, West twenty five poles to a Young Marked Chesnut, Corner to said John Rout, thence Continuing with Rout North forty four and a half degrees, East two hundred and Eighty nine Poles to three chesnut oaks, Corner 228 to John Rout and Other Lands of Said McDonald, Thence with McDo- nald, North forty two and three quarters degrees East one hundred and fifty three poles, to two Chesnut Oaks, his and Routs, Corner, thence with Rout North thirty nine and a half degrees, West Eight poles to two maples and a white Oak, in a Valley Near a Drain, Thence north thirty four degrees, East two hundred and fifty-two 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 Benjamin McDonald and his Heirs forever. In witness whereof the Said Beverly Randolph Esquire Governor Of the Commonwealth of Virginia hath hereunto Set his hand and Caused the lesser Seal of the Said Commonwealth to be affixed at Richmond on the first day of September in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred and Eighty nine and the Commonwealth the fourteenth ~ Beverley Randolph