ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, VA - DEEDS - Phillip RAYFORD [RAIFORD] & wife Sarah to John CORBETT 29 Nov 1706 Deed of Bargain & Sale ----¤¤¤---- [p.] (56) This Indenture made y.e 29.th Day of Novemb.r 1706 & in y.e fifth year of y.e Reigne of o.r Sov'eign Lady Queen Anne of England Scottland France & Ireland Queen defend.r of y.e faith &c: Betweene Phillip RAYFORD of Newport P'ish in y.e Isle of Wight County & Sarah his wife of y.e one p.t & John CORBETT of y.e s'd ['Parish' omitted] & County of y.e other part Wittnesseth y.t [that] y.e s'd Phillip RAYFORD & Sarah his wife for & in Consideration of two thous'd p'ds of Tob.o to y.m [them] in hand before y.e sealing & deliv'y of these p'sents by y.e s'd Jn.o CORBETT well & truely p'd y.e Receipt whereof he y.e s'd Phillip RAYFORD & Sarah his wife doth hereby acknowledge & y.mSelves therew.th fully sattisfied & p'd & doth clearly acquitt exonerate & discharge y.e s'd Jn.o [page break] [p.] (57) y.e s'd Jn.o CORBETT his heires Ex.rs Adm.rs & As's for Ev.r by these p'sents, Hath given, granted, aliened, bargained, sold en feoffed & Confirmed unto y.e s'd Jn.o CORBETT, his heires, Ex.rs, Adm.rs, & Assg's for Ev.r a certaine tract peice or P'cell of Land scituate, lyeing & being in y.e County & P'ish aboves'd now in y.e tennure & occupation of y.e s'd Phillip RAYFORD & Sarah his wife conteyning fifty acres more or less being P't of a patten of three hundred & fifty acres to me granted bearing date y.e twenty third day of Aprill 1681 [WRAYFORD, Pat.Bk. 7, p. 69] & Bounded as follow.th (Viz.t) begining on y.e Reedy Branch, & along Coll. BRIDGERs Line to a White Oak corner tree, & from along my own Line to a m'kt Pine, from thence along MANDUEs path to y.e Reedy Branch to y.e first station To Have & To Hold y.e aforesd. land according to y.e fores'd Bounds w.th all houses, edifices, buildings, Hereditaments & appurtenances w.tSoever, or to any P't or P'cell of itt belonging or in any wise appertaining thereunto unto y.e s'd Jn.o CORBETT his heires, & Assg's for Ever; ag.st him y.e s'd Phillip RAYFORD & Sarah his heires & As's for Ev.r And y.e premises w.th all appurtinances afores'd thereunto belonging shall be esteemed, judged & taken to & ennure to y.e only prop.r use & behoof of y.e s'd Jn.o CORBETT, & to his heires & As's for Ev.r and to noe other use intent or purpose whatsoever; In Wittness whereof we have hereunto sett our hands & seales y.e day year & Reigne above written. his Phillip R RAYFORD ¤seal¤ m'ke Sarah S RAYFORD ¤seal¤ Signed, sealed & delivered in y.e p'sence of us whose names are und'rwritten A'r. SMITH Joshua TURNER Sam'll HOLLYDAY Ackn.o in Open Co't held for y.e Isle of Wight County by Phillip RAYFORD to be his Act & Deed, & Sarah his wife came into Co't & voluntarily relinquished her right of Dower Ordered to Record Test Cha.s CHAPMAN C.C. Isle of Wight Co., VA, Record of Wills, Deeds, Etc., Vol. 2 (1661-1719), pp. 56-57 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 ___________________________________________________________________