Henrico County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Deed.....May, William - Drysdale, Hugh August 17, 1725
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Written: August 17, 1725

Hugh Drysdale to William May
Patent Book No. 12 page 313

George et To All et Know ye That for diverse good causes and
Considerations but more especially for and in consideration of the Sum of ~
fforty shillings of good and lawful money for our use paid to our reciever
General of Our Revenues in this our Colony and Dominion of Virginia ~
We have given granted and Confirmed And by these presents for us Our
Heirs and Successors do give and grant and Confirm unto William May One
Certain Tract or parcel of Land containing ffour Hundred Acres lying and
being in the county of Henrico and bounded as followeth (to wit) and
Begining at a Corner. Tree Standing on the East side of Beaver Dam
Creek Thence East Ten Degrees and South Twenty Three poles to a corner Black
Oak of Mr Richard Cocke. Thence on his lines South One Hundred and
Twenty Six poles to a Corner Black Oak Thence South South West One
Hundred and Thirty ffive poles to a Corner Oak Thence South South East
Two Hundred and Twenty poles to a Corner White Oak Thence South
South West ffifty Two poles to a corner pine Thence South Twenty ffour
poles to a corner pine of the said Cocke parting the said Cocke,Woodson
and Company Thence on their lines North West One hundred and Sixty
three poles to a corner Oak Thence West thirty three Degrees North
Two hundred and eighty poles to a Corner Hickory and Black Oak
Thence North Twenty ffour Degrees West Three hundred and Sixty Six
poles to a corner Black Oak parting the Said Woodson and Company
and Edward Bays Thence on Bays line East Thirty One Degrees ~
South One hundred and Eighty two poles to two corner Oaks
of Mr Addams Thence on Mr Addams lines South Eight Degrees ~
West One hundred and Seventy poles to a corner white Oak and two
Black Oaks Thence East Thirty Degrees South one hundred and Sixty
one poles to two Birches and one spanish Oak of the said Addams
standing on the North side of Beaver Dam Creek Thence up the Said
Creek according to the meanders Three hundred and eighty ffour poles
to the place began at With all et to have hold and to beheld
yeilding paying and provided in witness and witness our Trusty and Wellbeloved
Hugh Drydale Esqr Our Lord Govenor at Williamsburgh and or the seal of
our said Colony The Seventeenth Day of August One Thousand Seven
hundred and Twenty ffive in the Twelfth Year of our Reign
                                                     Hugh Drysdale





Additional Comments:
The land of Edward Bays is mentioned in this Deed

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