ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, VA - DEEDS - John HARRIS & Thomas HARRIS, bros. 26 Mar 1711 Deed of Covenant ----¤¤¤---- [p.] (181) [...Deed, Richard (RP) PUGH to John GILL, rec. 26 Mar 1711; wits: A.r SMITH, John HOLE, John (I) SURBY....] [margin note] HARRIS Deed to Each other This Indenture of Covenant made Concluded & agreed by & between Jn.o HARRIS of the Upper Parish of Isle of Wight County of the one part & Thomas HARRIS of the Said parish & County of the other part Witnesseth That for & in Consideraç'on y.e the afores.d Jn.o & Thomas at this time stand Seiz'd & possessed of & in one certaine parcell or tract of land cont:ne three hund:d & Sixty five acres as by patent dated the 2d: of Aprill 1685 granted under the hand of the Lord Howard EFFINGHAM may appear Scituate in the head of Sewards Creek in the parish [page break] [p.] (182) Parish afores.d And forasmuch as the said Jn.o & Thomas not only willing to Maintaine & preserve that brotherly love betwixt them, that now is on their owne behalf but Ever hereafter to themselves and posterity & to prevent all law Suites troubles and Imcumbrances between them & their heirs according to the Devise & desire of their Said father as by his Will Expressed [10 Jun 1672, Isle of Wight Co. Record of Wills, Deeds, Etc., Vol. 2, p. 111] two hund.d & fifty acres of the P'cel of land formerly belonging to their Said father the other one hund:d & fifteen Twice Surveyd & taken up by the Said Jn.o & Thomas & afterwards Joyned & included in y.e aboves.d patent according to its bounds, do acknowledge y.t [that] they the Said Jn.o & Thomas have made a deviding line of & in the s.d land w.ch s.d Devision according to the bounds hereafter Specified & Set downe in this Indenture shall be a Mutuall Established line and be taken to be their bounds in the Division of the above patent of land to them and their heirs for Ever That is to Say begining at a m'ked pohiccory standing near the Outside line & so along aline of marked trees to Some low ground and thrô the low ground along aline of m'ked trees to a branch Called the dry bridge branch & so along the Same lime of trees downe the Valley to the head of a Spring then along the water Courses to the Creek the land on the North Side the Said line to be and remaine to the Said Jn.o HARRIS & his heires for Ever And y.e land on the South Side the Said line to be & remaine to y.e Said Thomas & his heires for Ever w.th this Exception that the Rents accruing & becomeing due from Thomas DAVIS & his wife who now lives o part of the land on the South Side the line the one half the s.d rent to be and Enure to the proper use & behoof of the said John & his heires and after the Said Davise's decease to be & remaine w.th the whole land & appurtena's on the South Side y.e Said lines to the Said Thomas to him & his heires &c In Witness of the aboves.d Articles the above Said Jn.o & Thomas HARRIS do Interchangeably set their hands & Seales Dated this 26.th day of March 1711. John HARRIS ¤Seal¤ Thomas HARRIS ¤Seal¤ Signed Seal'd & Deliver'd in the presence of us Test Will BRIDGER John SCOTT ~ At a Court held for the Isle of Wight County the 26.th day of March 1711. Joh HARRIS & Thomas HARRIS Came into Court presented & acknowledged this their Deed Each to other and it admitted to record - Test H. LIGHTFOOT C.l C.ur [page continues Ralph HILL & Nicholas HILL appoint Mr. Joseph CHAPMAN to acknowledge a deed dated 25 Dec 1710 to Mr. Benjamin CHAPMAN. (Power of Attorney)] [page end] [There is no extant patent matching the description above (250a, 2 Apr 1685). Thomas HARRIS (Sr.) pat. 240a. adj. Mathew TOMLIN, 27 Mar 1686 (PB7:510-11).] Isle of Wight Co., VA, Record of Wills, Deeds, Etc., Vol. 2 (1661-1719), pp. 181-82 The Library of Virginia, Isle of Wight Co. Microfilm Reel 23 abstracted by Matt HARRIS [surname capitalization, line breaks & brackets mine] ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Matthew W. Harris Zoobug64@aol.com ___________________________________________________________________