ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, VA - DEEDS - Wade MOUNTFORD & wife Mildred and Thomas CAMP to Simon BOYKIN and James ANDREWS, 17 Jun 1785 Deed of Bargain & Sale ----¤¤¤---- [p.] 559 [...] [margin note] MOUNTFORTT &Ux.r to } BOYKIN & ANDREWS This Indenture, made this seventeenth Day of June in the Year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven Hundred & Eighty five Between Wade MOUNTFORT & Mildred his wife & Thomas CAMP of the parrish of Newport & County of Isle of Wight of the one part & Simon BOYKIN & James ANDREWS of Notoway parrish & County of Southampton of the other part Witnesseth that the said Wade MOUNTFORD, Thomas CAMP and Mildred MOUNTFORD for & in consideration of the sum of fifty five Pounds Virginia Currency to him in hand paid by the said Simon BOYKIN & James ANDREWS the receipt whereof they doth hereby acknowledge hath granted bargained sold aliened released and confirmed & by these presents doth grant Bargain Sell alien release & confirm unto unto [sic] the said Simon BOYKIN & James ANDREWS & to their Heirs and Assigns all that Plantation Tract or parcel of Land & Premises with the Appurtenances now in the tenere [tenure] & Occupation of the said Simon BOYKIN & James ANDREWS & to their Heirs & Assigns; Situate lying & being in the said Parrish of Newport & County of Isle of Wight on the East side Black-Water-River containing by estimation [page break] [p.] 560 Estimation seventy five acres be the same more or less and bounded as follows Begining at the Branch just above the Bridge thence running up the the [sic] said branch to a Black-Gum adjoining Rawleigh BARRETT's line thence running the said line to a read Oak at the Horse Swamp down the horse Swamp to Black Water up Black-Water to the first Station & all Houses out-Houses edifices Buildings, Yards, Gardens, Orchards Trees was [ways] Water, Water Courses, profits, commodities, hereditaments and appurtenances to the said Tract or parcel of Land belonging or in any wise appertaining & the reversion or reversions remainder & remainders rents Issues & profits thereof and all the Estate right Titles & Interest use trust procession property claim & demand whatsoever of them the said Wade MOUNTFORT Thomas CAMP & Mildred MOUNTFORT of in & to the same & every part thereof and all Dedds [sic] evidences & Writings touching or in any wise concerning the same To have & to hold the aforesaid Plantation Tract or parcel of Land and premises with the Appurtenances unto the said Simon BOYKIN & James ANDREWS their Heirs & Assigns forever & the said Wade MOUNTFORT Thomas CAMP & Mildred MOUNTFORT for themselves their Heirs Executors & Administrators doth hereby covenant promise and grant to and with the [said] Simon BOYKIN & James ANDREWS their Heirs & Assigns by these presents that we the said Wade MOUNTFORT Thomas CAMP & Mildred MOUNTFORT hat [sic] hereby granted unto the said Simon BOYKIN & James ANDREWS their Heirs & Assigns forever against the title claim or demand of any person or persons whatsoever shall & will warrant and forever defend by these presents In Witness whereof the said Wade MOUNTFORT Thomas CAMP & Mildred MOUNTFORT hath hereunto set their Hands & Seales the day and _ [sic] above Written ~ [page break] [p.] 561 Sealed & Delivered} In presence of } Wade MOUNTFORTT ¤seal¤ Elias HERRING ~ } Thomas CAMP ¤seal¤ Willis JONES -- } her Thomas MOUNTFORTT Jun.r} Mildred + MOUNTFORTT ¤seal¤ Mark Received 17.th day of June 1785 of the within named Simon BOYKIN & James ANDREWS the sum of fifty five Pounds being the consideration within mentioned by them paid to Witness Wade MOUNTFORTT Elias HERRING ~ ~ } Thomas CAMP ~ Thomas MOUNTFORTT Jun.r} Willis JONES -- } At a Court held for Isle of Wight County the 6.th Day of Oct.o 1785- This Indenture of bargain & Sale ["the receipt thereon endorsed" inserted] was acknowledged by Thomas CAMP, Wade MOUNTFORD & Mildred his Wife partys thereto she having been first privily examined as the Law directs freely & Voluntarily relinquished her Right of dower to the Lands conveyed by the said Indenture & Ordered to be recorded ~ [margin note] Exam.d Test, Fran:s YOUNG DCl:Cou: Isle of Wight Co., VA, Deed Book 15 (1782-1786), pp. 559-60 Library of Virginia, Isle of Wight Co. Microfilm Reel 9 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 ___________________________________________________________________