Deeds: James Christian - 1724
Henrico County, Virginia

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Mark Baze
Email: nandixon@yahoo.com
March 2008
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Written: 1724

JAMES CHRISTIAN - 400 ACRES - HENRICO CO., VA - 1724
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[Written in the margin:]
James Christian
400
New Land
fform in the 1st page
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George ["King George I"] etc. To all etc. Know ye That for diverse good Causes 
and Considerations but more Especially for and in Consideration of the 
Importation of Seven persons to dwell within this our Colony and Dominion of 
Virginia whose Names are George Lawson, John Nicholson, John Strong, William 
Smith, Roger Roberts, John Meclary [John McClary] and Cornelius Bryan As also 
for and in Consideration of the Sum of ffive Shillings of good and lawful money 
for our use paid to Our Receiver General of our Revenues in this our said 
Colony and Dominion We have given granted and confirmed And by these presents 
for us our Heirs & Successors Do give grant and confirm unto James Christian 
one certain Tract or parcel of Land containing ffour hundred acres lying and 
being on the North Side of James River in the County of Henrico and bounded as 
followeth (towitt) Beginning at Two Corner Black Oaks parting Edward Bays and 
Mr. Tarlton Woodson Thence North Thirty ffive Degrees East Two hundred and 
fforty poles to a Corner black Oak Thence West Twenty Degrees North Two hundred 
and Seventy ffour poles to a Corner Spanish Oaks Standing on the West side 
Little Creek Thence South Thirty ffive Degrees West Two hundred and Thirty 
Eight poles to a Corner white Oak Thence East Twenty Degrees South Two hundred 
Seventy ffour poles to the place began at.  With all etc. To have hold etc. To 
be held etc. Yielding and paying etc. Provided etc. In Witness etc. Witness our 
Trusty and Well beloved Hugh Drysdale Esq. our Leut. Governor etc. at 
Williamsburgh under the Seal of our Said Colony the Ninth day of July One 
Thousand and Seven Hundred and Twenty ffour in the Tenth Year of Our Reign.
Hugh Drysdale
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Transcribed by Mark E. Baze from:
Virginia Land Office Patents
No. 12, 1724-1726
pp. 22-23 (Reel 11)
For search purposes:  Living nearby to Edward Bays (Edward Baze) were also 
Peter Bays (Peter Baze), who received a Henrico County land grant in 1723 for 
land adjacent Thomas Christian, and Richard Bays (Richard Baze), who lived on 
the land (plantation) of Joseph Pleasants per Joseph's 1725 Henrico Co. will.

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