ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, VA - DEEDS - Rowland Griffen Land Grant, 13 Jan 1661 --------------¤¤¤¤¤¤-------------- Give and grant unto Rowland Griffen seven hundred and fifty acres of land, lying in Isle of Wight County about one mile to the southward of Henry White's plantation at the Blackwater, beginning at a Poplar by a small Reedy Ground running North East 70 poles to a White Oak then East forty poles to a Pine then South East by East 40 poles to a Pine then South East 238 poles to a Pine then South 231 poles to a White Oak then South West 88 poles to a Red Oak near a Branch then North North West 242 poles towards a swamp then North East 302 poles, from there to a Forest Station, the said land being formerly granted to Christopher Lewis by patent dated the 26th day of July 1652, by the said Lewis assigned to Francis Sowerby, and by the said Sowerby assigned to the said Griffin to have and to hold. Given at James City, _______ ___, the seal of the Colony this 13th day of January 1661 and in the thirteen year of the Reign of our Sovereign King Charles ______. Acknowledged in Court by Rowland Griffen and Elizabeth his wife this 9th of April, 1663 Attest John Jennings Clk Crt Francis Moryson Tho. Ledwell Acknowledged in Open Court by George Bell and Hester his wife this 9th day of May 1663 Attest John Jennings Clk Crt ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Mike DeLoach michael@desloges.us ___________________________________________________________________