Barnes Deed, 1796 - Lunenburg Co. VA Library of Virginia Index Card #41 filename: 100_0528.tif Barnes, John 17 Augt 1796 Lunenburg County 50a. Adjoining his own & John Jeffries Lines. Grants 34, p. 515 (written in margin) John Barnes 50 Acres Lunenburg Ex.d delivered Francis Barnes the 23rd Sept 1796 Robert Brooke Esquire Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia To all To whom these presents shall come Greeting Know ye that by Virtue of a Lands Office Treasury Warrant Number twenty two thousand eight hundred and three issued the twenty fourth day of December one thousand Seven hundred and eighty three, then is granted by the said Commonwealth unto John Barnes a Certain Tract or parcel of Land Containing Fifty Acres by Survey bearing date the fifteenth day of November one thousand Seven hundred and ninety four lying and being in the County of Lunenburg and bounded as followeth to Wit Beginning at a Red oak on John Jeffries line thence along the said Jeffries lines South fifty three degrees West thirty four poles to a Maple thence South thirty four degrees East one hundred and fifty eight poles to pointers in John Barnes own line thence North twenty Seven poles to a Red oak thence North eighty eight degrees East one hundred and thirty two poles to a white oak thence North thirty one degrees West one hundred and Seventy Six poles to the Beginning with its Appurtenances to have and to hold the said Tract or parcel of Land with its Appurtenances to the said John Barnes and his Heirs forever In Witness whereof the said Robert Brooke Esquire Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia hath hereunto Set his hand and Caused the lesser Seal of the said Commonwealth to be Affixed at Richmond on the Seventeenth day of August in the Year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and ninety Six and of the Commonwealth the twenty first. Robert Brooke Submitted by Joy Mack (Note: The submitter would like it noted that she has no known connection to this family & would most likely be unable to provide any further information.) **************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. ****************************************************************