ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, VA - PATENTS - John PORTIS & Henry WEST 25 Sep 1673 900 acres ----¤¤¤---- [margin notes] PORTIS and WEST 900 To all &c whereas &c Now Know yee that I the Said S.r W.m BERKELEY Kn:t Govern:r &c Give and Grant Unto Jn.o PORTIS and Hen WEST Nine hundred Acres of Land Scituate [illegible] in the Isle of Wight County upon the heads of Some of the Blackwater [illegible] [illegible] a corner of John SHERER's Land and Running [illegible] to a Pine; then W by S 320 pole to a [illegible] NW by N to a red oake by SHERER's Marked trees, and Soe along his marked trees to the first Station The Said Land being due unto the Said Jn.o PORTIS and Hen WEST for Transportation of Eighteen psons into this Colony &c To have & to hold &c To be held &c Yeilding & paying &c Provided &c Dated 25.th day of September 1673 / [illegible], Eliza: PEACE; W:m CHARLES [illegible], Cornelius TANNER, Adam BRADLEY, Isa: HORSHAM [illegible], Joane DORMAN, Jane CLARKE [illegible] [Extremely faint in scanned, online image.] Virginia Land Office, Patent Book 6 (1666-1679), p. 466 The Library of Virginia, Virginia Land Office Patent and Grant Database, Image 006_0477.tif 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 ___________________________________________________________________