Isle of Wight County, VA - Deeds - Joseph & Polly HOLLADAY
                                   to William BATTIN
                                   August 7, 1809

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Isle of Wight County, VA  Deed Book 21, Page 73

This indenture made this 7th day of August in the year of our Lord One 
Thousand, Eight Hundred and Nine, and in the 34th year of the 
Commonwealth of Virginia between Joseph Holladay and Polly his wife, 
of the County of Isle of Wight and State of Virginia of the one part, 
and William Battin of the County and State aforesaid of the other part.  
Witnesseth that the said Joseph Holladay and Polly his wife for and in 
consideration of the sum of five hundred dollars to them in hand paid 
by the said William Battin before the ensealing and delivery of these 
presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, have bargained 
and sold unto the said William Battin his heirs and assigns, a certain 
tract or parcel of land containing by estimation two hundred and six 
acres to be the same more or less lying and being in the said County 
of Isle of Wight, adjoining Morrisons Spring, it being a part of the 
land formerly belonging to Thomas W. Gale, deceased, and Polly Holladay, 
the wife of the said Joseph Holladay and a daughter of the said Thomas 
W. Gale, became entitled thereto as her part by heirship, in a 
[devision] made; and bounded by the land of Jeremiah Westray, deceased, 
and the land of John Westray, deceased, now possessed by Benjamin 
Westray to Thomas's Swamp, thence running the said Swamp to the said 
land of Jeremiah Westray, deceased, aforesaid, together with all and 
singular the houses, orchards, tenements, hereditaments, and 
appurtenances whatsoever to the said land belonging
or in any wise appurtaining and also the reversion or reversions, 
remainder and remainders, rents and services of the said premises or 
any part thereof, and all the estate, right, title, interest, claim and 
demand whatsoever of the said Joseph Holladay and Polly his wife of in 
or to the same or any part thereof and all deeds evidences and writings 
touching or in anywise concerning the premises to have and to hold the 
said plantation, tract or parcel of land and premises with the 
appurtenances to the said William Battin his heirs and assigns forever, 
and the said Joseph Holladay and Polly his wife, for themselves, their 
heirs, executors, administrators doth covenant, promise and grant to and 
with the said William Battin, his heirs and assigns forever by these 
presents, that they the said Joseph Holladay and Polly his wife, shall 
and will from time to time and all times forever hereafter make do and 
execute or cause and procure to be made done and executed all such 
further and other act or acts thing or things, devises, conveyances, 
and assurances in the law, for the further or better conveying and 
assuring the premises unto the said William Battin, his heirs, and 
assigns, as by the said William Battin, his heirs [and assigns] or his 
or their council [learnes] in the law shall be reasonably advised and 
required, and also that the said Joseph Holladay and Polly his wife, 
the said plantation, tract or parcel of land and premises will warrant 
and defend unto the said William Battin, his heirs and assigns, against 
them the said Joseph Holladay and Polly his wife, their heirs 
[and assigns ] and against all and every person or persons whatever 
claiming or to claim the same by from or under them the said Joseph 
Holladay and Polly his wife or any of them.  In witness whereof we the 
said Joseph Holladay and Polly his wife hath hereunto set our hands 
and affixed our seals the year and date as first above written.

Joseph Holladay  (Seal)
Polly Holladay  (Seal)

Signed, sealed and acknowledged in the presence of

Received the 7th day of August, 1809, of the within named William 
Battin the sum of five hundred dollars being the consideration, sum 
and money within mentioned to be by him paid to 

Witnesseth

Joseph Holladay  (Seal)
Polly Holladay  (Seal)

At a Court held for Isle of Wight County the 7th day of August, 1809, 
the foregoing indenture and receipt was acknowledged by Joseph 
Holladay and Polly his wife, parties thereto, she the said Polly having 
been first privily examined as the law directs freely and voluntarily 
relinquishes her right to the land conveyed by the said indenture and 
ordered to be recorded.

Teste  Nath'l Young, Clerk

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