ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, VA - DEEDS - Jethro BUTLER to Eldridge RHAFORD 
				   [RAYFORD, RAIFORD]
                                   Deed of Gift, 17 Oct 1846
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[p.] 467 [...] 

Know all men by these presents 
that I Jethro BUTLER of the County of Isle of Wight And State of Virginia, 
for and In Consideration of the Natural [erasure] love and good Will and 
affection which I have and bear for and towards my Son in law Eldridge RHAFORD 
living in the County of Isle of Wight And state of Virginia, 
have given and granted and by these presents doth give and grant unto my 
aforesaid Son in law his heirs and assigns forever the following property Viz. 
A Certain piece or parcel of land Situate lying And being in the County of 
Isle of wight And state aforesaid, 
lying on the South side of the Portsmouth and roanoke Rail road, 
Containing by estimation five Acres More or less, And bounded as follows, 
Commencing at a Sweet Gum standing in the run of a Small branch 
a corner tree On John R. CARSON and Benjamin ELEY, 
thence up Said branch a North course to a black gum, 
a side line on John R. CARSON 
thence an east Course a line of marked trees to a pine, 
a line of Eldridge RHAFORD formerly the BAKER land, 
thence Along Said RHAFORDs line a South Course to a Red oak 
a corner On Uriah RAWLS & Benjamin ELEY, 
thence along said ELEYs line, a west course to the first Station, 
to have and to hold the aforesaid given and granted real and personal estate 
unto my aforesaid Son in law 
free from the claim or Claims of the      Jethro BUTLER [sic] 
And all persons Claiming by through or under Me will warrant and forever 
defend 
In witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal 
this 17th day of october 
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[p.] 468 

Eighteen hundred and ["fifty" struck through] forty Six. 
Signed Sealed and delivered in the presence 
of us              }                                     his 
Alfred R. BUTLER   }                              Jethro  X  BUTLER  ¤Seal¤ 
George W. COUNCILL }                                     mark 
John R. CARSON     }

In the clerks office of Isle of wight County Court  October 20.th 1846, 
this deed was received And proved by Alfred R. BUTLER and George W. COUNCILL 
and continued. 
and on the 5.th of September 1853, the Same was fully proved by John R. CARSON 
And ordered to be recorded 
                                        Teste 
                                                  N.P. YOUNG  cc 


Isle of Wight Co., VA, Deed Book 38 (1850-1854), pp. 467-68 
The Library of Virginia, Isle of Wight Co. Microfilm Reel 19 
abstracted by Matt HARRIS [surname capitalization, line breaks & brackets mine]

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