Lancaster-Westmoreland County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Deed.....Stoneham, Henry Junr. - Fairfax, Lord Thomas October 21, 1736 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Alice Warner Brosey http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00015.html#0003503 May 20, 2010, 12:20 pm Image of survey available: http://usgwarchives.net/va/lancaster/photos/land/stoneham.jpg Written: October 21, 1736 The Right Honorable Thomas Lord Fairfax, Baron of Cameron in that part of Great Britain calld (sic) Scotland, Proprietor of the Northern Neck in Virginia, To all whom this present writing shall come Greeting, Whereas Henry Stoneham Junr. of the County of Lancaster upon his Suggestion of a certain quantity of waste Land belonging to me in the County of Lancaster which has not been yet Granted, did on the second Day of September last Obtain a Warrant from my Office for laying out the same And having Returnd (sic) a Survey thereof under the Hand of Mr. James Thomas Surveyor of the County of Westmoreland, Know Ye therefore that for and in consideration if the Compostition to Me paid and the Anual (sic) Rent hereafter Reservd (sic) I have given granted and Confirmd (sic) And by these presents do give grant and confirm unto the sd Henry Stoneham Junr all that Quantity of waste land which is situate lying and being in the County aforesaid and bounded according to the said Survey as following viz. Beginning at a marked Maple standing by two Elm Trees close on the South Side of the main Branch of Maratico Mill Dam in the Line of the Land of Mr. Secretary Carter and Extending there along the sd Carter's line South 45(degrees) 30' East 204 Poles to two Red Oak Saplings marked in a Roam of a Hicory corner Tree corner to the Secretary's Land that was Bushs formerly and the Land of Thomas Young, Thence along the sd Land that was Bush's North East 49 Poles to a forked Birch and Elm Tree standing by the side of a small Branch dividing this land and the Land of the Heirs of William Norris deceased, thence down the sd Branch and binding with the Land of the sd Norris North 5 (degrees) East 60 Poles to the North thereof, thence down the first mentioned Main Branch the several Courses and Meandors (sic) thereof and binding with the Land of Davenport N 43 (deg) Wst 22 Poles N 83 (deg) Wt 11 Poles S 59 (deg) Wst 8 POles S 88 Wt 12 Poles S 48 Nst 6 Poles S 77 (deg) Nst 16 Po. N 59(deg)Net 38 poles to the Beginning containing in Quantity Sixty seven Acres of Land, Together with the Rights, Members and Appurtenances thereunto belonging, Royal Mines Excepted, and the full third Part of all Lead, Copper, Tinn (sic), Coals, Iron Mines and Iron Ore that shall be found thereon, to have and to hold the sixty seven Acres of Land together with all Rights, Proffits (sic) and Benefits to the same belonging or in any appertaining (sic) Except before Excepted to him the sd. Henry Stoneham his Heirs and Assigns for Ever He the sd. Henry Stoneham his Heirs and Assigns therefore yielding and paying to Me my Heirs and Assigns or to the certain Attorney or Attorneys of Me the sd Proprietor Or to the certain Attorney or Attorneys of my Heirs and Assigns. Proprietors of the sd. Northern Neck Yearly and Every Year on the Feast of St. Michael the Arch Angel the Fee Rent of One Shilling sterling Money for every Fifty Acres of Land hereby Granted. Provided that the sd Henry Stoneham his Heirs and Assigns shall not pay the aforesand Rent so that the same or any part thereof shall be behind or unpaid by the space of five whole years after the same shall become one of lawfully commended that then it shall and may be lawful for Me, my Heirs and Assigns certain Attorney or Agents into the above Granted Premises to Reenter and hold the same so as if this Grant had never been payed (sic). Given in my Office in Westmoreland County with my said Proprietary under my Hand and Seal Dated the twenty first Day of October in the tenth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George of Great Britain, France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith Ann. Dni. One Thousand Seven hundred and Thirty Six. Henry Stoneham Junr. Fairfax Deed for 67 Acres of Land in the County of Lancaster Examind Fairfax File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/lancaster/deeds/fairfax132gdd.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/vafiles/ File size: 4.5 Kb