ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, VA - DEEDS - David A. BAIN & wife Elmina to Nathan MOUNTFORD, 2 Oct 1843 Deed of Bargain & Sale ----¤¤¤---- [p.] 410~/ [margin note] BAIN & wife to } Deed MOUNTFORD This Indenture made and executed this second of October in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty three, Between David A. BAIN & Elmina his wife of the County of Isle of Wight of the one part and Nathan MOUNTFORD of the said County of the other part, Witnesseth that the said David A. BAIN & Elmina his wife for and in consideration of the just and full sum of four hundred dollars current money, of the United States of America to the said BAIN (in hand paid or Secured to be paid by the said MOUNTFORD at or before the ensealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, they the said David A. BAIN & Elmina his wife have granted bargained and sold, aliened, enfeoffed & confirmed, and by these presents do grant, bargain & sell, alien, enfeoff and confirm unto the said MOUNTFORD his heirs and assigns forever one certain tract or parcel of land, lying & being in the said County, containing one hundred & fifty acres more or less & bounded as follows ~ adjoining the lands of Hardy CHAPMAN on the South ~ the lands of Edwin GRAY on the east, the lands of Polly JENKINS on the North, & the lands of Robert ELEYs heirs on the West; it being the same tract or parcel of land which the said Elmina BAIN formerly Elmina JORDAN inherited from the death of her father James M. JORDAN dec.d [page break] [p.] 411~ With all and Singular the Appurtenances whatsoever to the said MOUNTFORD [underlined; should read 'land & premises'] belonging or in any wise appertaining, or with the same use [underlined] and enjoyed, or accepted, reputed, taken or Known as part, parcel, or member, thereof, and the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, yearly and other rents, issues and profits thereof, and every part and parcel thereof; To Have and To Hold the said tract or parcel of land with the tenements, hereditaments, and all and Singular other the premises herein before mentioned or intended to be mentioned bargained and sold and every part and parcel thereof, with every of their rights members and appurtenances unto the said MOUNTFORD his heirs and assigns, to the only proper use and behoof of ["them" inserted] the said David A. BAIN & Elmina [sic] heirs and assigns. And the said David A. BAIN & Elmina his wife for themselves & their heirs & assigns, the said tract or parcel of land with all and singular the premises and appurtenances before mentioned unto the said MOUNTFORD his heirs and assigns free from the claim or claims, demand or demands of them the said David A. BAIN & Elmina his wife _ heirs or assigns, and all and every person or persons whatsoever shall will and do warrant and forever defend by these presents. In witness whereof the said David A. BAIN & Elmina his wife _ hereunto set their hands and affixed their seals the day and year first above written ~ David A. BAIN ¤seal¤ Elmina BAIN ¤seal¤ Isle of Wight County to wit: We Hardy CHAPMAN & John R. PURDIE justices of the peace for the said County do hereby certify that Elmina BAIN the wife of David A. BAIN, parties to the foregoing indenture bearing date the 2.nd day of October 1843, personally appeared before us in our said County, & being examined by us privily and apart from her said husband & having the said deed fully explained to her she the said Elmina BAIN acknowledged the same to be her act and deed & declared that she had willingly & voluntarily signed sealed and delivered the same & that she wished not to retract it ~ Given under our hands & seals this 20.th day of October 1843 ~ Harday CHAPMAN P ¤seal¤ Jno R. PURDIE P ¤seal¤ In the Clerks office of the Isle of Wight County Court Jan.y 1st: 1844. This indenture was acknowledged by David A. BAIN to be his act and deed & with the certificate of the privy examination of the feme covert thereto annexed admitted to record ~ Teste J.M. YOUNG D.C. [page end] Isle of Wight Co., VA, Deed Book 35 (1842-1844), pp. 410-11 Library of Virginia, Isle of Wight Co. Microfilm Reel 18 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 ___________________________________________________________________